BroadLink

This is great. Love the Roku remote. Also love that I can consolidate all my ir remotes as well. I also like that the rm4 mini broadcasts devices over wifi so that google assistant recognizes and controls them. My issues are as follows: The interface could be just a tad better laid out. I don’t like that my Roku remote is in a separate page from my Ir remotes. Another issue I have is that you can’t assign Roku to a room, scene, or group. I can deal with it though. Channel browsing and search within the Roku remote would be a plus. Widgets are half way there. Only 4 virtual buttons are allowed in the widget. I Would love to see more virtual button widgets or virtual button cards. I want to access remotes and functions without having to wait for the app to load and/or execute a scene or remote launch. This leads me to my next issue. The app seems to stall at times when using the non virtual button widgets. Roku remote widget will also be cool. Other then that I think this app and device is up for big things if they keep on developing. Looking forward to what’s next.

I have been using these Broadlink Switches for a while now and have found them not to be very dependable. I have 8 of them installed and out of the 8 I have installed half of them lost connection and 2 of them would never sync to the hub. I have sent messages to Broadlink support as the ones that lost connection were past these returnable dates and there support team hasn’t got back to me on what to do with these switches. I think it might be time to start looking at other smart switch supplier’s which kind of stinks because they are a nice looking product just not dependable as far as functionality goes. The other problem is these do not fit the older style boxes you have to use a box extension that allows for wider openings and may have to cut the wall to accommodate these. I added 3/4” spacers behind mine to extend the boxes out for the circuits. Great idea from Broadlink but they really missed the mark on a dependable product and customer support hopefully they can improve there products and customer service in the future. Normally I would recommend a product that is good and functions like it’s supposed to but however because of the short coming with these I will not recommend these to any of my friends or others looking to create a smart home setup look elsewhere for now.

Had a little issue(s) getting out of the gate. One was login to smart things or samsung during setup. Once I got to setup screens and 4 pr 5 times I was close. Then realized we can relearn after alexa is initialed with Broadlink file. Cant quite give 5 stars as even though app brings up menu cant get alexa to understand the button or function. Also although I was able to get 1 fan remote to work app works and again Alexa wont turn light on. I didnt get smart remote for fans so turning fan on via alexa is a bonus. Discovered you can create several devices on BL for high vs medium on fan then create Alexa routine for each works great ! It wrks quite well to turn on tv and cable, volume works and oddly no channel on cable box, use volume and channel works. One more bonus... try them run of the mill remotes the size of a matchbook got them all to work even w/ the remote control receptacle plug in module (3/$25. Score. All in all 4.72 STARS. I RECOMMEND.