What Is The Sonoff Mini

The world of smart technology is certainly making things much easier for us in the modern age, with the Internet of Things (IoT) and all it offers automating many of our everyday tasks. Able to control much of our home’s electronics wherever we might be, it’s certainly something that’s fundamentally changing how we live our lives.

In this blog, we take a look at one of the clever gizmos that makes much of this happen – the Sonoff Mini. This amazing little Sonoff WiFi switch allows you to control many of the electrical items in your home from your smartphone for total convenience.

Let’s take a closer look at this piece of smart hardware.

Simple Control of All Kinds of Switch Boxes

The Sonoff Mini is a DIY smart switch that homeowners can use for many different types of switch box, including the smaller EU standard varieties – due to its minimal size. Via the free-to-download eWeLink app, it’s possible to automate or instantly adjust your home appliances via your tablet, mobile phone or even by voice commands.

Users of the Sonoff Mini are able to integrate the device into worldwide 3rd party smart home systems which allows LAN control with the need for cloud services like openHAB and Home Assistance. Able to be controlled via the local WiFi network, the switch doesn’t need a direct, active internet connection to operate.

So, What Can You Do With the Device?

Well, the applications for the Sonoff wifi switch are numerous, but basically it allows for total control of your home switches and appliances. How does it do this? Well, you can either set up your lights and electric systems to automatically turn off and on at certain times of the day, as well as control things directly.

You can also actively control all connected sonoff switch devices from your smartphone or tablet, but it’s when you connect it up to gadgets like Amazon Alexa and Google Home that things get really cool. That’s because it allows you to control everything with your voice. Once set up, you can simply say “Alexa – lights off” and they’re off!

You can automate pretty much everything with a switch in your home in this way and with other products like the Sonoff POW R2 that offers similar features in addition to allowing you to monitor your home energy usage, there’s a great deal of possibility out there for making your home a super-convenient place to live.

Get Your Home Set Up Just How You Like It

The Sonoff Mini offers an affordable way to make your home electronics easier to manage and provide complete control wherever you are. This is just one example of the smart products we sell at Upsmart and we’ve many more cool devices in store for you to discover.

If you would like to see more about the Sonoff WiFi switch we’ve spoken about here today, just visit us online at www.upsmart-tech.co.uk where you’ll also find our entire range of products.

Alternatively, should you have any questions relating to the hardware you find, we’ll be more than happy to answer them. Simply fill in our contact form and we’ll get back to as quickly as we can. 

Thanks for reading. We’ll be back with more advice and guidance from the home of smart technology again soon. Check back with us to make sure you don’t miss out!