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Control your appliances with a D-Link mydlink Mini Wi-Fi Smart Plug
Mon, 19th Aug 2019
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D-Link ANZ have launched new smart plug as part of their range of mydlink smart home devices. The DSP-W118 mydlink Mini Wi-Fi Smart Plug can be used to turn on and off electrical appliances via schedules that can be set up on the mydlink app.

The device can be set to turn your TV off when you're asleep, power on your coffee maker before you wake up, or automatically turn on your living room lamp while you're on holiday.

The free mydlink app works with iPhone, iPad and Android devices to set schedules and automate your appliances using the Smart Plug, as well as set automation rules that interact with other mydlink devices. With the integration with the Google Assistant or Alexa, you can also use the power of your voice with commands such as ‘Alexa, use mydlink to turn on the Smart Plug' to create a voice-enabled smart home.

D-Link ANZ MD Graeme Reardon says, “The mydlink app can control all our smart home products in the mydlink ecosystem and the new mydlink Mini Wi-Fi Smart Plug is an integrated part of making that ecosystem operate in a smart and seamless fashion. Put simply, the new smart plug combined with the mydlink app makes it easier for people to enable their smart home by adding clever automation and additional security."

Previous iterations of D-Link's Wi-Fi smart plugs have been a little on the large size, obscuring access to neighbouring sockets. The new mydlink Mini Wi-Fi Smart Plug packs all it's wireless technology into a tiny form factor. The compact size promises to discreetly extend your D-Link-enabled connected home.

The new D-Link DSP-W118 mydlink Mini Wi-Fi Smart Plug is available now from D-Link Australia's website (RRP AUD$39.95), D-Link New Zealand's website (RRP NZ$55.99) and from all authorised D-Link partners and retailers in both countries.

Key features of the DSP-W118 Mini Wi-Fi Smart Plug

  • Works with your existing Wi-Fi, so no hub required. 
  • Slim design does not obstruct other AC outlets 
  • Works with the Google Assistant, Alexa, and IFTTT 
  • Works with the mydlink app and other mydlink ecosystem products
  • Over-the-air firmware upgrades 
  • Outlet on/off, schedule and timer controls.

D-Link is an enabler of the smart home, making it easy and affordable for people around the world to monitor, automate and control their home from anywhere, anytime using their smartphone or tablet.

D-Link's ranges of innovative, high-performing and intuitive technologies are available for both businesses and consumers through its global network of channel and retail partners and service providers.