I pick this little camera up on a whim shopping one day. Its been hanging outside under the overhang of my garage since 5/7/2020 and the damn thing still works perfectly. Only reason i took it down was painting. Just amazed it still working. Great job Wyze team hats off to you guys keep up the good work…
5 Likes
Yep, but I believe that is a V1 you have there. My V1’s are also still working also.
DO NOT BUY any of the OG versions.
(15) of my (27) WYZE cameras are OG and they all had the same major issue after the last firmware update. They are now being replaced with non-OG versions since WYZE will not support the problem with a fix.
1 Like
Man, that V2 cam has been beat up really good! 
Thanks for sharing.
I know they aren’t outdoor rated, but it’s impressive how many people have been able to use V2’s outdoors for years. I know someone who has had one sitting in the open on their deck. It’s been through blizzards, storms, and buried in snow every year and still survived. Those things are amazing.
What’s wrong with OG cam?
I got 4 from February 2024 still new in box.
Mine will not play back correctly. I record in continuous mode all of the time on all cameras. I go back to look at events and play them back and sometimes capture and record the footage. I don’t subscribe to their CAM+ fee offering.
Mine will play back for 30secs and then stop. If you jog it forward, it will play for 30 secs and then stop. It’s not stitching the files together correctly within the software.
(WYZE stores video on the SD cards in 1 minute files.)
Again, this is just MY OG’s. All other camera versions are still fine and the OG’s were fine for a few months until about mid January and all (15) failed at the same time. My assumption is it coincides with a firmware update that was released, I updated my cameras to it, and then there was this issue. I am not getting any support from WYZE so I have to surmise much of this.
Many other people are having similar issues and it seems many people aren’t.
3 Likes
That is the puzzle. I have no issues but my friends do. They return the product and get a another try at a good unit. Most of the time they are successful. I tell them to test within the return window.
Unfortunately, that’s what I did. I bought a couple and tested and they were fine. So I bought more and they were fine, then I bought more and so on… Then all (15) stopped the correct playback experience at the same time. That was late January when I noticed. I think a week, or so, earlier, I accepted the updated firmware for all of them and they were updated. Again, all other versions I have are fine. Only the OG’s have failed me. (and WYZE has failed me)
For my purposes with security and playback feature, they are junk and WYZE is not standing behind them.
Bummer. I guess OG stands for Oh G-d!
1 Like
Maybe you can try the following if you haven’t already enabled it on your Apple device: Settings > Wyze > Enable local access
I wonder if it is an iOS app related issue? Do you have an android you can test it on?
Thanks for the suggestion. Nobody has mentioned that as a possibility yet… Unfortunately, I checked and it is enabled.
I do not have an Android to test with.
All other WYZE cameras and all the switches, outlets, bulbs, thermostat, vacuum cleaner, sensors, etc. that I have work fine. I have over 100 items from WYZE. Also, my Apple devices and my wife’s Apple devices react the same.
I just wish that WYZE would either fix it or somehow allow me to go back a version on firmware.
This topic was automatically closed 90 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.