Why the Wyze Cam V3 is Now The Best Budget Security Camera

[@AutomateYourLife]

Buy a Wyze Cam V3 here: geni.us/WyzeCamV3AYL (Amazon affiliate link) or on Wyze's site here: go.wyze.com/3aHqlkN (affiliate link)

[@Ray-uc8ij]

thanks for doing an updated look at this camera. Most reviewers just look at a camera product as soon as it comes out, and just leave it be when improvements are made.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Thanks Ray! I do like doing the long look at products!

[@HughD]

You published another good one, Brian. One thing I especially like with Wyze products that is rarely discussed is the ability to share your cameras and Wyze devices with another person who has a Wyze account. You don't have to share your account/password with them to do it...just type in their email address. If you have a camera in a small office, for example, you can share it with everyone who might need access to it. This includes their sensors and even includes their car...I tested it!!! You want to drive around my house? That might be a bit silly, but just shows what you can do. Everyone a camera/device is shared with can get notifications of motion, even. The sharing feature alone can make Wyze stuff very desirable for a lot of folks. Keep it up, Brian.

[@AutomateYourLife]

That's a really great point Hugh and it's something that's been so important for Wyze over man years for me too!

[@pizzadave9812]

Car???

[@rswyltk]

Glad I grabbed their deal over the summer on an 99 camera Cam Plus subscription, I run all V3s inside my house. Now if there was just an east way to get them into HomeBridge

[@AutomateYourLife]

Yeahhhh, I'm gonna have a look at that actually. :)

[@dmob10]

I have 3 wyze cam v2 outside with a cheap Amazon housing kit. Im in the Chicagoland area we’ve had a number of negative -10F. I have not had an issue with them over the last 3 years. I’ve had more issues with my ring doorbells.

[@AutomateYourLife]

-10 F is cold Vance!!! I'd echo that for most Wyze cameras that they do well in freezing conditions!

[@dmob10]

@@AutomateYourLife yes it is cold. But it's hell of a lot better than the polar vortex with -30 to -40 F.

[@firstdown80]

Love this camera. Have you tried plugging this directly into a USB outlet instead of using the supplied power adapter.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Lots yep! Need to give it a full amp at least though (or at least have that available)

[@songofyesterday]

SDcard doesn’t work well. Might work for a few weeks but any card I put in now won’t get recognized. Seems to happen to all the V3’s I’ve bought.

[@AutomateYourLife]

I wonder if maybe you're having some kinda power brownout regularly. Try putting one on a ups (a newer one if you have it) and see

[@dholfactory5878]

Thank u my brother ❤ 🙏🏼 for this review

[@AutomateYourLife]

😃😃

[@jonathanpalma9657]

I agree with the pros you mention, it's a great camera but let's also talk about the cons as well. 1- I have 4 Wyze v3 cams and at least 1 of them a month will fail with error 90 (no WiFi issues since other devices connect properly) and I have to reboot it for it to start working again. Sent feedback, it's not solved yet. 2- The person detection on outdoors is horrible if you want to rely on it to notify of a possible intruder in your property. The AI consistently confused spiderwebs or flying insects with a person so my Alexa routine woke at 3am telling me there's someone on the backyard. I sent videos as feedback but after a few months got tired of it and did my own local person detection Aside from those issues the camera works as expected and I feel you get a lot for your money

[@AutomateYourLife]

I'd agree with those things. I haven't had wifi problems but many people do. I think I mentioned both those too, so you know I'm with ya!

[@RaveN_EDM]

You need to get a decent router that doesn’t randomly drop ur WiFi. That solved my problem.

[@jonathanpalma9657]

@@RaveN_EDM I have a Linksys 10600 Velop Mesh, it's not the WiFi it's the cameras

[@patriciazabala5480]

I have 4 also n they give me nothing but headaches. I've been through support over n over n they say to do the same thing every time. And now my front camera only records when a vehicle goes by. Which is alot. But not someone going in or out front door. In the yard or walking in street. I have cam pro plus. When you arm the cameras it chooses if it will or not. I put on test mode and was outside working on yard, 2 hours later it finally went off. Everyone seems to have no problem but I'm getting ready to get rid of them. But the money list of 4 camera and 4 annual subscriptions for cam plus pro is alot of money. So disappointed n exhausted do this

[@pizzadave9812]

If you have some lighting outside turn off the IR lights in the camera and you won't have any false alerts for spider webs keep your sensitivity at 50 and your camera will run perfectly.

