Yes, that’s annoying
Try this on your ipad pro and V3.
Lock in landscape mode so power plug is on left side of ipad.
Suppose you need turn on siren or timelapse or view playback, thus you have to escape full screen by pressing rotate icon
Now try go back to full screen in landscape, so press rotate icon again and you end up with picture not as you attached but upside down.
Better yet imagine this with ipad mounted on the wall because power outlet is on the left.
Finally see an update for you, and while it isn’t necessarily promising the full app, it talking about landscape in general, so I wanted to update you that an employee did indicate they are working to make landscape mode more compatible on more parts of the app:
Hopefully that will extend to other areas as well. 
@R.Good reminded me that you would love to hear of this progress, so I’m making sure you know more landscape support is coming. We’ll have to see how much gets done this year, but it’s a good sign that they are still working on it, and we know that some updates are coming this year at least. 
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I have no interest in buying more Wyze products until this landscape biz is fixed.
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It seems to be working on my iPads in landscape - full screen - for me just now, As it has for some time? What device are you using?
I’m going to guess that you have a more recent iPad and have Stage Manger turned on. With those two conditions met, the current Wyze app does work fully and completely in landscape. But many older iPads are not Stage Manager capable, so this doesn’t help them.
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I have a iPad Pro 11 inch (from 2021). I have Stage mgr. yes it’s a start. The videos and App though not in full screen.
In stage manager, if you pull down/right on the quarter circle icon at the bottom right corner of the window, it will expand to full screen, covering the app selector (left side) and dock (bottom).
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Yeah, this absolutely needs to happen. That’s what brought me back to this topic. Especially with the recent changes to the Monitoring tab, if Wyze can make that work in landscape mode, then the Multi-Camera Timeline View in a Wyze app running on other Android devices (e.g., Google TV and Chromecast) would be dope.
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Monitoring feature - Multi-Cam Timeline
I’d like to make a suggestion that for the monitoring section where we can watch 4 cams at once, could you make it that we can rotate to landscape mode? I sometimes like to pull up that part on my ipad and it’s hard to stand it up against something currently being in portrait mode. Thank you.
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@jodyhuett In case you didn’t have a chance to read this very long thread, I’ll repeat something that’s mentioned above: If your iPad is one that supports Stage Manager, activating it will help with this.
Also, a new version of the Wyze app is currently in beta testing that better supports landscape mode on tablets. You may want to join the beta to test it out. Here’s how:
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I think you misunderstood. This is the new monitoring feature that is in the app. Where we can pull up any 4 cams that we want to monitor ourselves regardless of whether the cam is inside or outside, or what group they are in. What I suggested has nothing to do with the original post of this thread as I can view my cams in landscape mode. I just can’t view it from the new feature of the monitoring tab on my iPad.
The original post is requesting landscape support across the entire app. Implementation of this wishlist topic includes the 4-cam view in the new Multi-Cam Timeline feature located in the Monitoring tab.
Ref 1st post:
Loki is saying that if you can’t wait for the rollout of this feature (currently in beta testing as part of Wyze app version 3.0.x), you may be able to use a workaround by enabling Stage Manager if your iPad model supports it.
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Yea looks like my ipad doesn’t have that feature or IOS 18 beta removed that feature. I don’t know as my iPad was just purchased last year and the latest model. Oh well I guess I’ll just have to watch the cams individually then as those I can put into landscape mode. But yes I can wait if it’s in beta, it’s no biggie, just that sometimes I like the full screen of the 4 cams (that change depending upon my needs) while doing other stuff on my macbook.
Well, it’s been three years since my last post in this thread… and I’m done.
Background: I am a Senior Software Engineer (18 years) for an international retailer (which is over 60 years old), developing and maintaining software for users across corporate, warehouse and store systems.
Point: I’ve never seen software features and update management so poorly handled in a consumer line until now, and I just can not deal with the “users solve all the issues” philosophy any longer. I do enough issue resolution when I’m on the clock, I shouldn’t be doing it for a consumer brand for free.
As previously mentioned, I own A GREAT NUMBER of Wyze devices. I bought in during the original Cam Kickstarter. The idea Wyze was pushing at the time was take readily available hardware and software standards, and make a (finally) affordable consumer camera.
It has become clear that this principle, like the principles of so many groups that become corporations, was dropped long ago. Wyze no longer works FOR the consumer, and instead only works BECAUSE of the consumer. And I won’t be propping them up any more.
This isn’t a niche category in the market anymore. Wyze are no longer the underdogs. There hasn’t been a year go by since the in-wall switches came out that I haven’t had to reset and setup every one in my home because a software change I had no control over corrupted the settings. Wyze Plugs suddenly not responding. Cameras that take literal minutes to connect, then the feed freezes less than 30 seconds in. Add in the general software failures that have plagued both the IOS and ANDROID apps all along…
As of today, here is what I will be replacing:
- 11 Cam v1
- 4 Cam v2
- 1 Cam Pan v4
- 1 Wyze Watch
- 31 Wyze Switch
- 14 Wyze Plug
I supported Wyze because the WERE NOT one of the major conglomerates just throwing stuff at the wall to see what people would throw away money on. They listened to the consumer, and made a great product with promise at the start. That is no longer the case.
Others in the industry learned from Wyze, and while Wyze was content to start their subscription service and coast, they have been fully surpassed by others.
After installing a competitor camera and software in less than 1 minute, and given that everything about both the hardware and software is better than what I’ve dealt with for the last 8 years (a recent anniversary they were probably really proud of less than a month ago), I can fully admit that I am no longer comfortable leaving the integrity of my urban home in the hands of those at Wyze.
Like so many companies, this forum DOES NOT include a section for people to post real issues with the service they are receiving, and give substantive feedback when exiting the ecosystem. So all I can do is leave this post here.
But… If you are looking for a wide-angle pan/tilt camera with robust software, no subscription requirement, for 30 USD or less, there are plenty of other options, even if you don’t want to give the Big 4 tech leaches your money.
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Which manufacturer did you switch to?
I totally am with you. Curious what brand or brands you switched. I am grandfathered in on the subscription fee (zero) .