I am experiencing a loud machine-grinding like noise coming from the speaker on a V4. This noise cycles. I does it about 5-7 seconds (no, didn’t time it.) Then a 2-3 second wait and repeats. No stopping it without removing power. This is the second camera in about 5 months to do this. I simply pulled and stopped using the V4 the first time. This is a newer one. About two months old. It’s about 9:30 pm where I am. No one is roaming the street or sidewalk. No one for it to detect. Lucky me. Its hidden inside an outside lamp mounted about 8’ off the ground. No one knows it there, and that’s the objective. Its been fine for months. And tonight along with two other brand new V4’s I decided to change the factory settings. Set up detection and event recording. Adjust some sensitivity and volume scale. Turned off Wyze logo - minor stuff like that. Had it not been for a close by Echo Show 5, I would not have heard the noise. Soon as I did, I suspect it was a camera. Trotted the 30 feet to the steet and found it making a 80+ db noise that could wake the neighbors. Okay, that’s the problem. I reset all settings and restarted the camera. Same thing. So, I pulled a ladder, removed the camera and brought it inside. Interestingly, about a week ago, my curiosity had got the best of me, and I had opened a dead V3 to see what it looks like. So, tonight, I know what I am looking for before I opened the V4. Took less than 10 to open it, spot it, and unplug the speaker. 3 minutes to button it up. Now, no sound. That’s the problem and how I fixed it. Anyone else have this happening?

Yes, it works on Firesticks. I have on four tv’s here. Simply hold Alexa talk on remote and ask to view camera. I also own an Amazon tablet…Wyze skill stopped working on it last year. Something going on with these 2 companies…

I guess if I installed the alexa app on my phone and set up the cams in it, it would probably work on the fire stick, never really had a need to do or try that but good to know. I do recall seeing that tiny cam would work directly on the fire stick at some point too but never tried that either. I have a plasma TV that consumes about 100 watts and isn’t good to leave the same thing up on the screen for long periods. Not sure about amazon tablets but the Wyze app should work fine on android tabs (other people in this thread are saying the alexa app works fine with them too). Probably going to work more like an echo show with being able to turn the screen on and off etc.

Thanks. On my current Echo Shows, it’s fairly convenient as II have a routine every hour to refresh the Wyze camera feed.. That way, if there’s an error or timeout, I may not even notice it. I’ve had bad luck with the regular browser feed too. It’s not at stable as the app is. I have a couple of these portable 1080P monitors laying around. Someone recommended a Firestick connected to one of those. I think Firesticks come with a remote that would respond to voice commands. I think I have an old 4K Firestick from a few years back when I was doing some research on it if I didn’t toss it out. I think I might dig around for it and see if I can connect it to one of those portable monitors.

I thought you could use voice on the remote instead of requiring another Echo device

Yes, thru remote or link to a dot for hands-free convenience.

Oh wow, potential resolution within “hours” of an advance announcement that the root cause was found. I like this kind of action plan. :slight_smile:

Seems fixed. THANK YOU. …what was it?

[image] anon88490345: …what was it? I am unsure what the cause was, I was just told the changes had been made and it should be resolved in around an hour (from when I was told).

Seems to be working now. Fingers crossed. Thanks

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WyzeJasonJ June 27, 2025, 9:41pm 135

The root cause has been found, and this should be resolved shortly. Please let me know if it continues to be an issue after a few hours.

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