You won’t see this slider if you’ve gone for non-dimmable bulbs, however, which is something you specify when first setting up the switch. You have to turn the switch on before the dimmer slider will function.

If you only have one MixPad, you’ll just see a slider for the dimmer, along with a power icon underneath. To access the basic function of the switch – light control – you swipe left/right with your finger across the screen, much like you would on any smartphone screen. If this is of interest to you, read on… PACKAGING | CONTENTS It’s a bit more than a dimmer, however, and with the right additions, you can take it a fair bit further, which is partly aided by the rather nice (albeit small) LED display. So it’s a dimmer, big deal you might think. I wouldn’t generally review a product that doesn’t support HomeKit, even if Matter was on the horizon, but in the case of the D1, its associated app supports Siri Shortcuts, so it passed my threshold for a device I’d be willing to try out and review. The latter two platforms already support the D1, however, so the Matter update is going to mainly benefit HomeKit users – and SmartThings users too I guess. That looks set to change with an impending firmware update to make it Matter compatible, which in turn would allow it to be exposed to HomeKit, as well as Samsung SmartThings, Google Home, and Amazon Alexa. Although this product has actually been available on Amazon for a few months now, it seems to have gone unnoticed, which isn’t a surprise in our case, as it’s not actually HomeKit compatible. The company hope to increase their presence on the international stage starting with the introduction of a small sample of its rather large roster of devices, starting with the MixPad D1 Smart Dimmer Switch.

Orvibo is a well-known brand in China, but not so much elsewhere.

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