Wyze - Make Your Home Smarter 4+

I am enjoying the app. I think it is reliable and mostly intuitive. You cannot change WiFi network on the fly but there is a work-around for that. I don’t like seeing all of the flash deals and sale offers that pop up sometimes. It had been fairly infrequent - I only recall one here or there - but over the past month I have had to click through five ads or offers. Doesn’t seem like a lot but I use my app from a security point-of-view which means I need to see what is happening _now_, not after I click through more offers. I also get bombarded with ads via email. Please reduce to 1 per month and go easy on your users. We can only consume so much stuff. I have doubled my ownership over the past month as well. It is merely a coincidence. I began shopping for more things because we had an incident. Personally, I think I am buying because of my need and not because I’m blasted with ads. Some may argue differently. Who really knows? I think this company might end up nickel-and-diming me to death because I just keep adding things to my service. They need to offer a retirement planner for us to use to see how much longer until we retire based on how much money I am spending with the company. If they could package it up somehow and slap a camera on it I’d buy it.

There are a lot of reasons I love Wyze. It’s great as a baby monitor to be able to peek in my baby from anywhere, anytime. It has great quality, yes, even in nighttime mode. We have been using a v2 for 2 years with minimal problems. The only real issue we have is that it will sometimes disconnect from Wifi with no audible notification, and as I’ve said, we use it as a baby monitor, which means if it disconnects and turns off, especially during the night, we have no idea if baby is up crying or not. But we have loved it enough that we just bought 3 new v3 cameras. And that is where is gets rough and why I cannot give a 5 star review. Although the camera quality is still amazing, and the night vision is amazing (for indoor and outdoor), each v3 camera is constantly making crackling sounds on the app. You can’t even really hear what actual sound there is because the crackling is so loud. And again, as a baby monitor, us having the camera up on our phones at night makes for a really loud and annoying sound to try and sleep through. Wyze, PLEASE, update this!! I was so excited for these new cameras and am just so disappointed that I spent more for these and they seem to be garbage. I have read forums and I know it’s a common issue. Lastly, I do love the option to have these as outdoor cameras, but unless you have a plug up near where you want it placed, it isn’t going to give any security as anyone could just walk up and unplug it…???

I am a person that finds comfort in knowing that I can find answers to things that otherwise would be unknown and could create insecurities. I have Wyze cameras around and inside my home. And in many cases, I have been able to identify potential prowlers, like someone scoping out the neighborhood at night or critters getting into things. I’ve helped neighbors identify missing packages that were said to be delivered but never made it out of the courier’s van, etc. I am impressed with the simple yet very effective features and accessibility with my Wyze cameras and the ability of using a micro SD memory card as well as service to cameras I choose. 24 hour recording is a great option to have. So much bang for your buck in my opinion. The quality of the devices are not lacking either. I still have 1st generation cameras working great outdoors and they are not even intended for outdoor use.
To be honest, I actually have been wanting some of them to actually stop working so I can upgrade them with some of the updated & newer cameras. I also own a few other Wyze products that I also am satisfied and happy with. Including to Wyze headphones and many Wyze color lightbulbs and smart plugs. 5 stars because they are constantly updating and improving and that is a 5 star attitude!