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).
off your hands, especially if you send him some marshmallows.