[@lany_07gaming]

Great review as always for the Wyze Cam V3.👍

[@AutomateYourLife]

Thanks Lany! Definitely that great budget addition!

[@ateam388]

Can I put it on my bike and hook Bluetooth up to my phone and check my bike for security purposes. For let’s say I’m at a restaurant.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Nope, needs wifi to check it

[@melodykennedy2651]

Question. I live in Az where the temperature can be over 100 degrees for months at a time. Is the exterior of this device prepared for this weather issue?

[@AutomateYourLife]

I live in Canada so I can't tell you that. Sorry! I think the exterior would survive if kept out the direct sun, but I'm betting over time the camera would deteriorate internally. They do have limits on their spec sheets for temperatures. I believe it's 105 F...check that.

[@wolfpack4951]

Just a simple question I bought two of those maybe when they first came out never use them till the other day plugged one of them and it fired up he got a little hot it was working and then it just stopped I have no receipt I bought them online any ideas on how to get the one that doesn’t work replaced

[@AutomateYourLife]

Well I'd just tell them that story! If you bought it direct from Wyze or on Amazon you may still get a receipt and your money back.

[@ryandall2686]

I have put in SD card but can still only get 12s recording every 5 min. I thought the SD card changed this to 1 min recordings? Did I miss a step?

[@AutomateYourLife]

With the changes on the subscriptions, I think there's now a bug. So sign up for what's called the Lite subscription and put in your price at $0.

[@ryandall2686]

@@AutomateYourLife thank you for the reply I have recently subscribed to the cam plus lite

[@wanderingandroid]

can this work as a standalone with a memory card while not being connected to wifi?

[@AutomateYourLife]

It can, but there's some different configuring you need to do. Have a search on our channel for Wyze and you'll find a lot of guides for configuration. It does take wifi to setup initially always

[@matlepak9694]

Is the microphone still bad compared to blink camera?

[@AutomateYourLife]

Ohhh, I'd say it's been improved on the V3 vs the V2 by a LOT. I'd say they jumped Blink, but check out our original review of the Pan Cam V2. They're basically the same.

[@wolfpack4951]

I should add I have the originals the ones that they first came out with outside than in 120° heat they have been an ice cold they have been in rain and I’ve never had a problem I was just wondering how to proceed

[@AutomateYourLife]

Yeah I think you still chat with them!

[@layol692k7]

@Automate Your Life can these cams be viewed remotely without a subscription?

[@AutomateYourLife]

Yep, in the app

[@layol692k7]

@@AutomateYourLife this seems like a no Brainerd for the price ty for the reply

[@iamnobody9001]

I found this camera in a drawer lol. Used to be a family members. I plan to use it to watch my dog while at work. Just prop the iPad up on my desk and have continuous feed. Looks great for the price (me it was $0). Only gripe I have is the audio seems pretty bad. Could be the unit is busted partially? It is used after all. Still…..seems to do the job

[@AutomateYourLife]

Yeah audio usually sounds pretty good on those, so maybe you've got somethin in there? Signup for Cam Plus Lite for $0 so you get some recordings :)

[@Weltfrieden_5]

My problem is Why can't Wyze just ad another license to your account, instead of giving you a new license for each camera you buy? I have Cam Plus but I only get 12 second recordings even when there is still motion.

[@AutomateYourLife]

That shouldn't be (the 12 second recordings with Cam Plus). You should talk to their support team! I would like a single Cam Plus account level option and I think they've got some work there for sure :)

[@Weltfrieden_5]

@@AutomateYourLife I have tried contacting Wyze Support but I never get any response back

[@AutomateYourLife]

I think a chat sesh with them is in order

[@Austyncf]

Thank you ☺️☺️

[@AutomateYourLife]

You’re welcome 😊! Thank you!

