Every time I have to install a Wyze Plug, it takes forever to pair with my phone. I switch my internet to the 2.4 version, I hold the phone directly beside the Plug, but I still get nothing. I reboot the app. I unplug the Plug and plug it back in. Still nothing. (These are the post-‘21 versions.)
This happens every time, with every Plug. I just cannot figure out what I’m doing wrong. If the Plugs had been my first experience with Wyze, I never would have bought anything else. Thankfully, I started with the cameras.
Is there some secret to getting these to just pair already? Do I need to sacrifice a small woodland creature to the Tech Gods? WTH?
I actually started with the original Plugs in 2019 (my first Wyze products; I didn’t get my first Wyze camera until 2023), and several months ago I went through the ordeal of setting one of them up again after it went offline. I think you’re doing the right things. One other thing I’d suggest is moving the Plug closer to the source of your LAN’s Wi-Fi signal, if that’s possible. When I set mine up, I took it to the same room as the Internet gateway so it was only a few feet away.
Your post raises an interesting point, though: If you had to sacrifice a small woodland creature, then which would it be?
I am going to avoid saying something bad about the Wyze plug. But many of us have discussed Wyze plugs and alternative products several times over the years. To give you the short version, many of us have given up on Wyze plugs and moved on to a different brand. Some for more features and some for the reasons you mentioned. Nuff said?
Crease, if I was in Australia I’d go for a drop bear, but those bastards are tough to catch. So I’d probably just go for a raccoon that figured out how to get the neighbor’s trash can open and then dumped the contents all over the street.
Sam, thanks for the insight. Glad to know I didn’t bang my head against the wall for no reason. Time for research.
Nice. I’d never before heard of the drop bear and had to look that up.
I imagine @Antonius would be willing to take the off your hands, especially if you send him some marshmallows.
As for plug alternatives, I’ve been using some Tapo P105s with good results. I also picked up some Sylvania Wi-Fi smart plugs that I saw on clearance at a local Menards, and those have worked as expected (one was a little finicky until I made some changes to my Wi-Fi). I don’t have any of the newer regular Wyze Plugs (just the v1s), so I don’t have any experience with the kind that have the Local Schedules feature except for a couple of Plug Outdoors. I can totally understand using another brand, and I don’t fault anyone for that, though one of the things I like about the Wyze Plugs is how they can be used as logical switches within the Wyze ecosystem to work around limitations of other products (like how Wyze Video Doorbell v2 doesn’t natively trigger announcements on Google Home devices).
I’ve has the same experience. Getting closer to your router should not make a difference because I fail at the Bluetooth connection that is used to teach the Plug your WiFi login and password. I’m fed up with all the problems with Wyze equipment. I have plugs, cameras (various types), smart door locks, video doorbells. I’m going to scrap them all and go to Home Assistant, Open source, hundreds of devices from many manufactures, local control (No cloud server involved if you wish and mostly no subscriptions depending on device manufacturer), runs on a Raspberry PI 4 or 5 (best with SSD, but will run on Microchip), can interface to camera systems like Reolink, can have a local voice assistant, and is now adding local AI. If you are concerned about privacy and security get away from Wyze.
Newer Plugs may have Bluetooth. I think it depends on which generation you’re using. The original Plugs that I have do not have Bluetooth. When setting those up, I have to connect my phone to the Plug’s own Wi-Fi SSID, and then my LAN’s Wi-Fi settings get transferred via that connection from the phone to the Plug. Because of that, I think taking the phone and Plug close to the LAN Wi-Fi source can be helpful when trying to improve setup connectivity chances.
You’re not alone there. Here’s another recent post urging Wyze to adopt full Home Assistant support:
off your hands, especially if you send him some marshmallows.