Panasonic NN-SV79MS 1.4 cu.ft Smart Inverter Works with Alexa Countertop Microwave Oven 1200Watt Power with Genius Sensor Cooking, Stainless Steel

Have found Panasonic microwaves to work well. This microwave is a high powered microwave. Fortunately, first choice on the user interface is to set the cooking power level. I find I heat food at half power most of the time. Food comes out evenly heated. Reducing the power level reduces the amount of energy delivered, instead of cycling the magnetron on/off as less expensive microwaves do. IMHO, this leads to better cooking. Liquids can be heated quickly using full power. Integration with Alexa was straightforward. Don't use Alexa to control the microwave all of the time, but it's a convenient feature. For an older or visually challenged person it's an excellent feature to have. User interface is intuitive. Never pulled the manual. Just started using it. User interface shows pre-programmed food specific choices. This is a welcome change from former model I owned. Door lock requires two button pushes after cooking. New child-safety feature. I understand the reasons, but it takes some getting used to.

The microwave works great. it connected to Alexa upon set up. She worked immediately. Upon giving Alexa a cooking command. I was skeptical it would work well but it surprised me. I need the ability of Alexa to control the microwave. that is why I got it. It is an expensive microwave. I got a great price on Prime day. It is worth the money. for anyone blind or has low vision. since most microwaves are flat panels. that have to be marked. this microwave has no number pad like a traditional one. it has 6 push buttons and a turn dial. it is a really nice microwave. it is a taller microwave. then my last Panasonic. My last Panasonic was accessible too. Accessibility is an important factor. Manufactures should keep in mind. It is a wonderful microwave. Just got it. Hopefully it will last long time. My last Panasonic lasted 9 years.

I am downgrading my recommendation to a one star. Do not, do not , do not buy this. Unless you love conversations with Alexa. Dealing with the child lock feature is a nightmare. Every time we have a power blink (and unfortunately we live in an area prone to this) not only the clock needs resetting but the automatic child lock. My wife hates the dark interior, its designed for people that wan to ignore spills, they are hard to see. Interior is also smaller than our old microwave, the dimensions provided are misleading. The autosensor is a joke as well, if you rely on it you either have food blow up or cold. I may put a sledgehammer one day on this and then I have to buy a new one, but not a Panasonic. Too many settings and controls. You need to have the book close by if power goes off or if you accidentally lock it, there is nothing intuitive about which buttons to press toe get it back working. Also interior is black, so hard to see any splashes (is it aimed at people that just dont care about cleaning it?). I regret buying this. Had a Dacor that worked for 15+ years and was clear cut to use, also bigger inside, but they got now too expensive to replace.

Works well but the menu power/time settings are more complicated than needed. Fits in small space.

We got this for my sister-in-law who is totally blind. Microwave ovens have long been her go-to appliance to prepare meals. She already has an Alexa compatible microwave, but it is small/underpowered as a primary cooking unit. The Panasonic NN-SV79MS is a full-sized/full-power unit that better meets her needs. As her "IT Guy" I set this up and connected with her Alexa. The process was very easy, took no more than a couple of minutes. This is an attractive, nicely designed and built microwave. We haven't used the physical controls much as the whole purpose was to use through Alexa. The Panasonic NN-SV79MS heats meals/food very evenly and is one of the quietest running microwaves we've ever used. The inverter/sensor cooking seems to be very accurate and my SIL usually can use simple commands such as "Alexa, reheat one meal" rather than have to worry about how long to cook something. She has only had this for a bit over a month, so can't comment on longevity, but this appears to be a very good microwave and especially for those who may be low vision/legally blind (or totally blind).

