Pairing & Setup Problems – Plug

When you unplug a smart plug and plug it back in, it should rejoin your network within a minute or two. When it doesn’t, the cause is almost always one of three things: the plug woke up on the wrong Wi-Fi band, the hub lost its pairing record, or the plug’s power-on state doesn’t match…

If the box doesn’t say “Works with Apple HomeKit” or “Made for iPhone,” the answer is almost certainly no. HomeKit does not work like Alexa or Google Home, where most Wi-Fi devices can be added through a vendor skill or action. Apple requires dedicated certification (MFi licensing) plus a specific pairing code printed on the…