iLife Innovations A4s Pro Dry Robotic Vacuum Cleaner with Remote Control…

I bought a Roomba 606 before i got this. The 606 worked fine and i was quite happy with its performance till it started acting up after a week or so. No battery charge was it's problem. Returned it and got the iLife A4s although i was skeptical about the brand.This things works great. Is much much quieter than the Roomba 606, and has a handy remote.Removes more dirt and pet hair (two dogs), than i could ever with a broom. The dogs always bring in loads of dirt and debri and the iLife cleans it up without any problem. Comes with a cleaning brush and two extra rotating sweepers, and opening and emptying out the bin is a snap. well designed and well built for the price. Have not tried it on carpet as don't have one.Highly recommended given the price and performance.

Amazing product! I do not like the idea of domestic help as the wages are not regulated and do not know if the prevailing rates are fair. Thus, I clean my apartment on my own. At times, it becomes tough due to extreme work pressure and time constraints. I came across the robot and purchased it. I can tell you that my apartment is always clean now and with almost 20% efforts.Pros. Effective, programmable, easy to use, easy to clean, quiet operation, has a cute personality:)Cons. NothingAll in all... Full value for money.

Product is good, however ending up using the edge cleaning mode and remote to guide the robot to clean areas. Its good if each area is enclosed to perform auto cleaning at your speed n convenience.

I have been using this robot for a month now. It works great against dust and pet hair. Only con is that it can't mop the floor.Update 2: Issue was resolved in a day after contacting seller. Though they do not official support in India yet (soon to launch), seller went out of their way to get the issue fixed. Happy with the product, happy with support.Update 1 : my robot stopped working after 4 months. On contacting support, they sent me a pair of wheels and asked to replace them myself. The new arrived wheels are very poorly soldered connections and mine came off easily. Now I'm still trying to get my robot fixed.

Value for money, took the dive into these cleaning machines since I was frustrated with the cleaning lady who would complete cleaning a room in less than 30s.The first time I ran this around ( post the perceived clean lady), I was surprised by the amount of dust it could collect. I now use this regularly in the eve and ensure my kids sleep in a clean room with no dust breathing through the night. On an average it takes 20 minutes to clean a 250sft bedroom ( just a estimate) and the end of it the room was quite clean ( verified by using actual vacuum cleaner).As expected we need to primer the room by clearing the room from all big objects (like toys, pens, etc) before you run the bot ( it did pick up some chalks from under the bed which my girl lost 3 months ago 😀.The bot does require some attention like cleaning the brushes after every round of cleaning and emptying the bags but this is least I could do for a clean room.Moving from one room to another was not consistent but I prefer putting the bot in one room with closed doors and allow it to do magic for about 20 min before moving it to the next room.For now 5 stars will revisit this comment in a few weeks and actual usage

This little guy is a saviour!! Does a way way better job at sweeping up dust than your regular brooms. The only thing is you need a little patience as it takes its own sweet time to clean the house.One of the reviewers mentioned to let vacuum lose a room at a time and that was a great suggestion.I clear the room of all the small movable furniture, shut this little robot in the room to do his job for 20 mins. For furniture that's too low and he can't go under, I sweep out all the dust from underneath before I set the robot lose.For a 2 bhk with 4 balconies this robot works really well. I'm a satisfied customer.

We r not liked this product because of not value or worthy of money poor performance and battery life too short

Purchased another ilife A4s in Indiaand using for last 4 months. Upgraded A40 model release on same A4s platform, however went to ilife India store and impressed with mopping and mapping option of V8s product. Overall impressed with price, range if products, features and most important service center in India.