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Brian.

[@AutomateYourLife]

You bet! Thank you sir!

[@williamlucid8907]

Are you a beta tester for the new pc application for view multiple Wyse cameras? Will the new beta pc connection work with other RTSP packages; for example "Agent DVR?" Wyse has "pulled" their RTSP firmare from their website. Using an "old" copy of the Wyse RTSP firmware with Wyse Cam v3; allowed me to configure "Agent DVR."

[@AutomateYourLife]

I joined the beta on this yeah, but I haven't done a ton of testing on trying to get RTSP software working on other packages. I'm betting Wyze has closed most of that off through the PC web portal. However, the RTSP software is just that and does allow you to configure for many other portals/packages.

[@103Catherine]

does the card come with it

[@AutomateYourLife]

Nope!

[@tibuuur06]

how about tapo?

[@AutomateYourLife]

I have a couple. Good, but I like the hardware design better with Wyze so far

[@JoeQuinn1971]

Thanks for the recap, especially since the Wyze Cam V1 is being retired... I have a couple still in service in non-critical areas. QUESTION: Are you/will you consider replicating your videos on Rumble?

[@AutomateYourLife]

Hey Joe, I feel like you or someone's asked that before. I don't really understand Rumble. Had a look again and still not sure what I'd be doing there. Am I entering a political minefield?

[@JoeQuinn1971]

@@AutomateYourLife only if someone decided to make it political. If I said I was going to stop watching your channel because I don't like KZbin/Google/Alphabet's views... then it becomes a political minefield. That said, that's exactly why I viewing more and more on Rumble. It's a video streaming service, and so far aren't trying to silence anyone... Some of the content providers I follow on KZbin are also on Rumble, and their channel has NOTHING to do with politics. MrBuildIt, for example, unless building the Ultimate Home Bar in your garage is political!!! :-) Thanks for your reply!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Thanks! Trying to learn and this is a big help

[@JoeQuinn1971]

@@AutomateYourLife if it takes little effort to cross post, I would love to see more content providers, regardless of their content, do so, but if it isn't easy or takes an inordinate amount of time or money to do, I would understand! Love your channel!

[@johnyoshida6236]

Just a note - Wyze cameras have a flaw that has had others and myself discontinue use. The flaw is that the cameras at some point start making a screeching noise (not the siren) loud enough to wake up multiple households in the area. It’s a rude awakening to say the least. There are some articles and videos on this subject out there with possible fixes, but definitely a problem.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Hadn't heard of that one...that's new :(

[@MPam1619]

It sounds great, but is it true that the wyze cam app drains the iphone's battery? If true, this is a deal breaker for me. (It took reading amazon reviews to find out about this issue.)

[@AutomateYourLife]

I imagine that's a short lived bug M. Pam. I haven't noticed any additional battery drain from the app. If it is happening, Wyze always updates their apps and products, so it should be resolved shortly after it happens.

[@matthewkeyzers2363]

Brian where did you get the wise cam floodlight. I can’t find it anywhere online. Can you put out a link if you know where you can get one?

[@AutomateYourLife]

Here you go! wyze.com/wyze-cam-floodlight.html You can also get it at many Home Depots now :)

[@matthewkeyzers2363]

@@AutomateYourLife thanks Brian. Enjoy your channel. Keep it up.

[@zensentry]

These were good when they came out. Would have been perfect if they reported motion offline. You must keep constant internet even with SD card to use them. They send the video to the server,then back to you for absolutely no reason when you don't have a subscription and most of the time the people you share your camera access with get notified first. Changed my phone to a newer, roughly 2x better CPU and GPU quality but the app performance is the worst. Lags 30+ seconds without hardware decoder and micro stutters without.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Huh...I don't have most of these issues with a Pixel 5A. In any case, totally agree with the networking choices. It seems like they could choose to do it differently, but I don't know the deep details of why they do it this way

[@cealcharlo1146]

Is it wireless??

