I tried replacing the power supply. Nogo here. Does this on all my Wyzecams.
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I’m having the same issue two v4 cameras I’m assuming the update was pushed in the middle of the night as we used one of our cameras as a baby monitor watching through an Eco show 5 and 8 both started making the crazy sound it was definitely a rude awakening
Log ID 1901903 sent to Wyze support at 6:40am on 6/22
This is getting serious. Users are replacing cameras, baby monitors not working, replacing power supplies, neighbors complaining, troubleshooting time etc.
I suggest Wyze try and get ahead of this. Even to say there is an issue and they are in discussions with Amazon.
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I was ready to post about the power supplies causing the grinding noise, when I saw your comment.
It seems however this case may be a bit different and the linking to Alexa is the probably cause.
For what it’s worth, mine are also linked to Alexa. However they have been for a very long time. So I think my case was different then. So hopefully my instance was an isolated issue (and only a power supply).
For me, this is the alert that the pretty supply is failing and I must replace it.
Just saw this. Sorry I am late.
Surprised you have the speaker in a box. Why not just turn off sound using the icon. All of my cams, except the one inside the garage are off. All but one sit behind a window.
V4 works fine, but video and mic are off.
Oh, I forgot my new bulb cam, which is on.
You bring up an interesting point. Why is the speaker on? Mine is turned off, yet
In my case for the past year or so when the doorbell v2 detects a person the
Alexa routine shows the live camera live feed. When this happens Alexa says “OK”. The routine also turns on the mic and speaker on both the doorbell v2 and the Echo Show 8 displaying the camera live feed. This is all done automatically. As far as I can tell there is no way to change this behavior.
I have never given this a second thought (wife did ask why Alexa was saying OK) as it was showing the live camera feed and that’s what i was interested in.
This may add some info to those looking into this. Now that I think about it the description of the sound from those with the issue varies. It could be a feedback loop. Doesn’t matter, it shouldn’t do this.
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The camera/speaker is in a newspaper delivery tube, with the tube facing away from the street. All my Wyze cams and the Echo show have the sound muted. The shows all have the volume turned to zero. It makes no difference if you have it muted, when it starts it still makes the buzzing sound. Even then, turning the speaker at the app on then off again does not affect the sound. It continues the buzzing.
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I think that I could have added a little more description. I am so lazy that I do not want to make an extra trip to get the newspaper. They used to toss it anywhere. Now, with the tube, they are thoughtful enough to put it in the tube. (And I show my gratitude at Christmas.) I am as much in this for seeing what is possible as the practical use of it. My tube faces my sidewalk’s gate and I can see the recorded comings and goings. My tube also has a Yolink motion sensor. It trips and announces “Newspaper is here” in my bedroom, den and kitchen. If I hear it, I know, I can make one trip to get it. If not, the camera/Echo show displays it in a couple of places.
Some time ago, within about 5 minutes, my tube’s camera recorded not only the Prime driver’s drop off, but the neighbor’s little girl coming and getting it. Amazon reported the small package delivered. So, I reviewed video. And saw both. A polite trip to the neighbor got my package back. And her daddy told me this would not happen again. He asked how I knew. And though I told him she was recorded on video, I didn’t say where. He asked where, and I said, I will share that with you at the same time I show it to the police. Still want to know? He told me no, and that was the end of it. So, the effort to install the hidden cam and power it has been worth it.
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Very nice setup. Which Yolink sensor do you use? Seems they have 3. Just implemented YL garage door detection and garage temp monitor a couple of weeks ago.
For some reason, I thought you were referring to your self-designed stealth box.
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I use the indoor round one. I also have one in my mailbox. Love it. My mailbox is 145 feet from my gate, next to the house. With another Wyze cam mounted (hidden) inside the outside lamp facing down the street, toward the mailbox, I have two detections to alert me to mail delivery. I listen for the alert to let me know the mailbox door was moved. Though I have the sensor, the distance is too much for WiFi camera signal, so I can’t get a cam inside the mailbox, like I can the newspaper tube.
