The reason it is called “starlight” sensor and “color night vision” isn’t because it shows color with no light, but that it can still see color in very low light conditions where most other cameras would not see as much or sometimes be mostly black. Most Cameras and other Camera companies have had to use IR black and white nightvision in low light conditions where Wyze could still leave their camera in color mode. Wyze spurred a color low-light revolution, and many big companies have started copying them with newer models, but that revolution and push for low-light support was started by Wyze with their V3 launch.
Examples of color night vision with a starlight lens vs without a starlight lens in the exact same light condition:
Those are massive differences for many people.
Of course you can add overwhelming light and then all cameras will see fine, but that’s not what is meant, and is not the usecase for the “color nightvision”… Wyze can see in low light (hence the term “starlight” sensor) where other cameras can’t see unless they add more light or switch to an IR filter.
I did a bunch of comparisons between the Wyze Starlight vs Eufy and Blink and others, and I found the Wyze starlight made a HUGE dramatic difference in low light conditions. But obviously if I turned on my floodlights or my porch light and only recorded areas in full light like my porch or back patio, then starlight sensors don’t matter because there is high amounts of light, not low amounts of light. On the other hand, I can turn off all my lights and still see in color just from the ambient light from my neighbors’ houses, while my other brand’s cameras go totally black and see nothing unless I switch their IR filter on, and then they can’t see color. That’s what it’s talking about. It makes a huge difference in certain use-cases, but not in others. It sounds like you always have plenty of lighting for the places you are watching, so it isn’t something that matters as much for your use-case, but it is still a big deal for some others for their use-cases.