GoveeLife Door Window Sensor, Unlimited Group Control Devices, Wireless Mini Contact Sensor for Smart Home Automation, Battery Powered, Compatible with

I just got this sensor, but so far it works fine. It came with a fully charged battery, even though the product info says the batteries aren't included. It was easy to install and set up. It does not work with Alexa or any other smart home integration, and it doesn't send notifications when the device is triggered. It does keep records of the device being triggered, but I haven't figured out a way for it to result in actual notifications. It seems like it is more designed for "if/then" style commands, such as turning on a light when a door is opened. And if you want "if/then" commands to happen based off of the sensor, then the other products must be GoveeLife brand. None of that is a problem for me as that is exactly what I wanted this sensor for, and I have other Govee Life products. I bought this for my walk-in closet. I have it connected to a smart bulb so that when I open the closet door, it turns on, and it turns off when I close the door. I really like the GoveeLife app and integration. It's super easy to control all of your products with one app, and Alexa integration is a snap, as well (for products that will work with Alexa).

Love the Govee App! I have this door alert on our garage freezer along with Temp Alarms and Water leakage alarms all about our home. Installation, WIFI connectivity and time of alert response is very good. The App even keeps track of battery condition which so far has been good. They function very well and have saved our food and prevented water damage already. They pay for themselves everyday!

I own about 30 Govee products, and they're mostly great, but this thing is absolute garbage. I've been messaging back and forth with support for 2+ weeks, and I still can't get a straight answer as to whether or not this can work solely via Bluetooth. All of my other Govee devices work seamlessly with either WiFi or Bluetooth. I have the Govee app pinned open on my phone, and all I want is a notification when the door is opened or closed. How hard can this possibly be?!? The app claims the device is connected. The gap is far less than the requirement. The battery appears to be working. Yet the journal shows no activity. I don't get it. UPDATE: They sent me a replacement, same issues. Worked for a few hours, then nothing. They're in a spot with a great signal, but it doesn't seem to matter. Tried again with every Distributed Gateway combination, nothing. Very disappointing.

The item works as intended, but I took off 1 star because the setup process was confusing at first. Since I already had a gateway, I assumed I could connect it directly, but the app wouldn’t allow that. It only let me connect it through a distributed gateway, which requires one of a few Wi‑Fi-enabled Govee devices to act as a node. Luckily, I already had one node eligible device (a presence sensor). Without that, I would have had to return it, since it wouldn’t work even though I already had a gateway connected to the internet. Once you get the positioning just right on the door and window, it works fine. Just don’t permanently stick it to the wall right away until you’re happy with the responsiveness in the app. I had to move the magnet closer and farther until I got the response I needed.

I used mine as a window sensor since I sleep with a window open so if someone or something moves the window I'll be alerted/alarmed via my echo since its disabled on the real professional house alarm system. I attached the sensors with magnetic tape since you have to change the batter eventually or have a hardware failure/replacement. There's no actual Govee alarm aside from the water/thermometers that just beep, so that's why I used Alexa instead. IFTTT has been discontinued so you have to use routines inside of Alexa instead. Alexa can enable/disable routines using the custom line which is what would say i.e.: "enable x routine". Using Echo 4th Generation, the big one not a dot. I also have a Govee corner light and presence sensor. You need Alexa app, Govee Life app, IFTTT app, and Voice Monkey app. You need to add all these apps as skills in the Alexa App. This is considered a sub sensor BTW. Voice Monkey, add a speaker will treat it like a toggle door open/closed while routine trigger can split the open/close state. Either one will make this Govee devices discoverable for routines now or as a simple doorbell trigger/announcer. Use IFTTT to have the Govee app be the IF trigger, while Voice Monkey be the THEN that will pass along to Alexa. Create a routine in Alexa using the Voice Monkey as the WHEN event, and then fill in the ALEXA WILL section for audio. Save the routine and use something else like a new routine triggered by saying Good morning/Good night to enable and disable rather than saying Turn on/off disable/enable routine name. Additionally you can use the govee app to send you a notification to verify things are being triggered as a redundancy/tracker if you are away from the speaker/announcement device. The one that is sent from Alexa to your phone will only sound any other notification and won't work as a makeshift alarm.