These days, there is very little to differentiate between various smart plug brands. They generally do pretty much the same thing, athough some, such as this one, include energy monitoring functionality.This has its own app, which is fairly intuitive and connects without issue to the plug. Once you've done this, you can then add Hombli as a skill to the Alexa app, after which you can control it by voice. You may well find your preferred smart plug app also works with this, however, if you're not keen on downloading an additional app.I haven't had any issues with connection since installing this, so I have no complaints thus far whatsoever.