That’s the same FOV as the floodlight V2. The pro’s is even slightly wider.
Wyze has released their new Bulb Cam. Any insight when this will be available to order through Amazon…?
Based on earlier comments in this topic, I believe that @ssummerlin already ordered and received one from Amazon, but then @alamode indicated that it’s sold out. Here’s the link I found that indicates it’s “Temporarily out of stock.” 
Welcome to the Forum, @rschaddelee! 
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These are points that I like, too. This is the first Wyze Cam I’ve actually mounted outside (rather than just looking out through a window), and I’m really pleased with its performance.
Or just enable the IR and use regular night vision. Even at low level, though, the Ambient Light provides good illumination for Color Night Vision: Setting it at 10% gives the sensor plenty of light to produce good color images (at least where I’m using it), and then motion detection can bump the illumination, which I could see being a benefit in the small business settings you mentioned. I’m using it with Smart Detections now, but it’s also possible to activate the light with generic “All Motion”, which wouldn’t require a subscription.
Since the Bulb Cam on my deck has replaced a regular bulb in a “jelly jar”-type globe (with a closed bottom), I no longer have a sconce on that fixture, so I now need to make time to do a 3D-printed shade to screw in around the bulb portion and hopefully it won’t look so bare and unfinished.
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Nah I meant to power the cam itself, most businesses have all the lights for a room on a single switch/circuit.
Oh, gotcha. You said “lights”, not “circuit”, before. Now your comment about putting smart bulbs in the other sockets (or Accessory Bulbs, depending on how many sockets are on the circuit), makes more sense.
I’m only half paying attention. Heck I just noticed we’re not even in the same thread anymore…
I have helped a couple business owners set up cams, mostly hardwired but one wanted wireless. Trying to decide if these plus smart bulbs would make more sense than running power and trying to make traditional ones blend. It would be a lot of smart bulbs for many of the ones I can think of. Obviously if they were going to have dedicated circuits run, no reason not to just run hardwired cams at that point.
I wonder how many mAH battery pack they’d have to squeeze into this to make it work all night when the lights are off. Probably feasible and opens up a great new target audience for Wyze…
That’s because I was trying to bring this part of the discussion back here. It’d strayed pretty far from the original topic, and I wanted to respond to some points and questions regarding Bulb Cam, so this seemed like a good place to try to redirect instead of bugging the Moderators and asking them to move it. 
That could make it easy, I think. I believe each Bulb Cam maxes out at 5 linked Accessory Bulbs, and the Accessory Bulbs would be good if the desire was for synchronized lighting response. If some lag is okay and/or there are more bulb sockets to fill, then other Wyze Bulbs could be used via Automation: If Bulb Cam detects motion, then turn on the lights.
Yeah, but the $$ adds up and so do the number of wifi devices. Guess it depends how many sockets are on the circuit.
@WyzeJasonJ - Wyze should consider a model with a 10k or 20k mAH battery built in. There are a LOT of use cases for this. When power is cut, the light shuts off but cam keeps running off the battery. When power switches back on, light comes on and battery charges back up. Or heck, an option to have the light stay on too which could satisfy some emergency lighting requirements for some small businesses too (sacrificing some battery life but meeting the minimum emergency lighting duration pretty easily).
Or maybe have the battery “cam only” and employ the same energy saving techniques as the doorbells and BCP. Should allow a much smaller battery (and price point).
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That’s fair, though the Accessory Bulbs aren’t actually separate Wi-Fi devices like other Wyze lighting products are. They link to Bulb Cam via Bluetooth Low Energy. Still, I know that just adds to more signal within that same frequency range, so I get how that might be a problem with a large number of devices.
Yeah, even though BLE is better, still a lot of extra 2.4ghz.
In addition to what I already mentioned above, I noticed that Bulb Cam has Actions for “Turn on the lights” and “Turn off the lights” in Automations. I just tested this by creating two Device & Service Triggers (one for “on” and one for “off”) so that when I turned on a socket of an otherwise unused Plug Outdoor, Bulb Cam’s light came on. When I turned that socket off, Bulb Cam’s light turned off. That could potentially be another method for you, and I would expect this type of on/off to be like the manual control/override toggle that appears on the Live Stream screen.
Although I don’t have any Wyze Switches to play with, I imagine you could use something like that in an Automations trigger, so that something like a “Double Press” could turn on Bulb Cam’s light and “Triple Press” could turn the light off. That might be a solution for someone who wants to install Bulb Cam on a circuit that’s already controlled by a Wyze Switch.
Ive got 3 & love them so far. Do you know if there is a way to have all 3 come on once motions is detected instead of them working independantly?? Right when one senses motion that light only comes on…
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I haven’t found a way. Others might have found a way with automation.
If the goal is to have all three Bulb Cams’ lights turn on when one of them detects motion, then I think @ssummerlin is correct about using Automations. You’d probably use a Device & Service Trigger so that when one camera “Detects motion” the remaining cameras “Turn on the lights”. I haven’t yet tried this, but I see one potential problem: How do the remaining cameras know when to turn the lights back off? When you set Settings ➜ Bulb Settings ➜ Motion, there’s a Lights Off Timer so that motion-triggered brightness doesn’t remain on indefinitely, but in the Automations Actions for Bulb Cam I’m not seeing an option for something like “Turn on the lights for…{user_defined_time}”. That might be an issue, but—as I said—I haven’t actually tested this.
It might be worth setting up some Automations and trying just to see what happens. Let us know if you need some help with that and/or how it works out.
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It’s a money grab . The bulb cam is totally a money grab . Deeply disappointed !!!
I’ve been a loyal Wyze customer for over five years. I own 15+ Wyze cameras, pay for a monthly subscription, and have recommended them countless times. But this new Wyze Bulb Camera? Easily the biggest ripoff I’ve experienced with the brand.
I paid over $60 for this glorified paperweight — and that includes the overpriced accessory bulb they bundle with it. And for what? A stationary camera with no pan/tilt capability. No motorized movement. No ability to remotely adjust its view. You literally have to manually twist the whole bulb to point it somewhere, and that’s it.
Let me repeat that: it’s stationary. For $60.
Meanwhile, I can walk into just about any big box store and get a rotating smart bulb camera with similar specs for $15–20. Some even auto-track movement. So what exactly am I paying extra for here?
This feels like a blatant cash grab dressed up in Wyze branding. It’s not just disappointing — it’s insulting to your long-time, paying customers who trusted your products. I’ve defended Wyze in the past. I’ve invested in the ecosystem. But this makes me seriously question the direction the company is heading.
Do better. Or you’ll start losing the very people who built your reputation.
Serious question, why not return it?
I didn’t look at the price, I didn’t order it because I have no need for it. My porch lights don’t take bulbs.
But as I have posted in another thread, if they offer the camera separately, I’d consider replacing my panning camera. Why? Because it can monitor the same area as my panning cameras, but without the disadvantages that the panning/tilting mechanism introduces.
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But not for that price . I’m sorry but it’s more expensive that the “award winning “ pan v3 . And that’s what i thought we were getting with a bulb attached . Not an og with a buçb which is what they delivered !! Smh
That’s why I asked why not return it if the price isn’t right? The price isn’t right before or after the sale.
Because I’m very busy and the effort to rebox it, look for Mailman hoping a pirate won’t steal it . Then following up to make sure my refund came in . Our time is not something we cant replace like money , we can just make more money . We can’t make more time. And it more time I’ll waste and another thing i will have on my mind stressing me out.
I’m just disappointed in Wyze bc i trust them and i feel i was taken ..