# WLED

> Find, manage and control all your WLED devices from your android device

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ca.cgagnier.wlednativeandroid](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ca.cgagnier.wlednativeandroid)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ca.cgagnier.wlednativeandroid`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** CGagnier
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 190,059
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (482 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-04
- **First published:** 2022-10-19
- **Publisher country:** CA
- **Size:** 5.13 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.cgagnier.wlednativeandroid)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://github.com/Moustachauve/WLED-Native-Android/blob/main/PRIVACY.md](https://github.com/Moustachauve/WLED-Native-Android/blob/main/PRIVACY.md)

## Description

With the WLED Chrome extension, you can find, manage, and control all your WLED devices from Android and desktop. It automatically detects devices, updates the list, and supports custom names, hide or delete, and a light/dark theme. Works on phones and tablets.

Main features include automatic device detection (mDNS), a unified device list, quick UI when connected in Access Point mode, and tablet support.

## Rankings

- #162,966 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `ca.cgagnier.wlednativeandroid.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Reviews praise WLED for being easy to use, offering strong control, quick LED setup, and free community support across devices. However, many users report recurring connectivity problems: lost connections, discovery failures, and instability with static IPs, plus bugs that prevent saving custom scenes. A few note that advanced scene creation isn’t intuitive. Overall, it’s a powerful, community-driven tool when it stays connected, but reliability and network discovery issues are the primary downsides.

### Pros

- Easy to use and user-friendly control for WLED
- Reliable operation when connected across devices (phone, tablet, Chromebook)
- Free app with strong community support
- Quick setup for WS2812 and other addressable LEDs
- Easy multi-unit discovery and management on the same network

### Cons

- Frequent loss of connection and inability to connect to devices
- Device discovery failures / can't find devices on several networks
- Problems keeping connections to devices with static IPs
- Bugs that prevent saving custom scenes or colors
- Some users find advanced scene creation not intuitive

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ca.cgagnier.wlednativeandroid)