[@AutomateYourLife]

WiFi yes, power no

[@jeffreylevine9234]

Can you please recommend something simple for an old guy?

[@AutomateYourLife]

Simple is Eufy. Few settings, no cloud storage or difficult setup. Get a home base 3 and some of their newest cameras in a pack. And don't listen to the noise about privacy concerns

[@jeffreylevine9234]

@@AutomateYourLife I appreciate you responding to my question as it seems endlessly complicated in order to get peace of mind.

[@daneo617]

Great video I love this camera My V3 works through my double pane window with no problem without the attachment and the motion detection works great still maybe I got lucky 🤷🏼‍♂️ The 20 scale works great too ✌🏼

[@AutomateYourLife]

Not lucky, just good!

[@daneo617]

@@AutomateYourLife I know, I was trying not to trash the attachment 🤷🏼‍♂️😆✌🏼

[@AutomateYourLife]

Ohhh I don't care! Trash away man! I didn't build it 🤣🤣

[@ruthrager3385]

Cam plus has really gone downhill recently. Use to get up to five minute recordings now lucky to get 1: 00 min recording .talked to customer service and he went through my whole app setup and everything was good but still getting short recordings when there is constant motion.

[@AutomateYourLife]

The person detection and algorithms are constantly being tweaked and I will say that it's still not perfect. Actually, I think I said that in this video too. You're right and it's imperfect. I do have faith they'll get it mostly right again. :)

[@OCGames.]

$19.99 a year now Cam Plus. That's how companies start. First $20 cam now $35 and subscription goes up also.

[@AutomateYourLife]

I'd do Cam Plus Lite for $0 nowadays

[@1MarkKeller]

GOOGLE! JESUS, can we just get a little something from you this year ... like how about making the Nest Minis, Nest Hubs, Nest Speakers, Nest Mesh Routers and Nest Hub Maxs use their sensors, microphones, speakers and cameras as a simple alarm system?

[@AutomateYourLife]

Yes please!

[@rocsocom3166]

Wyze change where can view replay video for free .Where have go though to subscription where it already working before now set $0 amount. what was point of this.

[@AutomateYourLife]

You don't have to pay. Wyze cam pro lite with $0 sub

[@rocsocom3166]

They capture on still picture only instead video. I don't see that option it pay only.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Lite choose $0 pay what you want.

[@egesanli619]

I like wyze! they offer so many great things with a low price tag. But... I think they are blocking themselves from being the most popular brand in the smart home market. I don't understand why are they blocking the home assistant community to develop a proper integration.

[@AutomateYourLife]

I think that'll go away :)

[@tldr365]

Because it stops them from earning from the cam plus subs.

[@egesanli619]

@@tldr365 ok then, they can provide the integration themselves with a cam plus subscription.

[@larry5488]

RTSP is NOT available. Their entire business model seems to be get the customer to pay for a subscription, then don't worry about providing service. Wouldn't touch Wyze if they gave the camera away.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Rtsp does seem to have gone away now. That is sad. But I still have yet to pay anything and I have everything I want with Lite. Up to you what you need though. Maybe have a look at eufy if you don't like any subscriptions

[@keithglynn9237]

All three of my wyze v2 cameras failed all at nearly the same time. I liked them at first but wyze has become very greedy and annoying, constantly updating and showing adds to subscribe to their paid service for better performance which the cameras already had when I first purchased them. It seems every time they update they got less responsive and missed very obvious people walking right up my driveway in the middle of a perfectly clear sunny day. By comparison, I also bought a Eufy outdoor camera which always catches action way before the wyze cams do, they have the exact same features as the wyze cams, cost about the same, and are truly outdoor cameras which don't require an additional purchase of waterproof enclosures that look like mini birdhouses, and are a total nuisance to set up and pair each camera because you need to access this tiny little button to start the pairing. If you loose power or your internet connection, you have to climb up and reset each camera again. Some of my cameras are nearly 25 feet high, as they are mounted on the peaks of ny house for a full view of my property. The wyze cams in the front are just above head level and they still miss a lot of action, even on the highest sensitivity level.

