The latest app version 3.4.5.650 seems to have changes just for the sake of having changes. Now by default the audio is muted. Just another step i now have to take that was pointless to change.
The interface for zooming in and out now makes the pan cam move every time.
The start up used to show step 1 through 3, now goes from step 1 to a long wait and then live view connects.
The connectivity goes in and out.
Cams now show pixels when moved.
Note… I have 6 pan cam v3’s at 3 different properties with 3 different wifi, so I know this is all from the new app update.
Sorry, i forgot that. I have edited. Its 3.4.5.650
You could try sideloading an older Wyze App version. I just bought a Fire tablet and sideloaded App version 2.50. Got the older App version here.
If you generally like app v3.x and all was well in the version directly before 3.4.5.650 you might consider sideloading it as @StevenA suggests to get quickly back up to speed.
Then change the Google Play Store settings on your phone to prevent the Wyze app from being auto-updated again (to the version that’s not working for you.)
Monitor the forum thread for subsequent releases and don’t accept an update until comments suggest it’s ‘safe.’
Other alternatives
I believe that’s been the case for a while now, and I actually prefer that, because I frequently use my phone to listen to podcasts via Bluetooth to a speaker or headphones, and when the Wyze app takes over audio (when I don’t want it to), it doesn’t like to give it up, so I can’t go right back to the podcast and usually have to reboot the phone to fix it. That’s much more of an inconvenience than a single tap to a speaker icon to turn audio on, I think.
Someone else recently commented about that in another topic. I don’t know if they changed the sensitivity or mucked with something else, because I don’t really use the swipe-to-pan/tilt feature (I prefer using the directional pad control for that) and don’t often zoom in but suggested this:
While Wyze doesn’t actively monitor every post, topic, or category in the Forum, they did recently solicit feedback about the app, so that might be a good one to visit:
I agree that they sometimes seem to make changes without a lot of apparent consideration for potential consequences.
How do i get an older version? The latest version is usless. I no longer receive push notifications, it keeps turning off on the app, plus when i enable it again it still doesn’t work.
I just bought a new Fire tablet. I grabbed Wyze App version 2.50 from this link and sideloaded it.
Yes - Please restore double click to zoom.
And add a feature to TURN OFF the side panel.
Change for change sake is not a good plan. Having to relearn the UI each update is not a good plan.