Presumably, many students who want to install smart home will have such questions: what is the difference between the whole house smart solution and the whole house smart single product I bought myself? In particular, intelligent single products in the same ecosystem can also realize linkage. Even many new agents do not have a particularly clear understanding of this.

Today, zhijia.com takes the smart products of Xiaomi's ecological chain and Huawei's whole house smart (the same with other whole house smart brands) as examples to show you how to purchase and install, use experience, after-sales service and other parts.

Purchase installation

In terms of purchase and installation, Mijia ecological intelligent single product undoubtedly has the advantages of on-demand purchase, flexible installation and so on. In addition, Mi's products are generally cost-effective. Users can buy one or two smart items at a lower cost and experience the convenience brought by intelligence.

In terms of installation, because the michia platform is generally aimed at the aftermarket, the installation is not complicated. It is basically "power on - add equipment with michia app". For the products that need to be installed, such as switches, lamps, locks, etc., Xiaomi or eco chain enterprises provide installation services. After the user purchases the products, the installer will take the initiative to contact, or the user will make an appointment for installation on the relevant official account or telephone.

For Huawei and other whole house smart brands, the purchase and installation is very procedural, basically following the links of "door-to-door room measurement - issuing whole house smart scheme according to user needs - installation and construction - commissioning and acceptance", so users don't need to worry too much.

user's experience

After the smart products of Xiaomi family are connected to the network, they can basically use the app of Xiaomi family to realize mobile phone remote control or voice control of Xiaoai classmate. At the same time, the scene linkage can also be set in Mijia app, such as home mode, home mode, etc., but it needs strong hands-on ability.

However, according to the author's experience, there will be some problems in the scene linkage because the Mijia intelligent unit does not follow the idea of the whole house intelligent scheme. For example, the film viewing mode set by the author is to turn on the projection and leave a small table lamp, but the small table lamp often cannot be turned on automatically when the film opening mode is implemented.

Xiaoai speaker on projection - desk lamp on - bedroom lamp off

In addition, the Xiaomi smart camera PTZ Pro purchased by the author can not be switched on and off by Xiaoai.

Friends around me once bought a light band that can be connected to MI family on Taobao, but some functions in MI family app are gray and cannot be set. After consulting the merchant, they learned that all functions can be used only by using the brand's own app.

Unlike the access in the form of a single product of the michia ecological chain, Huawei's whole house intelligent solution is aimed at the "whole house" scenario at the beginning of product R & D and design. There is no obstacle to the linkage between products and scenarios. The equipment at home can be controlled and managed by using Huawei Smart Life app.

after-sale service

If there is a problem with the product during use, generally speaking, users can apply for after-sales service through orders for products purchased from Xiaomi mall. However, some products require users to directly contact the ecological chain enterprises, which increases the after-sales service cost.

Huawei's whole house intelligent solution only requires users to contact the service provider, and the after-sales communication cost is low.

intended for

Through the above comparison, we can also find that xiaomijia smart products are suitable for users with small budget, strong hands-on ability and want to slightly try smart home, while Huawei whole house smart is suitable for users with sufficient budget and want to experience high-quality smart life.

summary

The above is a comparison of the author's own experience from the aspects of purchase, installation and use experience, which can be briefly summarized in the following table:

　　In fact, the author has been confused about the difference between the whole house intelligent single product and the whole house intelligent scheme before. I hope that this article can bring help to the students who also have this question.