
A Google user
App has improved in English some but hard to navigate. Many COMMON devices like a Kindle, A Roku, and many brands like most Amazon items and Ring items are not listed in their choices of descriptions. Hard to find add-ons and no explanation of where to find your items if you plug in external storage NEGATIVES: App always wants to update to the Chinese language version. Has terrible translation like it says "determine" where it means "ok" or "apply". You can name your devices but all the presets are again in Chinese. App tries to update your router to the latest Chinese version which WILL BRICK YOUR ROUTER! App needs an English translator but devs too cheap to pay for one so app seriously needs help. Router works pretty well but only 100Mbps cables and app is very difficult to use. Devs need to update it but update tries to update to chinese version and website tries to keep you in Asia.
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Junk app. It requires permissions for camera, phone, contacts, storage, and location to move forward to the homepage where one would set up a new router of sign in to the mi account to use the app. On my iOS device, the app could not find my new router just out of the box. I had to set up the router using the safari like captive wifi dialogue box. On Android, it is slightly better, it is able to detect "no new od unpaired router" because I am already set up. You have to log in Mi Online account to use the interface beyond first time setup in the app. On windows, i tried connecting the router wan to my pc ethernet port and set up that way. I could not access the router settings page from a pc using ethernet cable on the router's 192.168.31.1 router portal. Also, in my current market I cannot return electronics once purchased. Otherwise, I would have definitely returned the eouter. One can see that a continous piece of wire runs into each antennae through the weird joint. Even the most dlink routers come with better jointed antenne which no risk of a kinked or broken antennae wire. Also the router cannot be mounted on a wall. It does not come with an ethernet cable. I bought this router partly based on reviews from the Indian Mi online store which raving reviews on it (probably fake or from first time router users). I am worried about Xiaomi snooping on people's internet use even without using their outrageous app.
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Imran Hossain Rohit
You guys need to update this app ASAP cause there are lot of bugs on this app and kinda old!! First the bugs are when I use deep speed test on 1st time always fail , Sometimes suddenly it shows I had log out when I log in it always show error , Sometimes it will not show which device is connected to my router and wifi does not want to update when it is available. There are many more issue but these are the most I have to face every single day. Please update the app UI this isn't 2017 anymore.
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