Sunbeam Bedding S2

The only thing you can do with the S2 app is turn the pad on off as well as set a timer. As opposed to the pads that worked with the original app you could at least set the heat level in addition to the other commands. Also, as many other people have mentioned get rid of "the safety" where it automatically lowers the heat level down to four if it had been set above it originally when turned on via voice. That is the whole purpose of the voice interface, to act just as if we were using the control by the bed. Stop acting as if we are not adult enough to be able to adjust the heat ourselves if it gets too warm. I think sunbeam stopped working on making this a good product via its third-party contractors long time ago.

Everyone complaining about the inconvenience of having to press the button when you operate it remotely must not care about their safety. The instructions clearly spell out what they call the “presence” feature. In other words you have to tell the system, “yes, I’m here”. It’s for your safety! Since you can activate the blanket from anywhere that your phone has internet, it doesn’t know if you are in the house, or pre-heating your blanket before you get home. Imagine if your plans changed, and you forgot about your blanket. You certainly don’t want it running on High for 10 hours!!! So for your safety, if you turn it on remotely and don’t confirm your presence within an hour (more than enough time to preheat!) it while kick down to level 4 - still very warm! Quit your complaining!

Frustrating user experience. If I use the app to turn off the heated mattress pad then I am unable to turn it back on from the app unless either (1) a schedule has run to turn the mattress pad on, or (2) I press any button on the keypad. If I turn it off from the app and then later on in the night I want to turn it back on I have to get out of bed and walk around to my partners side to click a button.