Feedback Requested - 2/26/2026

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Hello forum users,

We are looking for some feedback on an older wishlist request about a Wyze Smart Button, the request can be found here, we want to see if you, the users, still want this kind of product and what your use cases would be? We are thinking in terms of something to control Wyze devices and battery powered for more flexibility. What do you think, please give your feedback.

If you can we would also like you to fill out this short survey.

Wyze Click – Smart Button Concept Evaluation – Fill out form

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Would it be best to reply here in this topic or in the linked Wishlist topic, or does it matter for the purposes of this specific request?

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Absolutely do.

I would love a Wyze Button to include the single, double and Long Press.

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Did someone say buttons? Yes Please. I’ll take 5. Short press, 2x press, Long Press. Rechargeable. White, Black, or Grey. Magnet on the back.

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Yeah, this is the kind of thing I was thinking, too. I don’t have any of the regular Wyze Switches, but I would expect a smart button from Wyze to essentially duplicate that kind of functionality in a wireless device if not do more. :+1:

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Nope. Or has Wyze finally embraced Matter as they said they were?

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I would like smart buttons.

When Wyze first announced they were working on a smart button, I was excited and ready to buy a dozen or 2 of them.

Then Wyze decided to abandon nearly all their smart home products except cameras (I still think this was a mistake), and announced they were cancelling the smart button development.

I needed lots of smart buttons still to control my Wyze devices. So I just got dozens of the Aqara smart buttons off AliExpress for insanely low prices (like $6 each). I activated them on Home Assistant and linked my Wyze account to Home Assistant.

Now all my Wyze devices are controlled with Aqara smart buttons and it’s amazing! Almost every room of my house has multiple buttons. Every doorway has a smartbutton near it to control the Wyze bulbs in the room. I don’t have to do new electrical wiring to put in a new light switch where I need one, I just add a smart button there and now have full control of my Wyze lights in that room.

I do lots of cool things with Wyze devices, especially Wyze bulbs using smart buttons. Here are some ideas of things smart buttons could help users with that I use them for:

  • in my master bedroom, I have smart buttons on the headboard where we can really turn the lights on and off from bed with a single press that just toggles the bulb to the opposite state on/off as it’s current state.
  • we can double press to dim the bulbs or change it to warmer colors to make sleep soon easier.
  • my kids can have a light switch near their bed when they al need to get up to use the bathroom but are scared of the dark.
  • my kids can double press or long press the button and it will change their Wyze bulbs to a random color (they love this) while a single press always restores the light to normal daylight full brightness (or off).
  • I have some smart buttons dedicated to turning certain indoor cameras on or off.
  • some smart buttons outside control my FLPro’s to either force the floodlights on, or force them off or shut the camera on/off temporarily depending on the button sequence I use.
  • I have a smart button that turns off the siren on every Wyze camera, so if a siren is ever triggered (HMS alarm, Leak sensor, etc) I can always immediately silence the sirens quickly.
  • I have smart buttons dedicated to setting my Alexa speakers to do not disturb (such as when I am in a meeting). -this is related to Wyze because I have lots of Alexa announcements based on Wyze detections (person on x camera, doorbell rings, contact sensor opened, etc) and if Wyze gets a smart button that connects to Alexa like all their other devices, we can use Wyze buttons to control Alexa speakers and Alexa automations too.
  • I have buttons that can temporarily turn off Wyze notifications on certain cameras for a set period of time, such as when I go mow the lawn or have a get-together with people (ie: dinner and swimming in my pool)
  • I have a closet where the light switch for it is actually inside another closet. So I just use smart buttons to control the Wyze bulbs instead, so each closet can control their own lights.
  • I have some rooms setup with automatic lighting where the Wyze camera or motion sensors automatically turn the Wyze bulbs on and off depending on whether there is a person in the room or not. It’s totally automatic, but then I use a smart button to override that automation in some cases, such as if I want to watch a movie with the lights off or something similar.
    • For example, even in a room automating lighting with a Wyze camera detection controlling lights on or off by person or motion (ie: trigger=motion/person detection: action=turn on light bulbs for 10minutes), you could have the button simply turn off the camera or if you want the camera to still record, then just turn off motion detection to stop the automation. The SD card can still record continuously, but if motion detection is off, then cloud events stop uploading and the lights won’t keep getting triggered to come on. This disables the automatic lighting even just using Wyze automations alone.
  • I have smart buttons to control Wyze plugs on or off to control other random plug-in devices.
  • I have a smart button that changes my front yard Wyze bulbs to all flash different random holiday colors depending on the nearest holiday.

