2.21 Beta App, Wyze Cam Outdoor & Base Station Firmware Beta Test 5/26/2021

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@Yichen , I wanted to provide you with my take on the latest App update for your review:

  • There are a lot of nice new features which I believe to be a benefit. the Battery usage for the WCO’s, the service renewals being easily visible now (if it was there before, I hadn’t noticed). There are some others.

  • iOS seems to function as expected. The app loaded, Live Streams came up, no issue to report at this time,

  • Android, this is another story.

    1. I submitted a log last night: 215435. There are no notifications when the app is not running. Even though you have the option to selected to run in background. When you open the app and let it run, the notifications are fine.

    2. For me, when the app is running and the phone has not been touched, the notifications are delayed again. I am back to running the ADB command to turn off Doze Mode. I will check all of the settings on my phone again to make sure I did not miss something.

    3. The Video Door Bell (VDB) still presents a lot of Error Code 6. This should really be addressed as I experience this more than 50% of the time. My Network is strong, no issues with sending or receiving video’s, other camera’s seem to function fine - just an occasional Error 6 or even 7. But the VDB is problematic for this. I have noticed that if you Live Stream the VDB, and then click on one of the previous captured events (at the bottom of the screen), you will see the error 6 if it was one of the unfortunate events which had issues. But now if I go to the event screen directly and click on the same event I see the following - Nice clean screen, but does not really tell you the issue:

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    4. I reported this in the past and was informed that the developers are looking at this. However, on my iOS, Android, on WiFi or even Cell / LTE / 5G, I cannot Live Stream a Camera when multiple Live Events are currently recording. I am working with Wyze on this and waiting for a replacement Camera to try. But wanted to pass on that this issue, for me, still persists. When I look at my router and drill down to the Camera’s, I notice that they are sending a lot of data 800+ Kb/s for one camera. multiply this by 5 (that is just the V3’s outside) and it adds up quickly. Just wanted to pass this on.

I like the direction Wyze is going with the updates, but believe this latest one has some flaws in it as it relates to Android and not iOS.

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