[@AutomateYourLife]

As long as you're happy, I'm happy! However...if you have 3 cameras failing around the same time, I'd suggest that maybe a power brownout or small surge hit them and they degraded quickly after that. I don't love the subscription stuff either, for sure.

[@tldr365]

Giving them a wide berth after being burnt by their wyze sense v1 hardware.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Lots of people won't feel great about Wyze Sense. I don't love that either, but this is a different company today. Not the start up it was.

[@MrAmontalvo1965]

Mine record 12 sec and now not

[@AutomateYourLife]

You missed an email from Wyze. You gotta go pick Wyze Cam Pro Lite at $0 as a subscription now. It's in this video too :)

[@GeorgeLista]

Wonder if he read the privacy policy…

[@AutomateYourLife]

I've read just about all the privacy policies from the big smart home manufacturers. Actually had prepped to do a video on this! Did you see something here you didn't like that was different from others?

[@johnny2003]

Is this a great product or is this a cheap product that has good value?

[@AutomateYourLife]

Very close to just simply great and in many ways, compares to be a better product then much more expensive rivals.

[@zliu1995]

No image comparison??? Forget Samsung. They discontinued their products. Stability is also important!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Samsung discontinued hardware, but the platform is still one of the best out there and the software development is now accelerating!

[@Dave_Rice]

Trivia: -40C is equal to -40F

[@AutomateYourLife]

Bang on

[@nobodynobody1798]

I have 2 Wyse v3's. Finally gave up on them. They really are worthless and frustrating since they continually give an error code 90. You get what you pay for. They are junk, no getting around it.

[@AutomateYourLife]

I've never had this error code. Gotta wonder what that's coming from. I have 4...

[@RaveN_EDM]

That’s a router issue. Buy a decent router and definitely don’t use the free shitty one ur IPS provides. These are WiFi cameras, not the cameras fault that your WiFi sucks. Other devices like phones and laptops reconnect so u don’t notice it as much.

[@nobodynobody1798]

@@RaveN_EDM Nope. Running a Cisco router. The camera's are cheap junk...

[@bkrfrenchies4455]

I've had this issue before. You are just a hair to far away from signal. Here is a pro tip. Set up indoors even if it's a outdoor cam and get it all linked up and be able to see the video then place outside. That did the trick for me

[@pizzadave9812]

@@bkrfrenchies4455 I set all my cameras up inside and then install them outside.😁

[@WeekendWarriorsWoodworking]

The camera support, and realistic use of these cameras.. make them a total waste of money.

[@AutomateYourLife]

I've been using them really well, but you need to get them set up right. We have a few videos for helping you get them configured right on the channel here. They're a bit old, but still work: 1 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5K9c6JshriAhsk 2 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqOVi3VoYrdkjKM 3 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHzTfYqnfJeAd6s Each video gets progressively more complex with what you can do.

[@WeekendWarriorsWoodworking]

@@AutomateYourLife The cameras are just toys. Setting up everything correctly still doesn't compensate for the gaping hole of security footage.But everyone that purchases these will find out the hard way.

[@AutomateYourLife]

You definitely have to set them up right, and it does take some work. Proper mounting and thinking about lighting situations make these harder to work with than a Nest cam, but I think you're being a little hard on them. That's OK. I was just trying to help

[@DigitalIP]

I am So done with this company now Now you HAVE To PAY to get motion recordings EVEN if you record to an SD Card! DO NOT Support this company any further until they go back to how they used to be!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Slow down. Do lite for $0

[@AutomateYourLife]

Cam Lite is free if you put in $0 price

[@DigitalIP]

@@AutomateYourLife Alright i see what happened... It isnt automatic anymore, you actually have to MANUALLY Subscribe the cameras to Lite to get the videos back.. They changed how they did things on the 14th, that being yesterday.

[@DigitalIP]

@@AutomateYourLife Yeah i got it now, but the problem is how they implemented the change.. a lot of people are complaining about losing the 12s clips, while the change is listed on the website they didnt ACTIVELY tell everyone what was going on, so with your help i still had to do some digging on their forums to find out about it.

