Kasa Smart Plug Mini 15A EP25 (4-pack)

Editor's Choice

Kasa Smart Plug Mini 15A EP25 (4-pack)

Kasa Smart by TP-Link · EP25P4

4.6/5

Small enough to leave the second socket free, works with Apple Home as well as Alexa and Google, and tells you what each device costs to run.

Best for

Mixed households running more than one voice assistant

Key highlight

Apple HomeKit support without a bridge

• Compatibility4.9
• Size4.8
• App4.5
• Reliability4.6
• Value4.7

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Smart plugs are the least glamorous part of a smart home and the part you end up using most. The EP25 has been our default recommendation for a while, for three unremarkable reasons: it is small, it works with everything, and it does not need a hub.

Size matters more than you think

Most smart plugs are fat enough to cover the second socket in a double outlet. The EP25 is designed not to. That sounds trivial until you have four of them around the house and have not lost a single socket to them. It handles fifteen amps, so it is rated for a space heater rather than just a lamp.

Compatibility

This is the model's real advantage. Siri and Apple Home, Alexa, Google Assistant and Samsung SmartThings all work, and none of them need a bridge. Apple Home support is the unusual one — plenty of cheap plugs skip it — and it means a mixed household does not have to argue about ecosystems. Setup is Wi-Fi only on 2.4 GHz, which is standard and fine.

Energy monitoring

Each plug reports how much power the attached device is drawing, and the Kasa app keeps a running history. This is more useful than it sounds. Plug in the old fridge in the garage, or the games console that never really sleeps, and you find out what standby actually costs. It is not laboratory-accurate, but it is accurate enough to change behaviour.

Scheduling and the practical uses

Schedules, countdown timers, sunset and sunrise triggers, and an away mode that switches lamps on and off unpredictably. The uses that stick are unglamorous: coffee machine on at 6:30, Christmas lights off at midnight, the heated towel rail for two hours in the morning, the aquarium light on a fixed cycle.

The limits

It is Wi-Fi, so each plug takes an address on your network and depends on your router being up. It is not Matter — TP-Link sells separate Matter models under the Kasa and Tapo names if that matters to you. And local control is limited: if the internet drops, voice assistants stop working even though the plug is three metres away.

Should you buy it?

Buy the EP25 if you want plugs that work with whatever assistant the household uses and do not block the second socket. Skip it if you specifically need Matter, or if you want everything to keep working when the internet goes down.