The media could not be loaded.  This is an early review from about a weeks worth of use. But I do regularly update reviews with pertinent changes.Let me preface with, I am an owner of a Neato Robot Vac for the last 4 years. It is the original XV series. I've liked it, but it had its bugs. The error message 'put my dust bin back in'.....UGH!!!!! That drove me crazy for the last 3.5 years. But the Neato did a good enough job, that I dealt with it.We have 4 kids, so we stay busy and have little time for cleaning. Having 4 kids means we have substantial need for regular cleaning. I installed a central Vac for regular deep cleaning, but still find the need for daily robot Vacuum cleaning services. I like the robot to clean once and sometimes twice per day and we deep clean with the central Vac a few times per week. My stay at home wife, and amazing mother to our 4 children, and I share these duties, so I have an appreciation for the time and effort that goes in to floor cleaning.The Neato got a weird error a few weeks ago. It started saying the dust bin need to be cleaned. This completely disabled it, no matter how I cleaned the dust bin and surrounding chamber. So I started shopping for robot vacs.I have tried to add a second Neato for a while, but each one failed to be as effective as our original. So I really did not consider another Neato. I looked at several other brands, and I was a little put off by the iLife.I figured it is too in-expensive to be effective.I haven't heard of the brand.How will it clean?Finally I was intrigued by pretty good reviews, and a low profile for cleaning the under stuff. Though it won't go under our couch. But I'll be modifying the couch, it just needs to be raised an inch.iLife wont vacuum in straight lines, If that bothers your OCD, I would look elsewhere. But I have found iLife to completely clean my floors in whatever random pattern it chooses. So if clean floors are your top goal, I can say I am pleased so far. If I were to sit and watch the little Vac clean, it may just drive me crazy watching it go all over the place, so I just set it and forget it.So iLife it is.I ordered it and had it all set up in minutes. The manual said charge overnight. So I planned to do that. However I set a schedule and got everything programmed. After about an hour of charging it started cleaning the house for some reason. Maybe one of my curious minions decided to play with the new toy.Anyway, I was pleased with how quiet it was. Yet it still seemed to clean everything off our tile floor. I was a little disappointed that you must press the button for max suction each time it runs, in order to get max suction. Because we are often not at home while it is working. But after a week of running, on mostly standard suction, I can say my floors are always clean. We live in south FL. There is sand everywhere. So in addition to 4 children under age 12, we have the sand issue to deal with. If you don't vacuum at least once per day, you will get sand on your bare feet while walking around our home. For the last week I can walk around my house barefoot and my feet stay clean. I love it!! One of my compulsions, is tactile issues. The feel of gritty sand on my feet drives me a little nutty, unless I'm st the beach. Having cl an, sand free flooring eases that compulsion for me. It's actually a bigger priority than watching this vacuum travel in straight lines.The iLife does require some maintenance. You'll need to clean the brush, especially if anyone in your household has long hair. You'll need to clean the filters as well. But these tasks are simple and relatively quick. The brush cleaning is tool-less. The filter does require a small screw driver. (Edit: 5/22, you don't need a tool. Removal of the screw is unnecessary)I do really like the filter set up. It's three stages. It has a silk screen that keeps most large debris out of the main filter. I'll assume this is going to greatly extend the pleated paper filter life. It then has a secondary foam filter and finally a pleated paper filter. After 5 days the silk and foam filters benefited from cleaning, but the pleated paper filter still looked great. I did Vac it with the central Vac, since I had the filter all apart.The dust bin always has a pleasing amount of debris after each vacuuming so we know it's doing a great job, clean feet not withstanding.It has gotten stuck a few times. Twice on a loose draw string from low hanging clothing in the closet, and once under a piece of furniture. It does seem to navigate well around obstacles. Though it seems to find darker furniture more difficult to see.It does not vacuum in long straight lines, like the Neato. But it does vacuum for nearly 2 hours. Neato was at maybe 45 minutes with fresh batteries. Neato was much louder and heavier.We end up with clean floors, and tile does not show Vac lines, so I don't really care which path it takes. Just git 'er clean!!ILife is quiet, but even on high suction it is much quieter on carpet, as evidenced by my video.Time will tell how iLife holds up. But for daily vacuuming, and clean feet, I think it is an exceptional value thus far.I would love a wifi and Alexa enabled version."Hey Alexa, clean the living room". Now that would be the bombdigity!!!!Update: 7-26-17:After a couple of months of fairly successful use, I found the robot unresponsive. I messed with it and cleaned everything. It would beep at me on the base, but refused to move. I contacted the manufacturer through their email. I let them know exactly what it was doing. Come to find out, the power switch on the side can accidentally get bumped to the off position. Ill blame one of my smaller minions! But it just as easily could have bumped into something and got switched off. So if you find your little bot a has stopped working, obviously check the power switch first! I feel a little silly, but I suppose it could happen to others.(I paid for iLife with my own money, he was not given to me in exchange for anything, and no one has since contacted me with any sort of offer)---------------------------------------Update 3-5-19I still use this vacuum every day. it has proven to be the most reliable robot vacuum I have owned, and the rest of the robots were much more expensive. I guess simplicity is the key to reliability with this little guy. He does not have fancy sensors, or mapping. He does not vacuum in straights lines, or have any plan or logic. But at the end of the day the floors are pretty clean, and he just keeps working. He almost always makes it back to his charger, though we have learned what cant be left out. He is still working with the original battery as well. Also I think I mentioned this earlier, but his on off switch on the side, can be easily bumped to the off position. So if it seems he has stopped working, always check that first. I have had mine bumped off at least 5 times, and my wife thought he was broken. I flipped the switch back on, and back to work he goes.

