I bought two of these, one for my outdoor string lights, the other for Christmas lights last winter. Although I believe this can be used with other smart systems, maybe Google Home, Alexa etc, I just downloaded and used her app (Smart Life) and she recognized the devices straight away and was able to rename them (e.g. Back Porch Lights ) and set the schedule. The planning part is not 100% intuitive, but not complicated and . I just let her go. Simply that way. No more "Did you remember to turn off the Christmas lights”? It also has a manual button that makes it easy to cancel the schedule and just turn it on or off, which was a nice touch.