POWERbot-E

1.7
AndroidGoogle Play

What it actually doesPOWERbot-E is an app for controlling Samsung robot vacuums from a smartphone, but frequently experiences issues with authorization, connection, and device synchronization.

10%Marketing ≈ reality5%Stability

Actually does

  • Two-factor auth(bonus)80% of reviews
  • Управление несколькими устройствами из одного аккаунта(bonus)20% of reviews
  • Настройка режимов работы(bonus)15% of reviews

Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews

  • Управление робот-пылесосом
  • Удалённое управление устройством
  • Сопряжение и добавление устройства
  • WiFi-подключение к пылесосу

Common complaints

  • App constantly crashes during authorization and login to personal account45% of mentions

    «Can't log in, keeps crashing; constantly requires authorization in the app; doesn't log into personal account at all over 4G»

  • Unable to add vacuum to app — device doesn't appear in list even after successful connection65% of mentions

    «Can't connect the vacuum in time; device doesn't appear in device list; vacuum disappears from list; won't add the vacuum again»

  • Already paired vacuums unexpectedly disappear from device list or go offline40% of mentions

    «Vacuum disappears from list; robot vacuum constantly disappears in the app; robot disappeared from device list without any action»

  • App hangs on loading screen or white screen, unresponsive for a long time25% of mentions

    «Shows it's loading, waited an hour, nothing loaded at all; screen just constantly stays white; gets to 92% to 100% loading but that's it»

  • App requires being on the same WiFi network as the vacuum cleaner, doesn't work with mobile internet20% of mentions

    «Stopped launching the personal account if not on the same wifi network as the device; can't log into the personal account via 4G»

What people praise

  • App works when the vacuum cleaner is successfully connected

    «App works; the app is generally fine»

  • Vacuum setup process works well during the configuration stage

    «The robot setup went smoothly»

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