The media could not be loaded.  There is always endless cleaning when you have kids in the household. We own quite a few high-end manual vacuum cleaner such as Dyson DC24 and V6 but it's too much work for the wife to do the vacuuming frequently. I did some research on Amazon and decide to purchase this ILIFE A4s vacuum robot cleaner to offload some work form wife so she can spend more time with kids. The reason we picked A4s over the V series, which includes mopping feature is because we have thin carpets in our place and a stronger suction power is needed.ILIFE A4s is the upgraded version of the popular ILIFE A4. It mainly added features such as mini-room cleaning mode, tangle-free bearing system, a better battery life and also it can be shipped to California. Dimension and appearance wise it's identical to A4. The package contains ILIFE A4s vacuum robot cleaner, remove control, charger base, power adapter, cleaning brush, 2 extra robot side brushes, 1 extra HEPA filter, and user manual. It's very nice that ILIFE included additional side brushes and HEPA filter as those need to be replaced over time. ILIFE A4s has an ON/OFF switch on the side and a single button on top of the unit to activate/stop the robot. Most advance controls are accessible through the included remote. ILIFE A4s has a large dust bin (less maunal clean up) and can be easily removed from main body for cleaning up.CONTROLILIFE A4s goes into automatic cleaning mode if I press the button on top of the unit and it stops cleaning if I press it again. Long press the button will make the robot move into SLEEP mode, where the lights are off to conserve battery. Advance controls are available on the remote. There is a LCD screen on top of the remote to display current time and the scheduled cleaning time for the robot. The buttons on the remote are: "CLEAN", to start/stop automatic cleaning for the robot; "Directional Keys", to manual control robot movement and to adjust settings; "MAX", to activate MAX suction power, which is 1000PA. "PLAN" "CLOCK", are used to adjust scheduled and current time; "Home", to request robot return to charger base; "EDGE", to request robot to start edge cleaning mode; "SPOT", to request robot to start spot cleaning mode.CLEANING MODEThere are 3 main operating modes - AUTO, EDGE, and SPOT. AUTO cleaning mode uses a random algorithm and it doesn't have an idea of house floor plan as ILIFE A4s doesn't have "eyes" like NEATO robots. However, it works pretty well in small place like mine. My place is roughly 1200 sq feet and A4s is smart enough to navigate from room to room and pick up most dirt. EDGE mode works well along the wall and even stair rails in my place. SPOT cleaning is a great feature for carpet as most dirty places on carpet requires several iterations to clean up.CLEANING POWER/ NAVIGATIONThere are cliff sensors on ILIFE A4s so it won't fall off stairs. ILIFE A4s also tries slow down when it senses an obstruction in front. It works pretty well and I only occasionally see it charges into furniture. My place is mainly thin carpet with some tiles and hardwood. ILIFE A4s has no problem crossing different types of floors as it can climb over small height. On tile and hardwood, it works fairly well and cleans up most dirt even close to edge. I would say it's probably better than my average manual work for edge cleaning unless I try really hard (It's not easy to use a regular vacuum to clean up edge. I always had to use extra accessories but I got lazy sometimes). On carpet, it does a fair job. It does pick up most hairs/ trash from carpet but I usually have to manually control it with MAX mode to do some deep cleaning for difficult spots. The tangle-free design works pretty well and it goes over my wires without getting stuck. The robot is smart enough to find a way in and out between chair legs. It does take a while to get out of small confined space because it uses a random algorithm to try to find a way out.BATTERY LIFEILIFE A4s will automatically try to return to its charging base when battery is low. However, I do have to follow the recommendation in manual otherwise it would get lost before it reaches the base. The charger base needs an open area with 1M clearance on the side and 2M clearance in front. My ILIFE A4s is able to clean roughly 2 hours per charge in normal mode (not MAX).Overall I really like this ILIFE A4s a lot and it does a decent job cleaning my place. Function-wise I have no complain as the unit is at a very good price point. However, somehow the package I received has a very heavy molding smell inside and even in the robots. I tried to let it sit a few days but the smell is still there. It might be just my bad luck though.

