Smart Electric Kettle APP Control, Korex Glass Water Boiler Included Filter Suitable for Alexa Google Home Assistant 1.7 L BPA FREE Great for Coffee Tea Milk With Overheat Protection Controlled

I was hoping to find a programmable kettle for a quite a long time, this is the best thing early in the morning. No waiting for my water to heat up. I can have my French press so much faster when I am bleary eyed at 5 am.The first one I received would not pair with the app at all, we tried many times. I did an exchange which was incredibly easy and no hassle, the new kettle synched to the app instantly. I am loving this kettle, I can have Alexa turn in on with a voice command. My favorite purchase in a long time!

There are things that over looked when I first bought this kettle that have become unbearable. Number 4 will shock you!1) No keep warm button on the unit. You have to use your phone to turn on the keep it warm function.2) The base does not tell you the temp of the water unless it is on. Doesn’t seem like a big deal except that when it’s on it keeps going to a boil because there is no keep warm button and the UI is crap.3) It only has preset temps. For example, I can’t set my kettle to 190f only185f or 194f. Not a huge difference, unless I want my water to be 190f.4) It does kinda work with Google or Siri, but I can only turn it on or off. But does it heat to their patented not-exact-but-close-enough temp and stay warm (as it is programmed)? Absolutely not. It doesn’t use any of the programmed settings when activated by your smart home assistant. So, even though I can turn it on by saying “Hey Google”, I still get to use my phone to set it to the closest temp and keep it warm. Usually it has turned off and cooled by the time I scrape myself out of bed and am ready to make my coffee.5) The app is garbage. Half the time I can’t even set the temperature because the button doesn’t work.6) It pours like an outdoor garden hose spigot.I know these complaints make me sound like a punk b*tch who can’t get past my first world problems, but I really hate this kettle. And by the way, what company even makes this product? Try searching it online. I cannot find a customer support, live chat, or even store front.What do I like about this Kettle? It’s big.

Update: I bought this in Jan 2023. End of November (just before the 12 month return expiration), the heating element stopped working. Seller was very prompt in handling my request. Got a replacement unit today. My original rating was 5 stars, I lowered it to 4 stars after the device failed. Still like the unit and hoping this replacement unit lasts longer. Original post is below.I was going to give a 4 star review because of some quirky issues with the operation. But those issues appear to have been fixed.Setup: this was painful. The only feedback that the base unit provides during the network connection process is a blinking light. This isn't enough to tell you what is going on. Like most IoT devices, this unit needs the old / slow 2.4Ghz network to connect to. Almost all home routers have both 2.4 Ghz and 5Ghz. But note that during the setup, you need to make sure your phone is connected to the 2.4 Ghz network on your router. I had a lot of trouble getting the connection to take. At one point, the fast-blink light on the base turned steady (meaning that the base unit had connected to a network), but it wasn't connected to MY network. Not sure where it connected, or how, or why. After much fooling around, I finally figured out that pressing both the POWER button and the PROG button at the same time would reset the network connection on the base and it would let me try again (this is not explained in the manual). After several attempts, I finally got it to connect.One of the quirky issues was turning on the pot and setting it to hold a temperature of 203F (which is the recommended temperature for pour-over coffee brewing). The base unit and remote were very picky about the sequence that the buttons had to be pushed to make this work. But this now has been fixed and is more intuitive. Also, there was an issue when you turned off the pot from the base, it would not update the remote app on your phone, so the phone showed the pot as being on when it wasn't. This has also been fixed.The base unit has a 3 digit display that will tell you the current temperature of the pot. It also has a very bright blue LED to tell you that it is connected to the network. The base unit will also will beep at you when it reaches the target hold-temperature, as well as alert your phone when it reaches the target temperature. This is a red blinking light on the base when the pot is at hold temperature.I am using the Smart-Life app as recommended by the manufacturer. This gives you more control over the functions than the Alexa or Google apps do. The Smart-Life app shows the current temperature, lets you turn the pot on or off, and set the hold temp. You can even have Smart-Life work with Siri. So I can say to Siri "Boil water", and it will turn the pot on.So far, I am completely satisfied with this purchase and easily recommend it.

It's nice to have warm water ready in the morning before heading to work and the ability to power on remotely is a great feature of the electric kettle. The glass kettle gives it a high quality feel and beautiful led light illuminates inside looks really nice

I like that I can set the temp directly in the app. However, using Google Assistant or Alexa, you can only turn it on and off, not set the temperature. From the control pad on the kettle, you can turn on and off the kettle to boil, but if you want a specific temperature, you can turn on the kettle and then use the program button and set a temp, but the kettle will boil water, then let it cool to that temp, then boil it again. I prefer to set a temp, have the water heat to that temp, then stop, and this kettle just doesn't do that, so I have to wait much longer to get the water at the temp I want if it's not boiling. That's all very frustrating.

While the kettle worked well for a while it completely stopped working after 30 days. I have looked around and have no idea how to get support or open a ticket with Korex.It was nice to be able to start the kettle remotely but it also had flaws to begin with such as not being able to set a default temp (175f for tea for example) menacing every time you started the kettle you had to switch it to the temp you wanted. You also can’t set a default to keep it warm. Another thing you have to set manually every time.This on top of it completely breaking and there being no way to get support I would say avoid this product at all costs. This one is very cheap, lacking simple features, and you won’t be able to get help if you have a problem. Wonder when a manufacturer will make a quality wifi kettle. There don’t seem to be any out there today.