I have several Fire tablets in my home and would like to use them with WYZE cameras, is there a way to do this?
I basically converted my Fire tablet by downloading Google Play files and then I could basically download any android app including Wyze.
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Yes I tried to download the Wyse app off off google play a nd it says there are no available devices to download it
So how do I get the app to work?
PLEASE respond with a link for instructions for downloading and installing the Wyze app from Google Play.
(We bought the Fire tablet for this purpose, but are disappointed we could not do it right away.)
THANK YOU !!
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THANK YOU very much, HDRock !!
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Hello,
I noticed the video is from 2019 is this video still the correct way to get the Fire Tablet to play Wyze cam video?
Thanks bunches!
Great video, unfortunately downloading googleplay from luxmounts.com no longer works which makes this video nearly useless.
If your fire tablet is relatively new, you can install Google Play, sideload normal Android apps and do other useful tasks by using Fire Toolbox
I wish I had seen this about 8 hours ago, when I was trying to install the Wyze app on my newly purchased Fire 7.
A couple of years ago I bought a Fire HD 10 after making sure I could jailbreak it to run as a regular Android. The process was straightforward using the instructions found online. Last week I ordered a marked-down Fire 7 intending to jailbreak it just as a dedicated viewer for my Wyze cams. I didn’t bother looking for the instructions because I figured it would be just as easy as it had been a couple years ago – stupid me! – I googled jailbreaking a Fire tablet and found all sorts of garbage posts online. Including a couple of sites that insist that you can just load GooglePlay directly. I also looked for information on loading the Wyze app and found several sites telling me that the Wyze app is available from the Amazon Play Store (Ha!)
Of course the Fire tablet will try to display the Wyze cameras through Alexa using the Wyze Skill, except that the Wyze Skill works less than 20% of the time.
I did eventually get the Wyze app loaded by loading something that let me load the aurora store that let me load the Wyze app. All told I spent a bit over two hours following useless sets of instructions and worthless links before I got the job done. Tomorrow I’ll try your link and see if it lets me get Google Play working on the Fire 7.
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Know also the Wyze app is not said to be compatible with Fire tablets. Pure Android only.
That said, I do use a Fire tablet, and it works well, but crashes randomly throughout the day. But I’ve heard that may happen to some Android users too. Just can’t complain about it because it isn’t a supported platform. So pure Android brothers, complain if this affects you. 
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The Fire OS is Android but an older version and they removed pieces to make it slightly incomplatible. The Fire Toolbox I linked to above tries to supply those pieces they removed. But it does not work for the older Fire tablets. I have a Fire 11 Max and it’s stable.
Edit - It also removes the Amazon ads
I have been using kindle fire tablets with the WYZE app, downloaded from playstore, for years. When I saw the latest app update on my android phone, I tried to update the app on the fire tablet. I couldn’t figure out how to update, so I uninstalled it - thinking that I could just install an updated version. That app in the playstore will not let me download. I get the message: 'This Tablet isn’t compatible with this app. So, it you have a older version of the WYZE app on a fire table- don’t try to update it. I just don’t understand why WYZE will not support the fire tablets.
Using Fire Toolbox, the Wyze app (not the new version) works fine on my Fire 10HD. It also works on my year-old Fire 7 but isn’t nearly as stable on the 7 as on the 10.
Running the Wyse app on a jailbroke Fire tablet is somewhat of a gamble but still beats trying to get the Wyze Skill to work in Alexa.
It’s because when an Android app is built, you have to identify which versions it supports. The Android version that Fire tablets are based on is really old. That’s why Google Play won’t let you install.
That said, I have a Fire Max and an 8-inch Fire tablet and I sideloaded the regular Wyze app on them. The Wyze app seems to be working. Google Play won’t load on the 8-inch fire tablet though.
I have really old Samsung tablets. The Wyze app still runs on them but the batteries don’t last long. They are too expensive nowadays. That’s the reason I tried out the Fire tablets.
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No issues on pure Android 14 oui 6.1 on 4 devices.
These steps are all automated when you use Fire Toolbox. But note that either Google or Amazon changed something so that Google Play doesn’t work on recent Fire tablets even if you manage to install it.
However, sideloading the Wyze app on Fire tablets using Fire Toolbox still works.
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I installed those 4 files manually in my new max 11 and it still works like in my older HD 10s.
I think I followed this