Wyze Sense V2 Review - Motion and Door Sensors for Home Security

[@KayakDIY]

*is it possible to change the pathetic default Wyze door entry chime sound to something else?* I want a more true alarm sound. Hate the chime.

[@PoisonWaffle3]

Thanks for the review, Lon! I just wish I could pair the sensors with my existing ZigBee network and use them directly with HomeAssistant. I don't want another hub, and I don't like how they use a proprietary protocol for these. For now, I'm sticking with Aqara ZigBee sensors.

[@bbgarnettTotallyNotABot]

Keep up the great work

[@cyborgmetropolis7652]

I was originally interested in this but the subscription requirement made it a no-go for me. I have about 15 wyze products so I might as well grab some of these.

[@free2bemebarbie345]

You don't have to pay for any subscription unless you want the security company to monitor your home.

[@paultennis9569]

I have several Wyze devices and rate them as a 9 you can't beat the price and the app alerts are great.

[@genepierson1728]

Thanks for sharing. You said you can have multiple hubs connected to your account. Can you set up a contract with the alarm monitoring company with multiple hubs? Anyone know?

[@TonyPadgett]

I sent it back. You can't do hardly anything without the subscription--just simple notifications (door open/door closed). No alarm. No remote arming. Too bad since I use Wyze for plugs and a camera. Hint: when I did an RMA, they credited back my credit card but I didn't need to send it back. I just want a simple door sensor that has a physical alarm to go off and can program it to go into Away or Home mode. Abode does this but now they want to charge you $60/year...just for the 2 sensors I use!

[@googleevil]

👋 you 😎. Will this version becomes 🎃 after the first 🔋 discharge, same as v1 do?

[@tbc_2024]

why does the hub have a speaker if we cannot have it provide us with motion & leak sensor updates?

[@darwinjina]

If the sensor is shared with family members, can they see events? With camera sharing, family members can not view the playback.

[@GilAnspacher]

Very helpful video. Wyze support says this will ONLY work with a subscription. Forum posts say the same. Have you tested the functionality of the Wyze App with the sensors without a subscription?

[@LonSeidman]

Yes - the keypad requires the subscription but the sensors work without. I did not have a subscription for this review.

[@GilAnspacher]

@@LonSeidman Thanks! On the forums, some people speak of the inability to tune the sensors or even get information from them being disabled, when the subscription is disabled. Was this perhaps a previous approach from Wyze? Your video is very helpful with the capabilities of the system. In my case, I don’t need monitoring as I will do that from the app on my phone. And my focus is more on temperature and water.

[@doublevision58]

What type is the new v2 motion sensor? Is it a PIR?

[@domramsey]

How does it work with Home Assistant? I assume it's just Zigbee?

[@KameraShy]

Shall we presume them that this Wyze infrastructure is proprietary and will not interface with other systems?

[@LonSeidman]

It's compatible with other things but their app is the conduit

[@jonathansavell1832]

Do V2 cibtact sensors work on V1 hubs?

[@shadow7037932]

Ugh. So annoying to not be able to buy the hub by itself. I am very interested in the leak sensor after having a leak in my water heater last year. I don't want to get the hub + motion sensors since I already have a separate system for that.

[@LonSeidman]

From what Wyze has stated supply constraints were driving the availability - hopefully as things ease up it'll be available standalone. This is especially true for scenarios that might require more than one unit.

[@OneBadAssDJ]

Good stuff, thanks.

[@thridday]

Why in the world did they not go with a PoE for Ethernet wired solution?

[@LonSeidman]

Most likely cost

[@israel9294]

I would like it if I can turn off notifications for other family members and keep my on as to not bother everyone that has the app

[@pfunkPT]

I just don't trust them to rollback to subscription plan...

[@Phamtom009]

Impressive that the sensor worked inside a metal mailbox!

[@LonSeidman]

Yeah I think it was because the transmitter was hitting the base when it opened. I put a motion sensor inside and it didn't get picked up.

[@laurasteckman8011]

Total nightmare today trying to get anything at all my six year old grandson could watch on KZbin. Where are the instructions on how to use KZbin and KZbin Kids? This is not a comment as much as a question.

[@ChirantanMandal]

Wyze is unfortunately very much a hit or miss often changing terms at will. For instance their recent change in policy of wyze cam V2 recording.

[@BaronOfHell666]

After the god awful v1 sensors I'm not trusting wyze. I'm down to two working sensors out of 8. Now I'm using yolink and shelly sensors.

[@reticularimus]

The lon guy has one rusty mailbox. Hopefully his neighbors aren't too upset by its ghastly aesthetics. I wouldn't have guessed that the lon guy could tolerate having such an unbecoming mailbox, because he seems like a pretty particular (nearly ocd) type of fellow. I suppose physical postal mail is dying and that must be why the lon guy doesn't maintain his mailbox properly.

[@805gregg]

Wyze is like inviting the CCP to listen to everything going on in your house, don't buy chinese spyware

[@andyb3429]

These are cheap.... Because they are cheap.... It would be a good product if made with good materials.... The usb port is crap and failed hub is now useless. A temperature sensor had a defective button.... Very poor quality hardware.... like a use once throw away toy.