Album download progress font almost illegible

[dsmall]

This has been an issue for me since the beginning, and curious about why it hasn’t been addressed yet. When downloading a video form the Album, the background is a white image and the progress font is white so it is very hard to know what is happening, or not happening… A simple font color change or background change would fix this. Am I the only one? I haven’t been able to find anything in the forum.

[Crease]

@dsmall

Am I the only one?

I haven’t noticed this specific issue, but I’ve advocated elsewhere on the Forum for increased use of contrasting color cues in the app’s UI:

Scale S switch users in same account

Welcome to the Forum, @blackdragon0480! If you didn’t select an image for yourself (the main user) when you created the different user profiles, then the app will default to a “WYZE” user icon. The problem (okay, one of the problems) is that this icon is light text on a light background, and the Scale S module within the app uses a light background even if you’re trying to use the Dark Theme. It’s kind of a pain in the . It’s a serious failure from a usa…

@Crease

I mention that because the Devices tab is showing some use of color in a similar fashion, but this could be extended and improved. I have some Plug Outdoors that I’m not currently using, so they’re not plugged in anywhere, and the Devices tab shows these with an “Offline” message in red. Where other Device statuses show as “Off” or “On” (Bulbs and Plugs, for instance), I think contrasting visual color cues would be helpful.

Wyze app 3.0 - Released 7/24/2024

Which do you mean? I’ve argued elsewhere that Wyze has failed in some of its design choices, particularly when it comes to colors that provide little to no contrast, and I sincerely hope that they’ll make better use of contrasting colors in future iterations of the app, especially if they’re actually progressing toward a real global dark mode.

Wyze App 3.0.5.x

I agree, and if you read @Seapup’s post in the current beta topic, you’ll see that they’re also making color changes to some elements in order to enhance contrast, which is something I sincerely hope they’re taking into consideration globally and not tweaking in piecemeal fashion. Ideally, they’re reworking the codebase so that they can support real theming in a global way going forward, but I don’t have any insight into that, I’m just .

There’s a Wishlist topic collecting future app ideas, and what you’re suggesting seems like it might fit there:

Wyze app 3.x - Additions and changes

Wunschliste Wyze 3 App Build the app so that we can set “My devices” as the start page. Every time I open the app, the livestream has to be reloaded. That may work reasonably well when I’m on my home network. On the road with 4G or less it runs itself to death. At least I’ll have direct access to 7 devices instead of the 2.5 live streams. Display of temperature and humidity without having to select the thermostat in Devices and Favorites My 1st favorite in the app is the thermostat. I…

I’ve made color enhancement suggestions there, too. Feel free to add your own comments/ideas and click/tap the Vote button above the initial post.

Thank you for sharing this!

[Seapup]

Vote for this topic too:

Font/icon color and size in the app (readability)

When loading an event video, the Percentage shows up in the official Wyze turquoise color. Black would be preferable and, more importantly, readable.

[ssummerlin]

@dsmall

Am I the only one?

It has long been a problem. No “resolution” in sight.

[K6CCC]

@dsmall

Am I the only one?

No. The entire Wyze color scheme is HORRIBLE. Maybe it works for 25 year olds, but not so well for older people. It is very obvious that Wyze has not intent on fixing this. It has been requested countless times.

[ssummerlin]

@K6CCC

It is very obvious that Wyze has not intent on fixing this.

I believe you are correct.

It took years to get dark mode, but there was hope.

Unfortunately there is no hope for this request.