the cube's turning is just like your basic budget cube, and better yet is that the app is better on the eyes and snappier than GANCube's Cube Station app.

HOWEVER, sometimes the center caps would come a bit loose and cause the cube to gain "stickdrift" where the cube will essentially have no friction between cubes. when that happens, you'll feel like you're trying to speed cube on some slimy Changed Puro Goo. the worst part is that the turns will not register in the app, which has DNF'd a ton of my solves.

even though this problem can be rectified by pushing the center caps in, it's annoying.

a proposed solution to this problem is for Qiyi to manufacture new cores that do not have this problem.

It is pretty good, and I have really enjoyed the online battle feature, but it's not perfect. I wasn't expecting much from a brand new smart cube release, but it isn't bad. I do have one big issue. Whenever I connect it to my phone, I get a prompt to upgrade the firmware of the cube, but when I start the upgrade, I always get the same error that my phone can't download the firmware. I can still use it, but thats a bit annoying. Also turns pretty good

good price. good app. good store. good cube. good. good. good.

I thought this cube would be more helpful in learning algorithms. That's just online and in Chinese (there are some patterns that can be learned from the app).
What it seems designed to do is help you refine your technique. You can play back solves and see how much time you're spending on different parts. Sounds good except they only give you 40 seconds to do the scramble and for some people that's not enough time. There's a setting to go up to 120 seconds, but it doesn't seem to be working.

Never wanted to practice so much before getting this. The cube turns really well, I would highly recommend some lube to slow it down bc it is very fast. The app for it tracks everything you’d want and the pvp mode is really fun. I’ve set multiple single solve and ao5 pr’s since getting it, definitely would recommend. Idk what the other reviews are talking about since I’ve never had any problems with it at all

First Smart cube as stated. I got the speed version instead of the art version. Out of the box it has some catches here or there, but I think proper set up will fix most of that. Hitting my PB or close most of the time. App works better than I expected. Some online features are only in Chinese. For the price this is well worth it in my opinion.

Update... After using the app for more time, I sometimes get DNFs for no reason. I think this is a bug (hopefully it will be fixed), but after doing about 25 solves against people/bots online I've had 3 DNFs, and my win ratio is still about 60%, but it hurts knowing it could be more accurate. So minus 1 star for that issue.

Can't connect cubeast to it. The QY software is awful, for timings randomly giving me DNFs, with now discernable way to set the length of time for a DNF.

This cube is great it’s turning is more slow and controlable which is great and the app is really good it shows up and connects immediately and the practice section of the app works great. Idk what the other reviews are saying about stick drift but this haven’t happened and this cube is great.

QiYi Smart Cube 3x3

This cube is awesome. The app is pretty easy and straight forward to use, competing with people 1v1 in real time is so much fun. I'll be honest though, the cube isn't the best turning, but it's good enough that I was able to adjust my turning style to still have a great time with it. This cube is my favorite purchase since I started cubing in 2015.