Jura Blue Smart Connect

I have a Jura Fully Automatic X8 and a Z8 as well. The smart connect will only connect to one device, so you can either connect it to the Jura Cool Control Milk Dispenser or you can connect it to the Jura Machine itself. If you connect it to the Jura Cool Control Milk fridge, then it will always let your Jura know when your milk runs too low to make a milk-based drink, prompting you to add more milk before letting your Jura start your drink, which is very helpful. If you connect it directly to your Jura espresso machine, then you can connect the J.O.E. app on your smartphone to it and you can order your next drink from your phone and it will send your drink order via bluetooth to the Jura to make your drink. If you use the J.O.E. app, you better already have a cup waiting on the Jura or it will make your drink and it will just go into your waste reservoir. Since I have to be at the machine to put a cup on the machine anyway, I think the J.O.E. app is a waste of time and very gimmicky so I choose to use the Smart Connect with the Jura Cool Control Milk fridge instead.

This is a great and easy to use product but please note that you have to have the coffee machine powered on before you can use the Bluetooth feature. So unless you have your Jura powered on throughout the night, no “ordering” coffee from bed in the morning.First world problems, I know but that was the only reason I purchased this. It was returned.

This is a must have for Jura ENA 8. With this I can pick and customize my coffee options on my mobile phone with ease than on the touch screen of my Jura coffee machine. The reason I didn't give 5 stars is the connection to the machine takes a bit longer than I expected when I connect my phone with the Jura coffee machine. But overall, I love this smart connect.

We have tried everything, but it will not connect to our machine. I have missed my timeframe to return and have an unusable product. Still trying everything to get it to connect just to the machine. Nothing works. I love my coffee from my machine, but don't ever buy the Wi-Fi connect. It is not worth the headache.

This unit MUST be used through the J.O.E. app, which operates on your WiFi system — not Bluetooth. Because it is in WiFi you can operate it from far away (some people get confused by the manual’s reference to accessories needing to be within 3 meters: the unit allows you to control Jura accessories that are nearby and linked, but the J.O.E. app has no such limitation, so you can send commands to the coffee machine from as far away as your WiFi allows! However, if you don’t have a cup under the nozzle …. So if you like to wake up to a hot coffee, you must manually switch the machine on, unless it comes with an auto-on function, and you need to have a cup in place). The unit is a GREAT addition to all compatible Jura coffee makers, and the app is easy to use.

My wife and I have an E8 and it was pretty irritating that this connectivity is not built in for the price of the machine. They certainly saved plenty of mfg costs using plastic everywhere.Anyway, it was under $50 at the time so I decided to try it. The device basically allows me to customize my preferred options for each drink and save it in the app on my iPhone or iPad for a bit of a time savings over using the adjustments at the time of brewing. It took me twice through the app to get it to save my preferences and save my app layout. Maybe I forgot to save properly first time through. But now they are saved and I don’t have to be at the machine and quick to make the adjustments as it’s going through the brew process. My wife basically set machine for her preferences, not a big difference between us, but at least we each get things as we each prefer.This is not Bluetooth 5.x so distance is more limited and another disappointment for the cost. The complaints about the poor distance are valid due to the outdated Bluetooth 4.x. However at our house I can be at least 20ft away with a couple of walls and it will connect just fine. A lot of Bluetooth issues are due to physical layouts in the home so one persons frustration may not be a problem for another. Inability to turn on the machine is not a big deal for us. It’s a simple matter to turn on machine and let it rinse and warm up as we get our cups out and setup our milk container. We just manually fill an insulated tumbler we have that is working out extremely well.For iOS I do use the Apple Watch app, it lists my last 3 choices. Its not an elegant app. It opens with machine disconnected, tap on it to connect and it starts the connection, but oddly says unable to connect very briefly then immediately shows my last drink and scrolls to my previous. It offers no adjustability but it’s handy for selecting one of your last 3 drinks to make without need to carry phone or tablet. For me, the 3 tend to be my most common selections so it works well.Ultimately you have to be close enough to place your cup under the nozzle so it’s not a huge issue to use the machine display and controls to customize the drink. However with multiple users, it can offer a bit of convenience. That level of convenience is also somewhat dependent on each machine as well since some higher end machine have more built in capability while some lower end offer less. For the E8 it’s a bit of a convenience for me so I don’t goof up my wife’s preferences.

It take a minute to connect but it does the job. Just know that this does not automate turning the machine on so if you think you’ll be sitting in bed while making coffee, you are wrong. Turn machine on, wait for it to rinse, out your mug on and tell Siri to brew your coffee.The only purpose of this is so you could add personal customizations such as adding multiple latte customizations that the machine itself won’t record.

Always hated that with the button on the machine you could only at most dispense 8oz of coffee. With this gizmo you can bump it up to 10oz to fill my yeti a bit better. Just select 2 cups at 5oz each and put the one cup under both spigots.