I'm totally new to robot vacuums. Amazing to me that it works at all. I bought the A4S based on the reviews here. My wife used to say, "I never want one of those things!" So, I bought one anyway and hid it in a closet until recently... Everything about it seems to be functioning very well, as expected. For $150, or today I see it's at $195, the iLife A4S does a lot; we're living in a small 1/2 duplex, so it cleans the downstairs as one room - no electronic walls are included, just so you know. However, it has been great cleaning our hardwood floors, including a thin Turkish rug, and a more standard 1/2" rug runner. Again, I was going by what others said, so for instance I have no comparison to 'better suction'. Here are some specifics based on testing and/or just running the thing. No, I will not give it a name. It's a vacuum.I had a Homer Simpson moment (Doh!) attempting to set a simple program, to watch it run (forgot to check power switch!). During this time, the A4S seemed to be receiving signals from the remote every time I pressed a button (it beeped back at me). It was definitely NOT in sleep mode - it has to be on and awake to set a "plan" (programmed time). Anyway I might have gotten to the power switch earlier if A4S wasn't responding to remote while it was off. So finally I got it running and watched the cat, the machine, and all the stuff I left in the way. You really want to have as few items AS possible sitting on the floor. It's really annoying to watch the vacuum become psycho, trying to get under a dining room chair and bumping into the legs until it escapes into the living room; it returns to the same chair (there are 4), does the same set of corrections, and gets away again. Next time, put the chairs up. Also hide or minimize exposing lamp cords and extensions - they'll become entangled with the A4S. However this robot does make it underneath our couch and coffee table, so THAT is a big help.I rolled up the Turkish rug, to make A4S just do the hardwood floors, and swept up the dust from underneath it. Yes, I used to sweep up before the house cleaners showed up (obsession), but for this robot you HAVE to do a thorough cleaning before you start using it. It has a very small dust bin, and if you don't vacuum manually at least once a week, your robot-vac will not be able to clean effectively. If the bin is full, A4S will simply fling dirt and debris with its brushes - everywhere.If you think of it as a "touch-up" machine, you'll enjoy it. If you think of it as replacing a "real" vacuum, then you're going to.be disappointed.Oh, BTW, my wife likes it as long as I 'take care of it'. I enjoy doing those things, maybe because of my tinkering obsession. So, if you’re not handy, can't figure things out mechanically-logically, or you don’t like performing maintenance, DO NOT BUY A ROBO-VAC OF ANY KIND. That said, A4S does pick up a lot of hair and dust that get away from regular analog vacuuming. Basically, it does a great cleaning job. After about an hour, in my 14x27 living room/dining room with all the obstacles (upright piano, couch, stereo cabinet, floor lamp, coffee table, dining table w/4 chairs, magazine rack, exercise bike) I am surprised how clean the floors look; and I can walk barefoot without feeling any dirt. We have 2 cats and one dog (cats are both indoor, to keep them alive); dog is obsessively going outside, so dirt comes inside with him. And he sheds hair. A lot. For us, we either let everything go for too long, or inject a robot vacuum into the mix and see how long we can make things work. Oh, forgot to mention the twins. So there’s that effect on the household. If you’re anything like us, you could probably use two robot vacs!My son (Twin 1) and I watched the A4S last night as he pressed the “home” button on the remote, for the first time. It immediately shut off the vacuum (or lowered it’s power by 60-70 %). Quiet as this thing is, it got incredibly quieter, it slowed down to about 1st gear speed, and slowly made its way through the maze. It took awhile for it to get from the farthest point in living room over to the dining area, but once it was in line of sight of the home station (about 9 feet away) it turned, faced the station dead on and dropped into granny gear (slowed down even more) and went straight at the base and docked perfectly.I know this is way long for a review, but I had a writing bug! Last things I noticed; don’t leave large soft things for the vac to bump into. The robot will give the thing a few nudges and the wheels will spin, until it gives up, stops, and beeps at you (there are 4 beep codes defined in broken English at the back of the manual). Make sure all obstacles are pretty solid and/or tough or hard surfaced so you can avoid this. The great unknown is, how long it will last. If you’re like me or you've applied your personality traits to the points made in this tome, you’ll either avoid these machines, or be happier for a longer period of time. BUY this thing. Or NOT.