And the above are just things I have smart buttons do with my Wyze devices. That doesn’t even cover all the things you can do with smart buttons by combining countless other smart devices through the Alexa integration or Google or even Home Assistant.

I’m my opinion, Wyze canceling the smart button R&D they’d already started at the end of 2022 was an absolutely huge mistake! I think if Wyze wants to be in the smart home industry and not just a camera company, Wyze should absolutely rectify this and release an affordable smart button that works with their automation engine and integrates with Alexa (preferably Google home too… And I still think Wyze is insane for blowing off Home Assistant, but at least someone else can add support for that through the 3rd party Wyze Integration).

So yes, I think it’s crazy that it’s taken even this long for Wyze to consider a smart button, even if Wyze wants to focus on cameras. You can totally do a ton of stuff with these things even just with the cameras. If you market it right, you could convince people to get several per room of their house like I did.

My Aqara smart buttons batteries last forever too! I’ve had lots go 2+ years without a battery replacement! Wyze really needs some. I was hoping to stick with all Wyze smart home stuff, but you pushed me to competitors because you said you were abandoning smart home expansion and I still needed basic devices like smart buttons. Don’t force people outside your ecosystem to get basic needs met. Make your own smart button… For sure. Almost every example I listed above can be done 100% within the Wyze ecosystem if you make a smart button (there are a couple of exceptions such as the random light color stuff since you limit actions and conditional operators in your automations). People would love it! I would love it! I’ve been begging for years for you to make a smart button and I would still like you to do so.

I hope that’s helpful explaining the type of things that they could be used for and why.

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I’ve been toying off and on for a while with an idea to build a housing (additive manufacturing) for Wyze Plug Outdoor that would make it easy for a dog to step on in order to press a button. The idea is that this would initiate a Google Home routine to announce on the smart speakers in the home that the dog wants to go outside. At the right price and form factor, I could see a Wyze Smart Button fitting this kind of use case.

For sure Google Home, and I absolutely agree with official Home Assistant integration even though I don’t use it. I really dig the cameras Wyze has been making, and I know that there are various opinions about where Wyze’s product focus should be, but my “gateway drug” into the Wyze ecosystem was the original Plug (which I still use), and I’d like to see continued improvements to things like the Switch, Robot Vacuum, and other non-camera smart home devices (though I still think a Robot Vacuum with a Cam on it would be pretty cool).

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I personally don’t have a need for smart buttons. A lot of my stuff is voice-operated or on a schedule.

I may be convinced otherwise in the near future.

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Yes I would love a button. I use Wyze smart bulbs and outlets all over the house. I’ve made do with schedules but it would be much easier to have buttons throughout the house. I’d rather not need my phone on me at all times to turn on a light.

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Please reply in this topic, I have some of the team looking directly at this topic.

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I haven’t yet seen it explicitly mentioned in this topic, but a Smart Button seems like an easy way to compensate for Wyze’s lack of a Switch with 3-way capability. Depending on the form factor, a Smart Button could potentially be mounted in a box in place of a typical 3-way or 4-way switch (or Wyze could produce plastic “adapter” hardware to make this easier) so that it could control the state of a single Wyze Switch on the circuit and effectively give 3- and 4-way capability with a solitary wired single-pole Switch.

Good to know. Thank you! :+1:

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This is what some other companies do to turn a single smart switch into a multi-switch control. They have a single switch control the light and then use a 3D printed mount for their battery operated smart button to control the switch mounted in place where the second switch used to go. So it looks like there are still 2 switches (ie at both ends of the hallway or stairs), but really it’s now just 1 switch and a smart button controlling everything. Interesting solution for certain use cases. I considered doing this.

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Yeah, that’s exactly what I was thinking as I was writing my earlier reply. Wyze has already made plastic parts available in the form of the Video Doorbell v2 Wedge Kit, and that’s another area where the 3D-printing community was filling the gap because Wyze hadn’t done it themselves prior to launching that particular accesory. I’m thinking with a Wyze Smart Button they should go ahead and plan for this sort of thing from the get-go so that it’s already available to users and so that the users don’t have to rely on the 3D-printing crowd to supply this solution.

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Here is a survey we have built if you could also fill that out, I will also add it to the original post.

