Product Review – Oakter Oakremote – Smart WiFi Remote Controller is value for money

Oakter OakRemote – Smart WiFi Universal Remote Controller – Smart yet affordable at Rs. 1,490/-

Oakter Smart Home Kit lets you take a step into the future with its ability to control power plugs remotely, especially using your smartphones. The usage is utterly simple, extremely convenient – just image “touch screen” switches instead of the conventional ones. Especially for the elderly and patients it can be a great aide.

Imagine a situation one is resting inside the coziness of a blanket in a freezing winter and don’t feel to move out to switch off a table lamp near to you or if one wants to make sure the geyser is switched off before going to sleep, in such situations one can easily or remotely control the switch in the fingertips. Oakter is a company based at Delhi NCR and manufactures Home Automation solutions. Oakter’s Smart Home Kit lets you take full-fledged control of power sockets in your house, or office, right from your smartphone.

OakRemote is a plugged-in Smart Universal Remote. It can control all your remote controlled devices like TV, AC, Set Top Box, Speaker, Air Coolers and more in a room. OakRemote helps you control all your home appliances using free mobile app by Oakter Smart Home. It has inbuilt remotes for Indian Set-Top Boxes & Air Conditioners.

It is also the perfect companion for Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. It empowers you to #AskAlexa or go #HeyGoogle to switch on/off Home Theater, change channels on Set-Top Box, change temperature of AC & much more.

OakRemote is an internet connected device and requires WiFi at home. It continuously evolves to provide you even more features, with over the air firmware upgrades. It is a number 1 Bestseller in Smart Electical Home Products Category on Amazon. It works with Alexa as well as Google Assistant.

What is Oakremote?

It is an internet connected device and connects with a W-Fi. Priced at just Rs 1,490/- it is quite an affordable product and worth its value for money. It is a smart universal remote and control all the remote controlled devices such as TV, AC, Speaker, Set-top Box, Air Cooler, etc. It has in-built remotes for the set-top boxes and ACs. It also connects with home appliances using a mobile App under the name of Oakter Smart Home. One can download Oakter Smart Home Mobile App from Google and install it as per instructions on the App.

Specifications

Pros:

• Convenient and Easy to Use
• Works on 2G
• Works even during Wi-fi outage
• Value for money

Cons: Nothing adverse observed

The bundle contains a central controlling Hub which is the heart of the system, two 6 ampere sockets which Oakter calls Smart Plugs, a 16A socket/Smart Plug, a 25A Smart Box for remotely controlling MCB’s embedded in your switchboards or for controlling appliances like Air conditioners, and an Infrared-enabled remote control – called touch leaf – which works in vicinity of each of the plugs, as well as the Hub.

Each unit has an LED light which beams white when the devices are in Off mode and turns amber when the device is turned on.

Convenient Set-up 

Any individual with basic knowledge of technology can easily set up the Oakter Smart Home ecosystem. For initial setup, users must download the Oakter Application and login with the default credentials of the device, and then connect to Oakter Hub over Wi-Fi. Once connected to the smartphone, the LED turns to amber. Users can then migrate to their home Wifi network and are required to set up an account using their email id.

Once connected successfully, you can take control over the appliances connected to Smart Plugs via Oakter app.

Users can assign up to three devices which they can control via touch leaf. This is evidently helpful for older people who do not cherish being so familiar with technology.

Oakter Smart Home Products

In an age where we are contemplating the use of IoT in our lives, the Oakter Smart Home kit makes your life immensely convenient, but cannot qualify to be called a smart “connected” setup. For starters, it would be great to see these Smart Plugs keep a track of units of current consumed at their input and output ends, thus giving an idea of power efficiency of these devices.

Further, the app doesn’t notify users if a device has been continuously running for an alarmingly long time. Neither, does the app send notifications or Usage statistics over email. Thus it remains to be a closed Black Box system. On a positive note, the smart plugs can be manipulated even during Wi-fi outage, using the Touch leaf controller.

Overall, it is a good starting point for home automation. The Oakter Smart Home Kit is priced at Rs. 10,000 for the aforementioned package. Other Smart home offerings such as those from Mi or D-Link are similarly priced. But given that the Oakter Smart Home Kit is a fruit of “Make in India,” we shall expect more attractive pricing in future.

About Oakter

Oakter takes strict measures to ensure security and privacy of its customers. The comapny is ISO27001 certified for information security. The products are CE certified and are designed developed and proudly manufactured in India and adhere to BIS standards for electrical devices to operate seamlessly with Indian homes.