Description of App
Smart Life is a smart device management App for you to control and manage your intelligent home products easier and to live smarter.
Category
Version
3.35.0
Free or Paid
Free
Apple Watch Support
Yes
Device(s) App Was Tested On
iPhone
iOS Version
15.2.1
Accessibility Comments
The App used to be Accessible but now it is not possible to control or manage most devices already added. Furthermore it's no longer possible using Voiceover to add a new Smart device.
VoiceOver Performance
VoiceOver reads a few page elements.
Button Labeling
Few buttons are clearly labeled.
Usability
Some parts of the app are accessible with VoiceOver, but not enough to make it usable.
Other Comments
I have contacted the Developer who did not address any of the show stopping Accessibility bugs introduced in recent versions. I and many other Visually Impaired iPhone users are no longer able to manage our Smart devices that rely on this App. I have contacted Apple to see if they could gently nudge the developer to improve Accessibility Apple suggested leaving a review in the Appstore which I've done. We need more users to submit reviews, and share the difficulties to get the developer to take notice and action. A major roadblock now is the "Add new device" button is no longer seen by Voiceover. There is also an area on the main screen of the app that Voiceover is unable to interact with (because of the design of the app), that shows existing Smart devices.
Comments
Tuya Smart
You can try this corresponding application that I use.
It supports almost all devices it supports and those mentioned.
https://apps.apple.com/gr/app/tuya-smart/id1034649547?l=el
I found a way to kind of use…
I found a way to kind of use the app. Turn on VOiceOver screen recognision and it will work a little bit.
Contacting Developers
This is ridiculous! I can't manage my products independently! I've contacted the developer via email and would encourage everyone else to do the same. This app should become more accessible ASAP! I'll also leave a review in the App Store.
for Stelios Platsis
Hello:
am about to purchase soem devices from Tuya smart.
so, are there app accessible? and can i control the devices and see them?
What about it's integration with Siri and alexa?
I have saved myself!
This is the reason why I rely on this community and praise it for providing timely and updated content.
I am also an active user of this app and have decided not to to go with the update.
Right now, the add device button is clearly labelled in current version of the app that I am using.
I will update to the latest version when the developer fix the bugs.
do u have an IR device?
do u have an ir device from Tuya? can u control it?
The accessibility
How is it with the accessibility in Smart life now? I am going to buy an automatic feeder for my cat and it is controlled with smart life. But I can't buy it if the app is not accessible with Voiceover.
\Any further updates on this?
The garden room I have just had built has an infrared heater which, I am told, can be controlled by smart Life. Is there any progress with the developer? If not then both I, and the garden room company who built the garden room for me, would like to know. in their case, they want to know as they are very favourably disposed to putting pressure on the app developer via the heater supplier. It can only be a good thing if a business wishes to support accessibility in this way, though I am not surprised given the stellar way they have conducted themselves throughout this design and building project.
Tuya Smart accessibility has degraded
I have a robot vacuum that uses.Tuya Smart. unfortunately, the latest update I installed made it harder to use. It also seems to have lost the connection to my robot vacuum so I have to start all over again. I'm not too impressed.