It's a nice way to stay on top of any issues that crop up without having to constantly check the app. You'll even get an occasional email from Google letting you know how things are going with your network. I also appreciate the Network Check tool that lets me see how fast my internet really is (or if my ISP is lying to me) and if all my mesh points are operating correctly. It's a clever way of allowing your guests a bit of control without giving them permanent access. Going to that site in a home with a Google Wifi browser will allow you to control those smart devices that have been added to Home Control, as well as things like Chromecast devices.

One cool feature I've found is that Google Wifi creates a custom webpage just for your home's smart devices called On.Here. You can also manually pause the internet using Google Home or via the app. The Family Wifi feature allows you to create labels to assign to certain devices, restricting content delivered to them (via SafeSearch) and enforcing internet pauses (for bedtimes or homework breaks). The Google Wifi app makes sharing your devices and keeping an eye on things easy. I've had mine going for over a month and, with the exception of a power outage, it has never failed. The app is easy to understand, easy to use, and the signal it produces is the most consistent I've tested. There have been routers where I would sit and wait out a random WiFi outage rather than even look at the router, because I knew that touching anything, physically or in the settings, would result in days of downtime as I struggled to get things back online. I'll confess, even as a tech-savvy person, my palms get clammy when I have to mess with my router settings. It walks you through a simple series of steps, gives you suggestions on where to place your additional mesh units, and sets up everything behind the scenes. Similar to my other favorite mesh system, eero, the setup wizard is blissfully hands-off. When you plug it and open the app, things get really interesting. Setting things up and testing your network should be this easy for every router Anthony Karcz

Google wifi interference test