Android widgets don't see devices
Hi. I've used Kasa app widgets on my Android phone to link to single devices or scenes. However, I'm trying to add a multi-device widget (as per https://www.tp-link.com/uk/support/faq/2294/) and it doesn't work. When I drag the widget to the home screen it gives me the message "You don't have any devices. Add a device to use this widget."
Obviously I DO have some devices and can see and use them in the Kasa app. They are all assigned to a room. But the widget can't see them!
Any ideas?
4*1 is the size of the widget and this Kasa widget is for a single Kasa device that supports color and brightness control, like a smart bulb. As you can see, the control options on this widget example use the color option, which is based on a smart lighting device.
For the smart plug, please use the 3*1 device widget.
@Wayne-TP there was no option to do this.
When adding a single-device widget, I dragged it onto the home screen and it then gave me a selection list to choose from.
When adding a multi-device widget, this didn't happen. I just got a screen telling me I had no devices, with a "Done" button. I tried tapping on this screen, double tapping, long press, but nothing happened. There was no option to add devices before dragging the widget onto the screen.
@Wayne-TP (thanks for your help, by the way!)
My phone is a Google Pixel 2 running Android 11, unrooted.
Kasa offers me 7 widgets as per the image below. In order - single scene (works ok), single device (works ok), multi-device for a room, multi-device, multi-device with temperature (none of these 3 works). Multi-scene works ok, and I don't have a camera so the last one doesn't work.
After clicking Done on the multi-device widgets, the window closes and nothing is added to the Home screen, not even a blank widget.
4*1 is the size of the widget and this Kasa widget is for a single Kasa device that supports color and brightness control, like a smart bulb. As you can see, the control options on this widget example use the color option, which is based on a smart lighting device.
For the smart plug, please use the 3*1 device widget.