Wyze Click – Smart Button Concept Evaluation – Fill out form

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  • Design the Smart Button with a small footprint.
  • Design to be inexpensive (I need 10+ to start), yet able to withstand 500K+ push cycles.
  • Magnetic base with rubber pads and slotted hole(s) for secure mounting options.
  • Communicate as a standalone IOT device via WiFi (no dependent Bluetooth hub, etc.).
  • Include a status LED that is configurable via user settings (on, off, brightness, color).
  • Accommodate AA or AAA batteries, not button cell. Bonus points if it accommodates 1.2V rechargeable NiMH batteries.
  • Ability to trigger all existing Automation actions via single, double, triple and long-press.
  • Ability to trigger user’s existing Automations, including shortcuts.
  • Ability to trigger multiple Automation shortcuts via a single press type.
  • Bonus points if the Smart Button was designed like a miniature version of the Wyze Floor Lamp’s Remote with a dial-type push button to adjust brightness of Wyze lighting products and device groups.
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I don’t disagree with your points. I think they are great, but I have some thoughts to consider:

  • The battery lasts A LOT longer with BLE than WiFi…plus other benefits like cost, let alone WiFi channel interference on so many buttons…but BLE would require a base. That’s a tough sell. This is a hard one for me to have a strong conclusion on. I kind of wish Wyze would just commit to something like Matter and just have everything connect to an optional Universal Matter Bridge (hub) that would let any and all of their existing devices work with Matter. That would solve so many issues.
  • It is hard to make something really small while using AA or AAA batteries, but not impossible.
  • My Aqara Smart Buttons use a button battery and they often last 2+ years without needing a new battery, so it hasn’t been a big deal to me to use a button in a situation like this. On the other hand I have buttons from some companies that use AAA rechargeable and they have to be replaced more often because rechargeable batteries drain even if you aren’t using them. But it might work better with regular AAA instead.
  • I would LOVE a magnetic base!!! One thing I hate about the Aqaras is that they were designed to STAY on the wall, though I tried using 3M Velcro strips, which works okay except that the back still twists off too easily :angry_face_with_horns: My wife often untwists the button in my office on accident just trying to turn the light on, and the face falls off and the battery falls out. Really annoying.
  • LOVE your automation suggestions. I wish they’d improve the automation engine to make these even more powerful.
  • I have and love some smart buttons with a dial that also works as a push button. I was using them to control space heater temperature and on/off plus mode. I considered using them for lighting, but I haven’t tried it yet. I rarely want my lighting on anything other than 100% brightness, but my wife likes to dim things sometimes, so she would want dials to turn our lighting into dimmer switches.

Anyway, great feedback. :+1:

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Funny… over 2 years ago on May 21, 2023, I started running a Motion Sensor v2 and Entry Sensor v2 test using standard Eneloop rechargeable NiMH batteries measuring 1.315 volts each at start of test. Those sensor were placed in a high-traffic, high-use area triggering appx. 12h-18h/7d per week and 2-4 triggers/hour. I also threw an HMS Keypad and Floor Lamp remote into the test. I checked voltage every week for the 1st 6 months. I gave up checking voltage after 6 months with batteries having lost only 0.1V-0.2V each. They’re still alive and well. Now that I posted this, they’ll probably all report low battery conditions this evening. :rofl:

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But they lasted that long not using Wi-Fi, right?

My concern is that while Wi-Fi is convenient To avoid needing a hub, it brings a lot of other big negatives for something like this.

To save power, a Wi-Fi button must “deep sleep.” When you press it, the device has to wake up, scan for the network, associate with the router, get an IP address via DHCP, and then send the command. This “handshake” process takes a lot of energy every single time. It’s also really slow with obvious latency/delay which can be a big negative if someone wants to control lighting, Especially in a situation with a company like Wyze where the automation doesn’t run locally, and will probably have to go out to the wyze servers on the cloud and then back to our home to run the action. That extra delay could be catastrophic to the expectations and point of a smart button.

BLE on the other hand stays in a very low-power state and can send data almost instantly upon being triggered. A BLE button can often run for 1–2 years on a single coin-cell battery (CR2032), whereas a Wi-Fi button might only last a few months or require much bulkier AAA batteries making a smart button 2-3 times bigger and more awkward.

I’m not militantly opposed to the idea of Wi-Fi, or a larger button using AAA batteries, But if they consider going that route, they should definitely prototype it and get a lot of feedback from actual users before overly committing to it. If users find that it is much slower than other options, they may ditch Wyze for a faster competitor. Or the same thing if it is three times the size of other options, some users might like the one with the lower profile. They should see how much it matters to the market they are targeting. On the other hand, not requiring a hub could increase the sales dramatically. And using a larger or standard battery could be a huge selling point to too and make it worthwhile. I would be very curious to see what the market research would show on these things. I really don’t know. I think I’d be okay either way, but I do have a preference for lower latency.

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