[@txbs6107]

@@DigitalIP so it’s good then ?

[@mimArmand]

I use Wyze from the very very beginning and still use them as the majority provider of my cameras, but I'm always a bit worry in terms of security and privacy, just can't convince myself to trust China as the government has control over what to do with these devices and when! my worry is that I'm essentially hosting an army of DDoS hosts for when they need it.. also I never trusted that no-one may or may not watch my feeds! and have seen a few times cameras doing weird things, not sure if they are glitches or something else, but can't trust them! although, again, I love them otherwise.

[@AutomateYourLife]

But they're US-based! The hardware is yes, coming from China, but that's most of the world of electronics right? I think you're OK for the most part.

[@mimArmand]

@@AutomateYourLife Oh really? thanks for the info! wow, not sure why, but I always thought they are a Chinese company! I'm just dumb I guess!! I love their product, and will buy more! they have one of the best apps too..

[@shin-ishikiri-no]

@@AutomateYourLife "US-based" companies like Facebook, Amazon, and Google know more about you than you know about yourself. They like to send copies of your data to feed AI algorithms for the future authoritarian dystopia.

[@Joseph-ko2kl]

Nice job! H A T E..I mean H A T E..no really..H A T E wyze cameras though. :)

[@AutomateYourLife]

ahhahaha well then maybe not good job!?

[@Joseph-ko2kl]

😜 No. You always do good work man, you're just giving the facts and your take. On a serious note I had a awful experience with their cameras, The Scale though! They knocked that one out the park.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Too bad about the cameras, but I sure do wanna try that scale myself! Jealous! And thanks sir :)

[@YessiYuri]

The Wyze app is terrible. And EVERY device I've ever owned can only last 10-12 days before needing the power to be unplugged and re-inserted in. App resets, Cell phone restarts, network restarts, deleting settings is basically the whole experience with this Company. And don't forget they knew about security flaws that were actively being used in the wild for 3 years and did nothing.

[@AutomateYourLife]

I haven't had this experience in my own place. Not sure what's going on for you, but common problems like this are often related to WiFi. I have a good breakdown of what's important for WiFi networks in a smart home in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6fapX2Pd86ci68 It's a little older now, but it's very applicable still.

[@matman429]

I just threw mine in the bin

[@AutomateYourLife]

Sell it. Many people would be happy to have it

[@matman429]

@@AutomateYourLife If they want to pay for postage from Australia.They only accept phone numbers from the US so what's the point.

[@rshangrila]

Absolute garbage! I bought 7 Wyze cameras (V3) and every one of them bricked. Customer service is worse than bad. So many hours of my life I'll never get back and no solutions. DON"T BUY!!!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Did you get them actually from Wyze???

[@rshangrila]

@@AutomateYourLife Some from Best Buy and some from Wyze Store on Amazon. CS was inept and ghosted me 2X.

[@dleivam]

I have the camera and I hate it.. So many problems with the camera and support, so I don't recommend it to anyone, no matter what youtubers say.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Most people who have problems are struggling with wifi or maybe just some power issues. That's what I find anyways

[@vals2534]

Wyze has the shittiest app around CHANGE MY MIND

[@AutomateYourLife]

Having seen and worked with just about every camera on the smart home market...the answer is, not even close to the worst. But my job is not to change your mind, so go have your pity party!

[@vals2534]

@@AutomateYourLife This comment wasn't directed to you. I was hoping the people at Wyze would see this directly. I am a developer and yes, this is poorly designed software.

[@jayryan7473]

Really? No actual video clips? Anybody can film themselves talking LOL

[@AutomateYourLife]

You should do it then. I'll wait.

[@josedominguez2706]

Dude, are you running out of material, there's nothing new here....

[@AutomateYourLife]

Oh man...Just in 2022 I showed 3 things that have changed about this camera. That doesn't even begin to discuss the last quarter of 2021 and the changes that happened then.

[@bobbytoledo.]

I'd hate to see what's worse than this piece of crap camera

[@Bigglare]

HOMEKIT SECURE VIDEO? no? Pass

[@AutomateYourLife]

Nyet ;)