Orient Aero Slim review: IoT-enabled smart fan with feature-rich app & more

The Orient Aero Slim, being a smart fan, is also compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, and smart speakers powered by these services such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home

Rising interest in the Internet of Things (IoT) or connected home devices have given a new lease of life to consumer electronic products such as refrigerators, air conditioners, air purifiers, televisions, fans, etc. Irrespective of how useful they are, they tend to appeal to niche tech-savvy consumers. However, smart fans are a different story altogether. Besides automating most of the actions that you otherwise need to perform manually, smart fans provide additional utility functions that you cannot perform in conventional fans.

To understand how the smart fans work, I got a unit from India’s leading consumer electronics brand Orient. Named