New V4 camera DOES NOT work with Cam Plus Lite. So unless you want to pay for a monthly subscription to Cam Plus don’t buy this camera

[image] What is Cam Plus Lite? Cam Plus Lite is a legacy service that works on non-doorbell cameras released before 2/1/2021. Cam Plus Lite is a service that brings you 12-second Event recordings and Wyze Person Detection at wha...

FYI, Wyze has indicated that no other camera model will ever support Cam Plus Lite. Basically, it helps me to look at Cam Plus Lite in this analogy: In the 90’s there were ISP’s offering “free” or low cost dial-up internet. Juno, NetZero, AOL, all offered [10 hours of] free or low-cost internet, b…

What’s this? A research paper?

TLDR; Version: Stop expecting CPLite on anything new, it’s basically deprecated. :slight_smile:

Lifehacksters Short Video: Wyze Cam V4 #lifehackster #wyzecam #wyze (youtube.com)

So are you an employee or end user? When I purchase my cameras and many other products from Wyze not that long ago it was a service that was part of the product. Now they push a subscription to make their products function. So is this a bait and trap or do you use it for e few years then throw it aw…

I am just an end user. I don’t work for, speak for or represent Wyze. I just know a lot about them and use a lot of their stuff. I have over 40 Wyze cams (some of nearly every model except the v1) and over 300 total devices. I haven’t thrown away anything. They all still work great. I have used them…

@carverofchoice - So this new V4 uses the same heavy compression which renders the 2k basically useless that you spoke of in that other post?

Valid question: It certainly still uses heavy compression and bitrate limits, however, from comparison testing I have seen from tech influencers like @TheNetGuyDotCom and LifeHackster, I believe it’s still noticeably better in the image. But this is a funny relevant quote from TheNetGuy: I want t…

New V4 camera

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Most likely deprecated, but not entirely ruled out (currently in maybe-later status):

Expand Cam Plus Lite compatibility to more cameras

Topic		Replies	Views
Buyer Beware. V4 Not supported in Cam Plus Lite Cameras iphone-ipad , cam-v4	29	2352	June 20, 2024
Expand Cam Plus Lite compatibility to more cameras Maybe Later maybe-later , cam-v3-pro , cam-pan-v3 , cam-og , cam-og-telephoto	45	3989	April 5, 2024
Not Continuing Cam Plus Lite is a bait and switch Services & Integrations cam-plus-lite	51	5088	August 20, 2024
Cam Plus Lite and V3 Cameras Services & Integrations cam-v1-v2 , support , cam-v3 , cam-plus-lite	53	1131	September 6, 2025
Is Wyze Cam v4 2.5K worth purchase or upgrade to Cameras iphone-ipad , cam-v3	48	2042	April 5, 2025

New V4 camera

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