I purchased the Wyze Vacuum in December. On the product page it ADVERTISED Alexa/Google Home coming after launch. Then it was mentioned somewhere that this would happen in Q1 and then in the first half of the year. All of these have come and gone and still nothing.
Where is this feature? Be true to your word and get this released. I am hoping, and have hoped for a long time, to use this in conjunction with my HA hub to finally be able to turn the vacuum on when I leave home and off when I arrive. Right now I have to either use the rigid scheduling or do this manually. Far from ideal and far from what was promised in regards to Alexa/GH integration.
I canât find an ad like that in my mailbox. Do you have a copy? Maybe I could pass it up the line.
As of this date, the official status has always been âmaybe laterâ for Alexa integration with the vacuum on the wishlist, so I question whether they ever gave a date. âMaybe laterâ is the lowest status, meaning they have not even started considering this userâs request yet.
However, you can vote for it to be considered here:
Iâm not sure if an unreliable rag like PC Magazine can be trusted, but this is the article I read in November 2020 before becoming a backer:
" Wyze plans to introduce Alexa compatibility in the first half of 2021, as well as spot cleaning, which will let you send your robot vacuum to a specific spot in the house."
You can also see a response to my question as well:
So either youâre out of touch, PC Magazine is a liar, or Iâve been fed a load of garbage, but Alexa integration is definitely on the roadmap and has been since launch. The question is, will Wyze actually deliver?
This is my first and last Wyze product. It has not taken me long to realize that Wyze is big on promises and short on delivery. The vacuum is nice. I know that it is rebranded for Wyze who makes the software which is terrible. Itâs not like they need to be innovative either. The robovac has been around for quite a while now as have voice assistants. Use the libraries available and make this happen rather than fracture and try to support ten thousand new products halfheartedly.
Just a bystander - I have no intention of paying that much for a robot vacuum - but it is surprising to hear they still donât have Alexa support. My cheap robot vac and many others have it. I kind of assumed it was done by now. (The existing Wyze Skill works fine for many other products.)
Thanks for updating @Mingjia . Sorry but I am very skeptical as this has been promised for a long while with nothing to show for it. Similarly, room splitting is still broken for me (canât split a virtual wall). To say Iâm disappointed would be an understatement. I know others feel similarly.
Sorry, my focus was too narrow. There are several stages to getting the skill released. There was closed Beta testing on the skill, then they rolled the Beta skill into the regular skill. Thatâs the step I was talking about. But you still need app & firmware updates to use that new skill, and those havenât been fully released yet. So in hindsight I probably shouldnât have said anything, lol.
Currently, that would be at least app 2.25 & Robot Vacuum Beta firmware 1.6.173 (currently paused due to update issues).
Yeah well Iâve asked to be in the beta program several times and not a reply. You can see from this post and other posts that Iâm interested in this as it was a promised feature when I bought the vacuum. I canât see why I wasnât accepted and still donât understand why itâs taking this long. Can you get me in the (&^%%$ program??
I believe the closed testing is done, and you just need the correct software & firmware to use the skill. Do you have firmware 1.6.173 or above? If not, you will need to wait until you can download it.
Running 1.6.126 . Thanks for responding. Iâm beyond aggravated that this is taking this long. It is closing in on a year and this is still not released and impossible to get into the beta despite asking multiple times.
Moreover, still canât split rooms that donât have physical walls. All of this is easily done with my previous vacs. I definitely would not recommend this or any other Wyze products due to software issues. If Iâm not mistaken, Wyze is primarily a software house and purchases existing hardware and rebrands.
I just got my vacuum last week and it didnât work last week. But today when I tried it Alexa was able to start cleaning!
Iâm on Vacuum firmware v1.6.113.
I just said âAlexa, turn on vacuum nameâ and it started a whole home clean.
