As a Canadian not getting accepted for a few years I had to opt out.
Like many here. Im in the top 50 amazon reviewers, have a successful YouTube channel, do prodict reviews for many companies etc.
I have also worked in IT for close to 20 years, am huge into home automation and home assistant, dabble with Google, Amazon and other smart home platforms as well including using my Wyze cams in ways many others dont. I was even a hardware tech (SSR) for IBM for 14 years. Ive changed more firmware than anyone here probibly including the Wyze employees lol. Im in a few programs for software companies doing beta testing an early access where i have had great success working with their support finding bugs and fixing them as well.
Not even 1 seceletion over a few years, to be the first person to try software that may or may not have been ready for prime time just didnt work for me. O get perks from the above software companies with new features first or upgrades etc. 1 piece of hardware would have kept that light shining but it is what it is, cant give free products to everyone.
I wish you all the best and will still attend here but not for beta stuff.
If shipping is the issue maybe add an options for Canadians to pay their own shipping brokrege for packages. Even paying cost to beta/aplha test seems reasonable. Im not looking fot free, but depending on the issues I have there should be SOME compensation for doing this.
Either way i wish the beta testers good luck going forward. And your odds just went up a bit
Haha musician with a decent youtube following myself. Big into mixing. We probibly share alot of thr same skill sets.
All is well though. Im just not gonna be on the bleeding edge of software for the minimal benefits. The features a little early do not outweigh stability. Especially when i use stability loosely after thr last few issues ive had with camplus.
As someone responsible for DR solutions, petabytes of data and 100s of servers at work, i like things to work :). At home for the right perks i dont mind tinkering but a few years of being a beta tester hoping yo get a new device was enough.
Here is the link to sign-up and get the Beta App to start:
It is easier with iOS devices as you will need Test Flight Installed and then you install the Beta Apps from there. if you want to go back to the Prod app, then install it from the App Store.
for Firmware, load the beta App and then start it. Go to Account>About and select Beta Program. Then Click Edit top Right and check the devices you would like to rest Beta Firmware for and click on save.
Then you can back out to the Account Menu and select update Firmware and any Beta FW available will be presented for install. You can also do it by going to the Device itself and firmware from there when in Settings / Device Info.
NOTE: Once you update the FW, some devices cannot be rolled back manually. So make sure you know which devices you want to test.
I opt to do all, but I really enjoy testing and seeing what is coming.
I got it to work finally. Idk why it wasn’t working. But after I reset my phone it worked.
So I’ve tried for nearly 2 years to become a product tester, what’s the key to getting your foot in the door? I’ve filled out everything, I own my home, I’m ok with electrical and building work. I have internet with a router that allows 2.4. I’m baffled at what I’m missing, other than I don’t have a garage.
I was wondering the same.
It seems I get rejected almost immediately after applying (the day after for the most recent ones) and it makes me feel that there are specific elements in my profile that discourage acceptance.
I would love to hear if there are people on here (not employees or friends+family) that have been accepted as a Beta test (if they are allowed to say). If you have been accepted, have you been accepted more than once?
It’s all about need. And those needs change vastly depending on a lot of things. I know I’ve been rejected from many tests. And being a maven I’m not shy to say that I do know some good people at the company :-). I don’t try to use that as an in, but they look strictly at profiles to see if it is matching the broad swath of open spots they need. For instance look at the routers, I’ll use them as an example, if someone lived in a very tiny apartment where they didn’t have many walls or a large enough space to accommodate the needed testing limits for the routers, I could see that being easily rejected. Whereas someone in a larger house where they could do vastly more testing for space and walls distance might get accepted. Although conversely, someone in an apartment complex might have been able to test the router for interference from their neighbor’s Wi-Fi. This is only my speculation on two out of many variables. I really wish I had more insight as to what they are looking for for different devices, but I like to imagine the testers each individually having their strengths and benefits for the test. That way the company can get the widest swath of testers and find the most problems to solve, considering the population of the wise community there are so many variables it’s hard to guess them all.
