Xiaomi also has a bigger market in addition to mobile phones. Some people call Xiaomi's eco-chain products Xiaomi Department Store. You will find it really. Millet department stores have a lot, batteries, sockets, towels, clothes, shoes, and so on. In order to catch up with the pace of life in smart homes, and to see what functions a new generation of millet multi-function gateway upgrades, curiosity spent only 149 yuan online to buy a gateway, and the rest of the equipment was not purchased.
Open a box, in fact, is still very much the same as the original generation, the packaging is too simple on a layer of carton packaging, and relatively small, probably on the palm of your hand so large, this thing actually needs 149 yuan, do you think?
The square carton packaging, there is a mi LOGO above, it seems that millet products are the same packaging, eliminating a lot of packaging fees ah.
On the back you can see the related product introduction.
After unpacking, you will find that the millet multi-function gateway upgrade is long, and there is no difference with the generation of network management. Size ah design ah appearance does not make much difference. There was a small hole in it, which was filled with horns, but it was easy to fall into the dust and it was not easy to clean it.
Look at the back, such a contrast feeling is a big socket. The three outlets in the home can be used, but such a large jack is easy to occupy the position of other outlets, the design on the back is also a lot of holes, is it? There are cooling effects?
Viewed from the side, three layers are stratified, and the material mixed in the plastic layer can be adjusted by lights. It is here that 16 million color lights can be adjusted. In fact, can we really distinguish so many colors? Only some subtle differences in color are difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. Recalling this light release, millet home has a yeelight lamp to sell 249 yuan can also be released 16 million kinds of lights, compared to this worth buying?
The entire gateway has only one button and it's really simple. But being quieter and more blunt, it takes a certain amount of effort to press keys, control the opening and closing of the entire gateway, and play/pause of lights, alarm clocks, and music.
The thing is very small and my ornaments are almost as big, as an upgraded version of the multi-function gateway what more powerful features? What is the role of 149 yuan in smart home life?
You can use this function to forget to close your day just by having a three-socket power outlet in your home. It is easy to insert and pull. For the first time, you will find that there is a layer of surrounding lights that flash. More features also require mobile phone operation. Everyone knows that Xiaomi's products have a generic app management, which is now called "Mai." Most of the Xiaomi's ecological chain products can be controlled by the APP. The steps are to search for devices and add connections under wireless WiFi.
Mi Jia APP has many functions and more devices. In fact, playing more is a bit complicated. Sometimes it takes several times to add a device, and sometimes there are occasions when the inexplicable device is disconnected offline and needs to be reconnected, so the entire smart home connection is sometimes unstable and headache.
I usually put the phone close to the gateway, so that the connection is stable, you can also set some related features in advance.
There are several functions connected to this APP: adjustment of 16 million kinds of light colors, switching of Internet radios, turning on and off of smart alarms, and response of doorbells coming from people. Among them, the lighting adjustment can be turned on and off at regular intervals, which saves nighttime lighting and power bills. For the convenience of the night to automatically inductive nightlight design, it is quite convenient, for your automatic power light.
But what needs to be mentioned here is that the lights coming from the gateway are in one circle, and even if the brightness is turned to the maximum, it will not play a good lighting effect. This is a lot weaker than the light from an ordinary light bulb. It is not recommended for long-term lighting. use. Of course, the weak light at night is still very convenient. 16 million colors of light, I usually use a few common colors.
Before saying that it was just trying to buy a gateway, this second-generation product millet also made a lot of related equipment. It is also considered to be a big game for the smart home department. There are other products appearing in the APP, of course, need to click to buy. Other products are very small, and many are not necessarily practical, what wall switches, human sensors, etc., I feel no need to spend this money.
I used this kind of product for several days, playing a fresh one just a few days ago. As for the broadcasting of music radio stations, I think it is not stable and there are only a few radio stations searched. In fact, why are these troubles in my cell phone? There are also few features for alarm clocks. However, the sensor lights turn on well at night, so that it is convenient for the lights to turn on at night to help turn on the lights. But what other features are a bit redundant, 149 the price is still a little expensive.
For real smart homes, Xiaomi is the leader. But it is not necessarily the best. It also requires the next hard work. In the future, smart homes need more intelligence to abandon those redundant steps and make operations and installation easier and more intelligent. And most of the features of this multi-gateway upgrade are curious and fresh, but they are rarely used everyday. I hope that more products will bring about substantial changes in the future.