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Smartlife

Submitted by Barry Toner, 16 January, 2022
Last updated on 16 January, 2022
Category
Utilities

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.

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.

App Store Link

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/smart-life-smart-living/id1115101477

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Tuya Smart

By Stelios Platsis

5 months 2 weeks ago

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…

By alden

2 months 1 week ago

I found a way to kind of use the app. Turn on VOiceOver screen recognision and it will work a little bit.

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