From a quality standpoint, I like the microwave. It's easy to use and does a good job heating food. The "smart" portion of the microwave is pretty buggy and nothing works right, so honestly you're better off just buying a far cheaper and dumber microwave. Originally when I bought it, it came pre-setup using my Amazon profile with my saved WiFi password, so it just connected right away out of the box and I could control it with Alexa. So, if you can purchase the microwave this way, it'll probably work. Unfortunately, a month or so ago I bought some new WiFi hardware and had to setup my WiFi network again from scratch. Trying to get this microwave to connect with my new WiFi was near impossible and took several hours. Every time is just some error message. I believe the phone has to be on the same network as the microwave and it has to have special settings and use a certain WiFi band and the planets must all be aligned. I honestly forget how I finally got it working (probably no less than 30 factory resets), but it was no small task. Almost every other WiFi device I own "just works" with minimal hassle. The other annoying "smart" feature is the clock. It appears to want to sync to Alexa for the time. All my Alexa devices have the correct time. However, the microwave clock is always off by three hours no matter what you do. If you set the clock manually, it will just be off again by three hours a while later next time it "syncs". In the Alexa app "Devices" tab if you find the microwave, you can set the device time zone however nothing you set it to makes any difference. The time is always wrong. I've filed several help tickets with Panasonic, but each time, a bot just responds to the ticket with instructions on how to manually set the clock. If you reply to the ticket, no one responds. Overall, seems like a halfway decent microwave with all the "smart" features crammed in last minute with little to no testing. Panasonic offers no customer support on the product and there's no way to talk to a human.

I love this smart microwave oven & I had no problems with what others consider drawbacks—like having to press Start after the 30-seconds button is pushed—because my last microwave was also a Panasonic, so I'm accustomed to how the Panasonic folks think. But because I'm chronically ill enough to have been disabled, energy-wise, 35 years ago, & brain fog often makes life difficult, I needed an Amazon associate to help me set it up. You may have no problem at all, though. Because of my erratic energy problem, I can no longer get an accurate Rx for eyeglasses, so reading & understanding instructions in print too small for many elderly folks—80-yrs old is now closer than 70 for me—isn't an option which reduces me to trial & error. So, it took me a while to realize that one must press Microwave before using the dial for minutes & seconds at High power (or lower) in anything but 30-second intervals. I can't eat like most people do, so for me the Popcorn button & many of the settings at the Start dial are useless. So, I use Alexa primarily & often to cook fresh & frozen vegetables for which I learned to say "microwave" instead of "cook" to get the job done. Otherwise, Alexa may tell me HOW to cook them instead of actually cooking them. When cooking times are given, on a "steamables" bag for instance, I automatically give Alexa another 90 seconds of cooking time. And then afterwards I have her countdown 5 minutes to allow the hot veggies to continue cooking w/their own heat since "al dente" veggies are more difficult to digest. This is my preference, not this microwave oven's fault. Both this smart microwave & my old Panasonic overheat foods to be reheated, even if I turn the dial to minus for a shorter microwaving time. So, unless you really want your food piping hot, remove it instead of stirring if that's what's called for at the beep before it's finished. If you want Alexa to add time when the microwave signals that it's done, tell her before the beeping is over. Otherwise, she may tell you that the microwave isn't running. My Panasonic standard microwave & my Ninja Foodi played very well together even though it was also 1200W. Unfortunately, this one trips the breaker it's on if I use it while my Foodi is also in use. But the most aggravating for me is that it interferes with setting up new smart devices & conversing with Alexa if it's running. It took me 2 years to realize that this microwave, plugged into the same outlet, was preventing new devices from finding my network. Prior to that I easily set up everything I needed to. Amazon's own plugs especially used to set up in a flash. So, tonight when I had difficulty getting an Amazon smart plug set up, I recalled I needed to unplug this microwave 1st because that's what worked setting up another Amazon smart plug a few months ago after the tiny print somewhere mentioned "microwave oven". Moving the microwave elsewhere, as suggested, isn't an option for me. So, my solution of temporarily unplugging it, not to mention perseverance, is what works for me. I forgot that last week while setting up a new phone, so very little copied over Wi-Fi. This week I started over with the smart microwave unplugged & in 9-minutes everything copied over including all of my Alexa routines, etc. Thus, is the hidden power of a microwave oven. That has been the case even with those devices that I installed years ago, not just new ones. So, try that if you're having difficulty. Other than that, that's the only problem I've had & I would buy this microwave oven again should the need arise.

Worked well but buttons weren't easy for my sight impaired wife to use.