Geeklink Smart

I own remote curtains for a year now, using their TinkerMini as the hub. 1 Crashes: Well, for the first year the iOS app crashes immediately while you try to select your country. Neither ipad nor iPhone either. On an Android it did work. Got it installed and scenarios programmed. 2 Amnesia: after a few months, time change and daylight differences, time to adjust the opening/closing time. Well... the old settings had disappeared. Happened now twice! You have to start from scratch, add a hub, add devices (curtains), and schedule. Really!?! 3 No auto-daylight: our cheapest in-wall auto switch has an auto sunset option. Sunset changes each week, right? Geeklink can’t do that. At least i couldn’t find any way to do this... Lastly: the iOS app is finally working, one year later. That’s the reason I generously gave 3 stars, else it would have been 1.

Worked initially but now it crashes on startup. Tried deleting and starting over. Doesn’t work. Update: app will open if WiFi turned off or if I go to the same WiFi network the device is connected to (2.4ghz). Ridiculous. I can’t be on my 5ghz network now. Siri Shortcuts do not work however. When activating the set shortcut, it just gives an error saying “device not connected or deleted”. Rubbish. Nice blinds. But rubbish app and bridge.

The app appears nicely designed and seems cover many aspects of the smart home. However, integration with third party apps or services is lacking thus far. For example, when integrating curtains in the app with Google Assistant / Home, it shows up in Google Assistant as a smart switch, not curtains or blinds. That’s a pretty big problem for me, since that’s why I purchased Geeklink RF hub. I’ve used other manufacture’s curtain hubs with Google Assistant/Home, and they don’t demonstrate this problem. Perhaps it’s an issue with Geeklink’s APIs, but it reflects poorly on the app. It would also be nice if the app and Geeklink service integrated with IFTTT and Samsung SmartThings.