UGREEN Companion App - Android

Initial Sign-Up

To connect the Ugreen PowerRoam 1200 to the app, you are first required to create an account. Before being able to make that, Ugreen does mention the purpose of the app and that they take your user data privacy very seriously. To create your account you first have to supply your email address and trigger a verification code to be sent to you. This is followed by a "Reset Password" screen, so the method looks to simply mean that Ugreen creates an account with your email address with a random password as soon as you enter your email. Then by hitting verify, you really get a recovery code, to then replace that random password with one of your own.

Device Connection

Once you are in, the main screen is empty with a button to add a new device. There you are ushered through several screens to connect the PowerRoam 1200 via Bluetooth or WiFi. While these screenshots were taken using the BT interface, we also tried out the WiFi functionality - but more on that later. The connection process is friction-less and easy with the app feeling generally quite solid up to this point.

Main UI

Once the device is present, you get a fully populated main screen upon selecting it within the app. While some of the UX and UI choices are not Android standard, the app is actually quite well designed overall. Using the Pixel 7 phone with its high resolution, the design felt consistent, even if there was a bit of a learning curve initially to understand what Ugreen opted to do with a lot of slide up animations. These work fine but feel somewhat disconnected from the rest of the app experience. But as many say in app design: it is better to be imperfect yet consistent. Talking UI again, Ugreen has technically divided the main screen into two sections with all the best intentions. At the top there is a general overview with input and outputs as well as charge level percentage. That all fits perfectly unto the screen without the need to scroll. The second half, under an expansion element called "Device Management" can be hidden, but the app design doesn't visually group this section together - instead the bubble around "Device Management" initially feels like it is expanded with no data below it. Only once you hit it and all those AC, DC, USB & Flashlight sections collapse up into it, does it become apparent.


At the top of the app UI, there are several icons that allow you to view your profile, as well as any system or device messages. Lastly, there is the classic settings gear in the top right corner,


Under those initial icons at the top, there is a temperature display, which is designed like a button but isn't one. In the other corner, there are four small boxes which are actually the operations modes of the PowerRoam 1200. This slide-up element allows you to pick between three modes, with a question mark giving you insights on how each of these operates. The last icon in this row is a standby mode. As with most of the slide-up elements, Ugreen will give you the option to check a box on every single function to skip this confirmation.

App Settings

The app settings is actually where you find quite a bit of customization, whereas the main screen really focuses on the general operation of the PowerRoam 1200.


The top most setting revolves around the screen and the app actually allows you to set how long the screen stays active while also giving you several brightness presets. Having this type of customizabilty is excellent and quite useful say when you are using the unit in the dark, where brightness is no longer required - for example when camping with a focus on the camp fire. In the same group of settings, you may set a global timer or battery level which shuts of the selected outputs automatically. This is another awesome feature to have control over, as you can ensure that the unit turns off at the end of the day or at half charge, so that you won't wake up the next day and have no more reserves left by mistake.


The second grouping explicitly allows you to toggle the U-Turbo mode, which enables peak power delivery of up to 2500 W, which translates to roughly 30 minutes of run time. While the Ugreen PowerRoam 1200 feels a bit small for this scenario, it is great to still have it when in a pinch. Below that, there is a battery preservation mode that limits your usable charge and use spectrum to 10%-90%. While that is nice, considering you have LiFePO4 cells, there is little need to worry about the batteries too much. Below that, Ugreen also allows for a quiet mode, which limits the units charging capacity - which they call PowerZip - with the benefit of a quieter fan and thus operation noise. Lastly, you may set a child lock on the physical buttons of the device, so that it cannot be intentionally or accidentally tampered with.


Under Device management, Ugreen hides another very interesting feature: Device sharing. That is a big deal as well and it should really get a bit more of the limelight. This allows other users to access the device via their own phone & app combination. Besides that, you can name the unit anything you like and also check for firmware updates.