UPDATED REVIEW from late Dec., 2019 --Yes, Rambot has been going strong for nearly 3 years! He's actually cleaning my floors right now while I see whether there's a newer model that compels me to replace him. So far, I don't see anything worth buying that will do much more than him. Mechanically and electronically, everything works like it did the first week. He's a bit dirtier but he loves a good bath!Seriously, for a cheap robot vacuum, this is a great deal. It's whisper quiet on a medium rug and only a little noisier on wood. It picks up cat hair like nobody's business, and gets dust, dirt and sand, too. It does love to suck up cords, cat toys and hair ties but any vaccuum would. You have to scan the floor for little debris like that before you let it run. I have only two wishes:* He tries to go under things that are nearly his own height and he gets stuck. That makes it hard to turn him on and leave the house, because he'll obviously never finish his job. It would be nice if he worked with the magnetic boundaries.* The dust bin fills quickly and is a bit messy to clean. I have 2 cats and I had no idea how much hair they shed until I got Rambot! But the hair collects quickly so I need to remember to clean the dust bin after every accuum. Things tend to go flying around just a bit when you pull out the dust bin and roller bar.But that's it, which is saying something or a piece of tech that's nearly 3 years old. Great product!INITIAL REVIEW from April, 2017 --My son ridiculed me when I bought this. He has been asking me to buy a "real"; vacuum cleaner to use in his room but we have a very small house and no place to store a full-size vacuum, so I bought this iLife after doing a lot of research. We have no traditional carpet in our house. We have tiled kitchens and bathrooms and hardwood with throw rugs and area rugs in every room. We live by the beach and we're always tracking in sand and none of us remember to remove our shoes at that door. Plus my two teenagers are pretty bad housekeepers and we have a cat that comes in & out of the house so we almost always have dirt and dust on the floor.He didn't think this vacuum would be any better than the $30 stick vacuum that I bought a few months ago to use on the area rugs. But it is so much better! It even works better than sweeping the hardwood floors. My son named him Rambot (silent "T"). I usually close off the bedrooms and bathroom to force Rambot to stay in the kitchen, living room, hallway and entry. Even then, Rambot works for 2-1/2+ hours before going home. He does a great job of getting along edges and even okay with corners. You'll go nuts if you try to figure out the path/pattern he follows to complete the house. It's very random and I really don't understand how he can be sure he reaches every nook before going home -- but he does!I have a couple thin area rugs in the kitchen and hallway that Rambot does clean. It usually flips up the edges as it moves over them but once it's on the rug it does fine and hasn't gotten jammed yet. It goes over the bound edges of my other thin area rugs without issue. It also cleans the knobby seagrass rug in my bedroom but I've stopped using it there because it actually pulls up the fibers and is ruining the rug after just one use (it's a cheap rug, I guess I'm not too surprised).A couple tips before you vacuum:* Just like with a full-size vac, pick up small bits of paper, strings, hair ties, cords lying on the floor or any other small objects that could get wrapped around the roller.* The first couple times you let the vac get under furniture, you'll be shocked at what it picks up. You'll have to empty the dust cartridge multiple times before it's done cleaning* Don't worry about whether it'll get to a certain spot. It will -- it will just take a while!I haven't used the remote control much, because I tend to turn Ramot on then either go to bed or leave the house. I have used the "Home" button a couple times, and it works well.All in all, I'm thrilled at this purchase. My floors have never been cleaner!

