TP-Link Tapo Matter Smart Light Switch: Voice Control w/Siri, Alexa & Google Home | UL Certified | Timer & Schedule | Easy Guided Install | Neutral Wire Required | Single Pole | Tapo S505(2-Pack)

The TP-Link smart switch is reliable, responsive, and simple to install. It connects easily with Alexa and Google Assistant, and the scheduling features are super handy. Great value for the price!

These smart switches are easy to install and work smoothly with Siri, Alexa, and Google Home thanks to Matter support. The setup is quick using the Tapo app, and the guided instructions are beginner-friendly. Scheduling and timers work reliably, and the switches respond quickly to voice commands. Build quality feels solid, and the price for a 2-pack is a great value. Just be sure you have a neutral wire and only need single-pole functionality.

They work great, fantastic design. Easy to install. No issues with wifi, The Tapo app is fantastic too.. thanks Tapo.

I've been using a couple of these switches in my pole barn for a few months now.The pros:They're easy to set up. I'm only using them with an Android app and haven't attempted using Alexa or IoS. So far they've worked fine as switches.I haven't had any problems with the WiFi connection in a metal gang box, but the router is only about 15 feet from the switches.The cons:It's a little difficult to tell if they're on or off. There's a very dim indicator that lights when they're off, presumably so you can find them in a dark room, but the indicator is so dim it's not easy to see in a well lit room.The switches do not remember their previous state if power is removed. When power is restored, the switches default to off. This issue is enough to keep me from using them for a number of uses.

Rather than a manual switch, I wanted to have some automation over a small water pump. It could run 'on demand' with the switch, and automatically, with various triggers by my home automation system, and of course it could then turn off when appropriate to reduce power consumption. When installed, it looks like any other standard paddle switch (and behaves like one).Installation was as easy as with any switch, and it worked well - as expected. Bringing it online with the phone app was easy, and I was able to control it using the Matter protocol - as intended.The single gang box I put this in wasn't as stuffed full as some others are - so there was plenty of room for the wire nuts, as this switch has pig tail leads on it.

Item was exactly as described. Extremely easy to set up and program using their application. Works flawlessly with Amazon's Echo devices. Only been using for a few days but so far no unexpected turn on or off's. Was a great upgrade from my 30 year old X10 system.

Our home has front porch lights and exterior up-lights on separate switches. These were both Intermatic timers, and one timer (unfortunately, with a non-removable battery) kept losing its program with every power outage. When I saw this two-pack on offer, I decided to replace both switches.Installation is well documented and straightforward and literally involved swapping out equivalent wires on the old timers onto the new.Even though I use Smart Life for all my home automation, I installed the Tapo app on my phone, purely so that I could upgrade the smart switches' firmware. This worked seamlessly. However, I was not able to get these devices to work with Smart Life (which is supposedly now compatible with the Matter standard). It recognized the devices and added them just fine. But when I attempted to program a scene, and got to the bit where you say which device feature you're trying to control, instead of seeing something like "Switch", I just got an entry with Chinese writing. Thinking this could have been a simple missing text issue, I selected this option, but it then gave an error when trying to save my scene.I don't know if this is an issue with these switches, or an issue with how Smart Life implements the Matter standard, so I didn't want to deduct a star in this review.It ended up not being a problem for me, as the only automation I want is a dusk-to-dawn schedule, never to be changed, and only to be overridden if I am at my front door and can just tap the switches directly. So, I programmed this in the Tapo app, which was super easy, and everything works as I need it to.