WEBVTT 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:14.880 Welcome to my unboxing of the Belulin 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:17.520 Wimo, which is not related to the Wii at 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:22.960 all. Spelled differently even. And the new Wii is the Wii U, not the Wimo. Uh, 00:00:20.240 --> 00:00:29.039 okay. Sorry. Sorry. Enough of that. This is actually really cool. So the whole 00:00:25.119 --> 00:00:30.480 like um like wireless home control thing 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:34.559 like we've been talking about this for years now you know you're on your way 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:39.360 home so you want to like preheat your oven so you you know turn on your oven 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:45.440 or whatever like like network controlled devices you know we've got smart TVs now 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:46.960 this is a way of taking dumb devices or 00:00:45.440 --> 00:00:51.680 well devices that don't have any built-in logic and controlling them 00:00:49.360 --> 00:00:56.559 using your iPhone. So they're calling it the iPhone home remote and you can set 00:00:55.199 --> 00:01:00.239 things up. Evidently, we're going to be doing a full NCX tech tips about this. 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:03.760 So, you know, stay stay tuned, right? So, it's great for controlling things 00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:08.960 like your Okay, I can't imagine why you'd need to control like 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:13.760 an like an iron. You're going to iron shirts. You turn your iron on with a 00:01:11.119 --> 00:01:18.000 with a remote. Okay, whatever. Uh hair curler. Okay, heater. There we go. 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:22.159 Heaters and fans. This this I believe because you know on those summer nights 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:26.240 you can't fall asleep first because it's too hot and then because the fan is loud 00:01:24.479 --> 00:01:30.479 so you can like tinker with it you know from bed with your with your iPhone 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:33.920 whatever else. You can set schedules which is kind of neat. So you can do 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:37.439 that with the software as well. Uh with multiple Weimo switches you control as 00:01:35.520 --> 00:01:40.880 much or as little of your home as you'd like. Weo runs on your iPhone and your 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:46.560 Wi-Fi network is all easy to set up and use. So, it works on anything from an 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:48.560 iPhone 3G, I believe, up to Yeah. iPod 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:54.079 Touch third generation, iPhone 3GS and later, and any iPad generation of 00:01:51.600 --> 00:01:58.799 products. So, let's go ahead and Okay, apparently I missed two of the half a 00:01:56.720 --> 00:02:02.000 dozen or so stickers on the back of the box here. So, we can go ahead and check 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:06.320 it out. I'm not expecting to find anything sort of revolutionary in terms 00:02:04.320 --> 00:02:10.720 of the hardware in here, but I'm really excited to check out the software app. 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:15.280 So, there's your quick install guide. Plug the thing in the thing. Download 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:19.680 and install Weimo app from the app store. Settings and so connect to your 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:23.440 Wi-Fi network. Oh. Oh. Select Wi-Fi. Connect to Weimo network. Launch the 00:02:21.760 --> 00:02:27.680 Weimo app to complete the Oh, okay. So, you'll be able to complete the setup once you're in there. Oh, okay. That's 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:32.400 kind of cool. So, this is fairly straightforward. You've got a three-pronged plug. Although, if you're 00:02:30.959 --> 00:02:37.440 in a different territory, it's likely that the PL plug plug plong the plong 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:40.879 the plug will look different. Uh, we've got one switch. This is disappointing. I 00:02:39.440 --> 00:02:46.400 would have really liked to see two switches with some kind of a with with 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:50.000 two like two passroughs with two full sets of logic inside and one wireless 00:02:48.480 --> 00:02:54.160 chipset. I think that way we could have gotten more functionality out of this 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:56.800 device without actually adding necessarily that much to the cost of it. 00:02:55.599 --> 00:03:00.640 Although what do I know about what they cost? Uh there's a power button here. 00:02:58.720 --> 00:03:05.280 There's a wireless indicator. There's a restore button 00:03:02.519 --> 00:03:09.200 which use indoors only. Restore factory settings. Ah okay. So to restore factory 00:03:07.200 --> 00:03:13.519 settings for whatever reason you wanted to do 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:17.360 that. I don't know what else to say about this. So let's move on to the next 00:03:15.440 --> 00:03:22.879 one. This is the Wimo Switch Plus motion. So not only do you have this 00:03:19.920 --> 00:03:27.599 software wireless switchness going on, you've also got a motion sensor. So you 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:31.040 can turn it on, turn it off, and you can activate it with motion. And you can 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:38.400 control all of that. See, look. I want my stuff to turn on, then off. Turn off 00:03:34.799 --> 00:03:40.879 or on. Turn on slash off if motion. So, 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:46.000 that's pretty neat. Let's just kind of open this up 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:52.319 and find out how much different it is. So, it's basically another one of these. 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:54.319 Okay. And then one of these, which is 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:58.519 Oh, okay. So, this is two completely separate like dooddads. 00:03:58.720 --> 00:04:06.319 No, this is this is similar. Oh, neat. Okay, so once you Okay, so basically 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:08.480 once you synchronize and and get all of 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:11.519 your all of your Weimo devices set up within the app, you should be able to 00:04:10.239 --> 00:04:15.680 kind of tinker around with it on a pretty granular level. So, we're really looking forward to checking this out. 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:19.120 Don't forget to subscribe not only to Linus Tech Tips, but also the NCIXCOM 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:23.199 channel so you can see our follow-up video on this. And thanks for watching.