#What kind of user/person am I? I will note some of my usual behaviors while using this vacuum so that you can know what may or may not apply to you in my review:-I do have a powerful regular manually-operated Dyson vacuum that I use for big messes. I do use it a lot less now that I have this iLife, but I do not think this robot vacuum completely replaces the Dyson.-I clean this iLife vacuum after each and every day that I use it (which is around twice a week). If you are the kind of person that does let the recommended maintenance go by the wayside, I cannot speak to how it runs when you stop being diligent in maintaining it. After each cleaning, I will examine the brush roll for any hair that is wrapping around the brush and cut away as needed as well as emptying the bin. This takes less than 2 minutes for me to do each time.-Though this does have scheduling features, I never use it. My life schedule is pretty crazy, so I prefer to just start the robot whenever I want it to run by myself.-When I run the robot, I do try to spend a few minutes to set it up for success. That is, I take small items such as toys off the floor that it may run into. I pick up large items that may obstruct access to tight spaces I want cleaned (i.e. kid toy bins on the floor that may block access to the floor underneath the couch that I want cleaned). I take charging cables that it may get caught on off the floor. I would also close off areas of the house I do not think need to be cleaned by the robot (e.g. bathrooms, some closets, areas I just recently cleaned, etc.)-I live in a condo with the ground floor mostly consisting of short, standard carpet (3/4 of total floor area) with the area of the kitchen being tile (1/4 of total floor area). I base this robot cleaner on the ground floor, but do occasionally take it to the second floor where it is all carpet (except for bathrooms which is tile, but I do not let the vacuum go in to the bathrooms).-We are also frequented by a long-haired, hypoallergenic dog when family often visits.#How does this compare to regular human-operated vacuums?-No, this will not replace your regular manually-operated vacuum. However, I definitely use my regular vacuum a LOT less by running this robot vacuum regularly. Also, now when I do use my regular vacuum, I notice that I am a lot faster. This may be because the robot is already doing a great job or I feel less need to be as thorough when I do vacuum myself.-In some ways, this is better than vacuuming myself. This vacuum easily gets areas of the floor under my furniture (i.e. couch, coffee table, chairs, etc.), which is something I skip on doing because of my laziness when I vacuum manually anyways. I definitely vacuum a LOT less manually by using this nifty robot.#How well does it clean?-This is probably the question most of you are asking. I can say that it picks up most of the stuff I see with my naked eye that I want picked up before cleaning, and the cleaning bin is always pretty full of a bunch of junk I didn’t even know was on my floors.-As above, it does not replace a full regular vacuum.#What is its algorithm for cleaning?-Note that the algorithm that this vacuum uses is of the random trial-and-error “bump-and-redirect” variety instead of the perfectionist and orderly straight-line variety that is found in more expensive robovacs. This means that it moves somewhat randomly: it can go and clean one corner of the room for a few seconds then move all the way to another corner of the room before going back to clean another part of the first corner. This does not bother me, but it can bother others in two scenarios:1. If you are the type that will watch the robot clean for hours, it may drive you crazy that it seems to be doing it less efficiently than a human would vacuum. However, if you leave it alone to do its thing and run for an hour or so, I think it does generally get most of the floor as clean and as much as possible. I am usually away from home or sleeping on a different floor when it is running. If you run it while at home, you have to be prepared that when you sit stationary for an hour, the robot will inevitably come and make several passes around your area.2. If you have a lot of expensive things on the floor that you do not want to get lightly bumped (e.g the wooden legs of an antique chair), this may also bother you. However, the bump is VERY light and does not cause damage on anything I see..#Good features of note:-Good Battery: As other users have noted, I found that the regular battery life for this is usually a little over 2 hours.-Pretty Quiet: I think it is pretty quiet on its regular mode. Obviously, it is a little louder on the higher power cleaning mode. However, I found that either way, it definitely does not bother me when it is running. I barely notice it is running when it is on the default cleaning power mode. Other reviewers note that this robot cleaner is one of the quietest ones out there when testing it against others. Having seen my friends’ other robot vacuums, I certainly believe this one to be one of the quieter ones.-Will it fall down the stairs?: No, I have not had trouble with it falling down the stairs when it vacuums my second floor. It consistently and always knows when to stop at the edge before anything bad happens.-Remote Control: This comes with remote control, which not all robots reportedly do.-Easy to Set-Up and Use: I am pretty much an out-of-the-box user for this vacuum. I installed it using the quick user/start guide and just let it run. I did not play with any of the fancy settings. It was super easy to set up, and then I just let it do it’s thing.-How does it compare to others?: The design and features of the iLife A4s seem pretty similar to the lauded RoboVac11 in the same price-range.#Downsides?-I consider this an entry-level robot vacuum. Don’t expect this to be a Roomba with all those advanced features like wifi connectivity through iPhone apps.-I will note that rarely it will try to power through things like cords and cause things to fall.-If your house has a LOT of different rooms or the floors are very big, then this robot may not be for you as it can miss rooms completely or get trapped in some rooms before returning to its base to charge. However, I imagine this is the case for most robot vacuums in general.#Summary-I think this is a good value for something that is often priced 2 to 3 times as much as this one is selling for. It definitely saves me time and enhances my life.