GoveeLife WiFi Pool Thermometer P1 Wireless, Water Thermometer

This wireless pool thermometer connects to wifi and sends temperature readings to the Govee app and I am not going to lie, being able to check my pool temp from inside the house has changed my summer routine. No more walking out to check if the water is warm enough. Just pull up the app and know instantly. The digital display on the floating unit is easy to read from poolside but the real value is the app integration. Historical temperature data, alerts when temp reaches your preferred range, real time monitoring from anywhere. All the smart features you would want from a connected pool device. Accuracy has been spot on compared to my old analog thermometer. The readings update reliably and the wifi connection stays stable even at the far end of my pool from the router. No dropouts, no connectivity issues, just consistent temperature data whenever I check. The floating design keeps the sensor properly submerged while the display stays visible above water. It drifts around the pool naturally and continues reading accurately regardless of position. Sturdy construction feels like it will survive summers of pool chemicals and sun exposure. Setup through the Govee app was simple. Connect to wifi, name your device, start monitoring. The app interface is clean and intuitive. Temperature history charts let you see patterns over time which is actually useful for understanding how your pool responds to weather changes. For pool owners who want to know the water temperature without the walk outside, this delivers exactly that. The wireless connectivity works reliably, the readings are accurate, and the app integration makes this more than just a thermometer. It is a proper smart pool accessory.

This is a great product. We use it in our outdoor hot tub, which we use all year long. We live in a summer/winter climate and we travel a lot. So being able to see the hot tub temperature at a moments notice, with the app on my phone wherever I am, is very important. This thermomter transmits well through the hot tub cover to the indoor receiver, and connects perfectly with our wifi for the phone app. The app works great! You can set upper and lower limits so you'll get a message if the temp suddenly drops below the set limit (I know that works from when we take it out to change the water). Previously I had purchased a different brand and it just didn't cut it. Some of the LED numbers on the thermometer died, it stopped transmitting to the indoor receiver, and the app was clunky. I tried this Govee thermometer with minimal confidence, and it has pleasantly surprised me. ONLY PROBLEM: After about 9 months the batteries started draining quickly. After a couple battery changes, I knew it was not going to change. RESOLUTION: I contacted Govee directly and since it was within their one-year warranty policy, they sent me a brand new one very quicky. WHAT'S NEXT: Now I wait to see whether or not this new one stays working or does the same thing after many months. Fingers crossed.

UPDATED: Govee reached out and offered a refund on the original device after seeing my review. Great customer service. I’ve since picked up a second one and it’s working great - glad to see them stand behind their product and the customer service. I’m a big fan of Govee products and this one is great - it’s a niche need no doubt - but if you want to track your pool or hot tub temperature it works with the bridge and syncs into the app without any issue. It’s nice that it floats easily but isn’t annoying. It’s sized reasonably and unlike some other falsities I have in my hot tub (scum balls, Frog@ease) this thing moves around but doesn’t fly all over the place. Not sure how - but it’s much less annoying. Tracking updates quickly - even with the conserve battery option on. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Hoping I got a dud or something based on the reviews. When it was working it was great and did its job as intended. Unfortunately, batteries died after about 3 months, which is much shorter than indicated on item description, and now the whole unit appears to be dead. I could get a single bar on the screen to flash for a split second if I angled the battery in a very specific way with my finger, which indicates some sort of interior failure in the wiring of the unit. Going to grab another one and hope I got a lemon this time around.

This is a great pool thermometer. Sorry accurate and the app is great. My pool is about 100 ft from the WiFi router, so I was worried about getting a signal. The thermometer comes with a Wi-Fi extender that works very well. I found the best location for the extender is closer to the WiFi router than the thermometer. I originally placed the extender 3/4 distance away from the WiFi, but it barely worked. I moved it 1/4 of the distance away from the WiFi, that was the perfect location.

Owned for almost a year.As others have stated, it was great while it worked. The display lasted about 6 months with connection being lost after 11 months to Google Home. Maybe this is a disposable item but I expect better from Govee. I purchased because of the easy to read display. I want to be able to look at the device and know the temperature of the pool. Now I am dependent on the connection to an app which at best is intermittent. I will be researching alternatives to this before I will consider purchasing another unit.

Contrary to other reviews, this pool thermometer is not at all intuitively paired. It is easy enough once you figure it out but the directions are very limited and badly need improvement. The thermometer works great once you get it paired though and can be accessed via Alexa or other home devices. This pairing is not intuitive either lol! So here are the instructions which can save you a headache! First download the Govee app (there is a QR code in the tiny instruction manual. First thing that needs improvement: larger font size!!) and set up an account. Then connect your phone to your 2gb wifi connection. Then go back to the Govee app and ignore all the different kind of devices listed and just hit the little + button in the top right corner. It will then connect with your gateway device first (that’s the round thing that plugs into the wall) and hopefully it will flash blue. Then you just short press one of the two side buttons, not the reset button (that one you use if it doesn’t flash blue), and the gateway should be connected. (Instructions say to hold the button down for 5 seconds but that is incorrect; it’s a short press!) Then the app should automatically find the pool thermometer device itself and you need to have the battery cover off to hold down the button next to the battery compartment for three seconds. Then it should be connected! It will look like you need to hit “add” the device button at the bottom of the app, but you don’t. That’s just if you want to connect another thermometer. So then the app and the thermometer should show the water temperature. If you want to connect it to Alexa, then you need to go into your profile (head and shoulders icon on bottom of Govee app to the right) and then go to Voice Assistant setting. Then you hit Alexa or whatever you have and link the Govee skill to your Amazon account and Alexa right on the Govee app (don’t try it on the Alexa app, it won’t find the Govee skill for whatever reason). Then you can ask you-know-who what your pool temperature is! Cool! There are also Govee widgets available for iPhone and iPad that will show you the pool temperature as well (and possibly Apple watch app coming??) The app will show your pool temperature over time, not really sure why you need that lol. Obviously I just started using it, but I will update my review if it conks out prematurely. It does come with an extra gasket, which is nice because we all know chlorine is pretty toxic to everything. But so far very handy! I have had a pool for 20 years and have gotten to the point where I only go in if the water is above 82 degrees. So this is a very handy device, so I don’t have to take my heavy pool ladder down and walk up the steps to drag out the old manual thermometer every time I want to know the pool temperature. It may show a higher temperature than it really is, because this thermometer is only about 6 inches deep, and sometimes there can be a layer of hotter water at the top of the pool under the solar cover, but again I will update review if it isn’t accurate. Convenient device once you figure out how to pair everything!

I picked this up mainly to avoid walking outside every morning just to check the pool temp, and so far it’s been one of those simple gadgets that’s actually useful every day. Setup through the Govee app was pretty straightforward. It connected to WiFi without much trouble, and the readings on the app have matched closely with my old floating thermometer. The display on the unit itself is also large enough to read from the edge of the pool, which I wasn’t expecting. I like being able to check the temperature before getting home from work or before deciding whether to run the heater. The notification alerts are a nice touch too, especially if you’re trying to keep an eye on temp swings overnight. The floating unit seems well sealed and has handled rain and full sun without issues so far. Battery life obviously remains to be seen long term, but after the initial setup it hasn’t dropped much. A couple small things: the thermometer is a little larger than a standard floating thermometer, and the app has a lot of options/settings that can feel slightly cluttered at first. Overall though, it does exactly what I wanted — reliable pool temp monitoring without having to go outside and check manually every time.

Love it, except a few times it loses the network. Not sure if its the device or spectrum’s fault.