I’ve Tested 45 Fans, and This One Taught Me to Appreciate Remotes Again
I’ve tested nearly 45 fans for WIRED over the past two years, so I can say this with some authority: Your fan doesn’t need an app. If the app helps connect the device with your smart-home ecosystem to enable voice control, that’s fine, but a fan is supposed to blend unobtrusively into the background of your life, not take up any remaining scraps of real estate on your phone or in your brain.
Coway, maker of some of our favorite air purifiers(which I will note are also app-free), agrees with this, which is why its first stand-alone fan, the P50 pedestal fan, eschews app-based controls. Turn the fan on or off, change the oscillation, or adjust the speed up and down with either your voice or the remote—no need for a phone or Wi-Fi. It’s a solid concept from a brand that’s proven its mettle in reliability and build...
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