I don’t know if that’s possible, but the short answer is that you could try installing an older app version from a non-official source (e.g., APKMirror, APKPure) to see if that resolves any of the issues you raised. It may not.
Another short answer is that, yes, Wyze seems to frequently make back-end changes that can affect app and device performance even without updating the app or device itself. Note that the most recent published production app update was roughly a month ago, and the most recent Cam Pan v3 update was roughly a couple of weeks ago. That’s what Wyze posts publicly, though. I’m not aware of any announcements of changes they perform on the server side.
You can disable automatic app updates for the Wyze app in Google Play Store by navigating to the app’s page and turning that off like this:
- On your phone’s home screen, launcher, or app list, find the Wyze icon and long-press it.
- Select App info from the pop-up menu.
- Scroll to the bottom of the App info screen to find the Store section. You may need to tap a in order to expand the screen and reveal this section.
- Tap App details to open the Wyze app’s screen in Google Play Store.
- On the Wyze app screen, tap the in the upper-right corner.
- Uncheck Enable auto update.
I don’t see an option for disabling automatic firmware updates for Cam Pan v3. (Cam v4 has this.) We’re all at the mercy of Wyze’s whims for server changes.
I’ve noticed this, too. The microSD card recording timeline used to “snap” to event markers in order to make it easy to review an event from the beginning, and it no longer seems to do this. I’m not sure exactly when this changed or why.
You can zoom the timeline by using a “spread” or “anti-pinch” gesture, and that can separate the events into discrete markers.
You haven’t described your current notification settings, and these are managed at different levels, both within the app and the host OS. If you have everything enabled that should be enabled in both places, then you can also try enabling Account ➜ App Settings ➜ Running in the background in the Wyze app and then in Android’s settings for App battery usage for the Wyze app set that to Unrestricted. Some users report that this improves the timeliness of notification delivery.
You could also try getting a fresh copy of your profile/settings in case some setting or other data on your phone is corrupt.
This is how I would get a clean copy of my account profile/settings on Android (click/tap to expand):
- Clear the in-app cache: From the Wyze app’s home screen, navigate to Account ➜ App Settings ➜ Cache File Size ➜ Clear.
- Navigate back one screen to Account and tap Log Out at the bottom.
- Swipe the Wyze app out of the running Android apps.
- Long-press on the Wyze app’s launcher icon (on the phone’s home screen or wherever you tap to initially open the app) and then tap App info in the pop-up menu.
- Tap Force stop on the App info screen (may need to tap OK to confirm) and then tap Storage & cache.
- Tap Clear cache and Clear storage on the Storage screen.
- Back up one screen (back to App info) and then tap Open and proceed to log back into your Wyze account/app. (Optionally reboot the phone at this step for good measure and then launch the Wyze app after the fresh boot instead of relaunching it immediately from this screen.)
Note: I don’t know what the options would be for modifying these steps on iOS since I don’t use that platform.
I don’t expect any of these steps to completely restore your previous experience, particularly because of the frequency with which Wyze tends to make unannounced changes, but they might be worth trying. If you want to do something even more extreme, you could join the ranks of users who remain on the earlier v2.50x app or even run two versions of the app concurrently.