I just wanted to confirm it is something that triggers as soon as you have certain Echo Show models “show me the camera”. Disconnecting the viewing stream on the Echo was enough for mine to stop the LOUD buzz/alarm/static that repeats. As people have mentioned, cycling power on the V4 also stops the noise, but mainly because that disconnects the Skill. I have some V3 cameras that do this too, so it isn’t exclusive to V4. Sometimes the V3 will only buzz when Alexa initially connects, but then calms down.
I have multiple V3 cameras and only 1 of them did it. It runs the same firmware as all of the other V3s here.
Viewing from any of my Echo Show 5s and Echo Show 8s will trigger the phenomenon.
My 2nd Gen (pretty old) Echo Show 10" DOES NOT trigger the problem.
There seems to be a hardware aspect to it, but this all started with an update to something. I have used my 5s and 8s to view all of my V3 and V4 cameras for many many months, so I know this all used to be compatible.
Logically this all started after an update to one of these:
- Wyze Alexa Skill update
- Wyze V3/V4 firmware
- Amazon Echo Show firmware
Wyze maybe needs to update their Alexa Skill code to be more compatible with their latest Camera Firmwares? Or the latest Echo firmwares?
It very well could be the Amazon Echo firmware. I believe my 5s and 8s are essentially the same, but with different screens. They run the same code…
The Wyze V4 and V3 cameras are a different firmware, but they might have had the same bug applied to them?
Basically I have lost the ability to use my Echos like a video monitoring system. So much harder to make sure kids are safe when I can’t be there. This is a big setback to my way of life.
I hope someone in Wyze Support can help save the day!