I do not know why it wasn’t included in this update. But there is an existing #roadmap topic that applies, so you don’t need to create a new one. Please hop over to the post below, vote for it, and add any comments as appropriate:
Oh yeah I forgot I created that request already. I’ll add a comment.
I’m not sure why it was excluded here but I do like this request!
Love the Grouping update plus multi cam streaming is so awesome… finally!!! Thanks team!
Thank you Wyze!
Love the camera grouping feature! However, once you group your cameras you cannot view them individually through the home tab. To do so, you must go into the group and then separate the camera you want to view individually which is an extra step we shouldn’t have to take. After grouping, the individual camera should still be selectable from the home tab in addition to the group.
You can vote for the ability to go directly to a single camera here (be sure to click the VOTE button at the top):
Love the grouping and multiview! This is one of those features that make me want to buy more wyze cams for my house!
Very cool. This gives me a reason to buy more Wyze cameras. Great cameras btw.
now we need to include the grouping for sensors
It’s coming.
This didn’t really get implemented quite like I thought it would
The new feature allows you to create a
Camera Group
A contact Sensor Group
A Motion sensor group
What it does not allow is to create a
Backyard Group
Home Group
Garage Group
Office Group
etc
Where I can tell it which of ALL my sensors (and future Wyze products like doorbell and light bulb) are in which group. Why was the grouping limited to sensor type?
agreed!
also one item can become multiple groups
Also if you use a camera in a group it is locked into that group.
You should be able to put a camera into multiple groups… I have a camera that I would like to have in others groups also.
This item is in the Wishlist currently. follow this link to vote for the feature and let your voice be heard.
remember to search through the forums as often times what you are looking for is already being looked for or worked on
How about a feature to have location-based (or other feeform description-based) groups?
This should be trivial to implement…
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What it does not allow is to create a
Backyard Group
Home Group
Garage Group
Office Group
etc
Where I can tell it which of ALL my sensors (and future Wyze products like doorbell and light bulb) are in which group. [/quote]
How come while viewing multiple cameras in a group the quality is worse? It’s not SD bad, but its noticeably worse than just viewing one camera.
It’s not noticeably worse to my eyes, but it is worse. The frame for each picture drops to 1/4 of the screen, so to preserve bandwidth on low networks they drop the resolution in the 4-grid multiple camera view by 66% to 360p.
I wish there was an option to set it to 720p. I guess I’m used to it though, I always view my cameras in a group because they’re on all entrances so I like to keep an eye on them.
What’s weird to me here is you can see any reduction in resolution. Yes, the time stamp is more noticeable, but when you think about it, reducing to a quarter of the screen is actually a reduction of 50%. 360 vs 1080 is a reduction of 66%. So yes, it is slightly less resolution for the equivalent screen size, but amazed you can see that!