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Amazon Smart Plug

Compiled by SmartHomeWorkflow Research · Amazon · Plugs & Outlets · ~$24.99 ($24.99 is Amazon's own published price, unchanged from the launch release; Amazon's retail listing is not a page we can re-read, so treat this as a list price rather than what you would pay today)

Compatibility

Protocols: WIFI^[4]

What it can do^[8]

Listed capabilities are what we could establish from vendor documentation. An ability missing here is unestablished — not necessarily absent.

Subscription reality^[1]

✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.

Vendor account required: Not established — we have not sourced this yet.

Amazon: 'No smart home hub required.' Core control via the free Alexa app needs no paid plan. The listing promotes Alexa+ (free with Prime, paid for non-Prime), but that is an assistant tier, not a requirement for plug operation.

Maintenance reality^[5]

• Works without the internet: Not established — we have not sourced this yet. It does not mean the product fails without the internet.
• Requires the Alexa app and an Amazon account. Network: 2.4 GHz only, 802.11 b/g/n; no 5 GHz. Electrical: 120 VAC, 15 A max. Indoor use only. 1-year limited warranty.
• Security updates: No security-update support date is on record for this model yet. We haven't yet checked whether Amazon publishes one, so this is a gap in our research — not a statement about the manufacturer.

The catch

Ecosystem lock-in is the design, not an omission: Amazon states it 'works exclusively with Alexa' and 'does not support other voice assistants or smart hubs.' No Matter support, no energy monitoring, and switching away from Alexa later strands the device.

Who it's for

Committed Alexa households that want the lowest-friction plug for that ecosystem, with setup measured in minutes via Wi-Fi Simple Setup. Wrong fit for anyone using or considering Apple Home, Google Home, SmartThings, or Home Assistant, or anyone who wants energy data.

Sources & method

Numbered sources below back the facts marked with the matching number above. This is a research profile: compiled from manufacturer documentation, certification registries, and published testing — we state facts, not verdicts, and we have not physically tested this unit. How we work →

1. [1] Amazon's own launch release — Amazon Smart Plug at '$24.99'; 'the first Wi-Fi smart plug to use Wi-Fi simple setup'; 'use your voice to control your lights, fans, coffee maker, and more'; works with 'a compatible Alexa-enabled device like Echo, Fire TV, Fire tablet, Sonos One, or even just the Alexa app on your phone'; no hub required — vendor-press-release research, verified 2026-08-08
   Backs: Product identity, Price, Subscription, Research status
2. [2] Checked Amazon's launch release, the aboutamazon.com devices newsroom and developer.amazon.com; none states a software-support period or end-of-updates date for the Amazon Smart Plug. Amazon's device help pages, which would be the natural home for such a statement, return HTTP 503 to us (five requests across two rounds, 2026-08-08) — vendor-page research, verified 2026-08-08
   Backs: Service status
3. [3] home-assistant.io/integrations/alexa_devices lists Amazon Echo Auto, Echo Dot, Echo Flex, Echo Plus, Echo Show, Fire TV Stick, Fire Tablet and Air Quality Monitor as supported — the Amazon Smart Plug appears nowhere, and no other official Home Assistant integration covers it — vendor-and-ecosystem-page research, verified 2026-08-08
   Backs: Home Assistant compatibility
4. [4] CSA certified-products registry search (csa-iot.org) for 'Amazon Smart Plug': no Amazon-manufactured Matter-certified smart plug listed; product listing contains zero Matter mentions; Amazon's official Matter materials cover Echo controllers and third-party device makers only, with no Amazon Smart Plug Matter update announced — registry-lookup, verified 2026-07-17
   Backs: Protocols
5. [5] amazon.com/dp/B089DR29T6 (official Amazon listing) — re-read in full on 2026-08-08 and every term confirmed verbatim. Integrations: 'Amazon Smart Plug is optimized for simple setup and exclusive use with Alexa. Amazon Smart Plug does not support other voice assistants or smart hubs.' Also, above the fold: 'Amazon Smart Plug works exclusively with Alexa.' Maintenance: 'Electrical Ratings Input: 120VAC, 60Hz 15A Max Output: 15A Max'; 'Network Connectivity 2.4 GHz only, 802.11 b/g/n. Does not support 5GHz networks or connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks'; 'For indoor use only'; 'Warranty and Service 1-year limited warranty and service'. Market: orderable with quantities 1–11+, 'Shipper / Seller Amazon.com', 30-day refund/replacement. ⚠ NO PRICE IS TAKEN FROM THIS READ: the listing gates it behind 'To see product details, add this item to your cart', so the $24.99 keeps its own date and its own source (Amazon's launch release, re-verified 2026-08-08 in the previous batch). 🔴 WHY THIS NOTE REPLACES AN ESCALATION, stated rather than quietly overwritten: on 2026-08-08 these six terms were marked unverifiable on the finding that this page 'returns a page shell with no product body to our fetcher'. That finding was an INSTRUMENT ERROR, not a fact about the page — the response was read without decompressing it, so a compressed body looked exactly like a shell: bytes present, no product markers, no title. Decompressed, the same URL returns 1,072,422 characters with a full product body, and the production fetcher (which decompresses) extracts 15,765 characters of text containing both load-bearing sentences. The claims were always sourced; our reading of the source was wrong. — vendor-page research, verified 2026-08-08
   Backs: Amazon Alexa compatibility, Apple Home compatibility, Google Home compatibility, SmartThings compatibility, Market availability, Maintenance
6. [6] Amazon retail listing for the Amazon Smart Plug, fetched 2026-08-18 — the page answers our fetcher with a shell carrying no product body, so it establishes nothing either way. This is the documented Amazon retail-surface behaviour, not a new finding; the record's account and Wi-Fi facts continue to rest on the reads already cited. — vendor-page research, verified 2026-08-18
7. [7] Amazon's own launch press release, read 2026-08-20: "The Amazon Smart Plug is the first Wi-Fi smart plug to use Wi-Fi simple setup, making it easy to start – and expand – your smart home with connected devices" and, on what a buyer needs, "All you need is a compatible Alexa-enabled device like Echo, Fire TV, Fire tablet, Sonos One, or even just the Alexa app on your phone to get started." — vendor-page research (BQ-191 provider backfill, population (b): the `hubs` axis), verified 2026-08-20
   Backs: Required hub or bridge
8. [8] Amazon's own launch press release, already cited on this record: "With the Amazon Smart Plug, use your voice to control your lights, fans, coffee maker, and more", and "easily set a routine that turns your lights on at 6:00am and your lights off at 10:00pm". — vendor + ecosystem-documentation research (BQ-187 capabilities population, batch 12), verified 2026-08-20
   Backs: Capabilities
9. [9] No page was read for this entry. It classifies WHY each `none` cell on this record is `none`, from the citations those cells already rest on, so the next sweep does not re-derive the reading. — basis classification over evidence this record already carries (16 #453) — a reading pass, no new research, verified 2026-08-22

Compatibility and lifecycle information reflects the last-verified date above and can change without notice (firmware updates, cloud-service changes, discontinuations). It is provided as-is, for information — verify with the manufacturer before purchasing. Spot an error? Tell us and we'll fix it. Full terms: Terms of Service.

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