I like Yolink, but I usually put them where I have a “distance” issue. I have a couple inside the garage and house for fun. I do have the garage tilt sensor also. I’ve even helped neighbor with the tilt sensor in their own garages. Their line is growing. But I wish they would do a LoRa camera, so we could get some distance. They told me that they have tried, But gave up to get any camera in their lineup it had to be WiFi.
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I’ve become a fan.
A few months ago I took all non-camera IOT devices off wifi and on to LoRa. I had ~60 devices on the 2.4 band. I was able to move 20 devices to LoRa. This greatly improved the 2.4 wifi band that now is reserved for Wyze cameras, and a couple of Kasa light switches that I’m to lazy to move.
The LoRa band is only good for low bandwidth devices (switches, sensors, etc) but it does that well. I have water leak sensors under the washer dryer and the signal strength is at maximum. I wouldn’t even try to put a wifi device there.
In my book a good tradeoff.
Streaming 4k tvs and other bandwidth hogs get the 5 and 6 wifi bands.
Wyze cams get the 2.4 band.
Yolink gets the LoRa band.
Everyone is happy.
Now back to reality.
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Yeah, one of the limitations of wifi is that each device connected gets a “time slot” and the more of those you have the worse everything will perform. Newer wifi versions, MIMO, etc have improved this, but most IOTs are 2.4ghz Wifi N without any of those extra features. The more stuff you can offload (whether it be to a totally different wireless protocol like you did, or to additional APs) the less impact you’ll see from a high number of devices.
Of course there is still the limitation of bandwidth available on 2.4ghz, so even with multiple APs, there is still a ceiling you’ll hit at some point.
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THAT is a REMARKABLY BRILLIANT idea. But I don’t think of it as a trade off. It sounds like an AMAZING IDEA that many can learn from.
In case anyone is reading. One of (maybe the only,) vendor is Yosmart.com for their products branded under Yolink. Their hub ($22) connects Ethernet or Wifi to your network. And then sort of like Zigbee, they devices connect to a protocol named LoRa for Long Range. LoRa has a routine/standard range of 1,000 feet - up to 1/4 Mile. Frankly, its unbelievable.
The even better feature is the devices do a D2D, which is Device to Device link, so you can control a device that links a function to another Yolink device.
Their stuff is reasonably priced and they make some useful utility items that we don’t see from the other IoT suppliers. And reliable. Battery life is 1-2+ years on IoT devices.
(I don’t like their camera.) Sticking with Wyze there.
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Excellent points. A lot of people are putting their IoT stuff on their router’s Guest band. But its (naturally) still 2.4. I don’t know it the Guest network implementation standard treats a Guest network is like a VLAN or a parallel and separate 2.4 “path” next to the main. And don’t know if its implemented the same by every (my) router. So, may be a smart stragety and may just help a little. Don’t know. But more people are doing it.
@ronl4625, thanks for the “@” mention. I wasn’t aware of this topic until then because I don’t have a Cam v3 or use iOS, so I don’t track those tags (which are the only tags on this topic at present), but I’ve been following three related topics[1][2][3] for several days, and the thinking in those seems to be that this is an Alexa/Echo Show issue, or at least that seems to be the common denominator.
I appreciate the suggestion, too, and I’ve tagged someone at Wyze to try to get some eyes on this. I passed along links to this topic and the other three I mentioned in the footnotes above.
I also second @carverofchoice’s advice about submitting logs and following that up with tickets. With tickets I’ve opened in the past, I’ve even pasted links to relevant Forum topics to provide some context about a given issue. I don’t know what their process is for passing user communication from Support agents to engineers, but I figure it’s good to try to paint the picture for them so they have an idea of what to seek in the logs.
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Sorry, I missed the IOS and V3 tag. In my case it’s android and v2 doorbell. My observation is it seems across multiple camera models.
When users are replacing hardware, baby monitors waking the baby and troubleshooting that arrives at the wrong conclusion I get nervous. This thread made me nervous. It’s probably the old PM in me worried that Wyze does not need another PR hiccup after what happened last year with the app 3.0 release.
I may have also written it at 3am. Not enough coffee.
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