Hey all, so I think I’m noticing a trend here that without the added context from the other thread’s original post that a lot of folks that aren’t active in our communities are misunderstanding details around these changes. We’re super sorry for not elaborating here and we’re going to do better in the future.
To clear up some confusion, Cam Plus Lite is a plan that allows you to opt in to keep your cloud storage. There is no requirement to pay at all - you get to name your price at any amount down to $0/mo.
This means that if you opt in to cloud video storage by signing up for Cam Plus Lite, you continue to receive cloud video storage. This could be for $0/mo.
You actually gain a new feature through Cam Plus Lite - you will now have the option to use Wyze’s cloud AI to identify/notify you when people are in clips. We call this Person Detection.
Since Person Detection is a new feature to your cameras that is normally under a paid subscription that helps us cover the cloud processing costs, we’re asking you to consider contributing to our Cam Plus Lite community fund when you sign up. Our goal is to raise enough to make it sustainable to give Person Detection to everyone on Cam Plus Lite - yes, even for those folks who aren’t in a place to contribute.
We really appreciate any support that you folks offer us on this front, as this is a risky gamble but one that is in alignment with our goal of making great tech affordable and accessible to as many people as possible.
We want a great camera experience for those across all incomes whenever possible. We feel that this is the best way to increase the accessibility of one of the most important premium features that helps avoid situations where folks are spammed by notifications about waving tree branches and other stuff that isn’t useful.
I’m going to move forward to lock this thread, and have updated the OP of the original thread to reflect the changes to the cloud storage date.
If you would like extra context or wish to participate in discussion around Cam Plus Lite and the cloud storage changes, please head over to the original post at this link below.
Thank you all for understanding, and we’ll catch you in the other thread to continue discussing!!