Wyze Cam OG - Released 1/17/2023

[WyzeJasonJ]

@catcat1386

Can we still press record button to record videos to phone while playing videos recorded in sd card like all previous cams?

Yes, this is still available.

@catcat1386

Is the sound quality better than all previous cams, e.g. V3 pro?

I have not tested that to know first hand.

[WyzeJasonJ]

@jswheeler32

I read but may have missed this question: do you need to connect these to a base station? and are you going to start selling base stations separately?

These do not need to connect to a base station.

[catcat1386]

Will the cam group streaming problem be fixed in next app update to cover this new cam ? I am still using the previous 153 version.

[WyzeJasonJ]

Which problem? The Error -1 issue has been fixed.

[Loki]

Bringing Back The $20 Wyze Cam. How We Made Wyze Cam OG.

[Loki]

@Sandymctyre

Any hope of downloading clips from the SD card?

This is one of the top 10 vote getters on the #wishlist. Please hop over and vote and comment on it here:

Direct access to SD card with download ability

Please add this, Samba access to the files on the SD Card. Having this, then I can do a backup script to pull from the camera periodically to my NAS.

[tc10]

@WyzeJasonJ, Gwen
Can we buy OG in Canada now?

[Loki]

@rmercad

So they said the camera has to be always plugged in. This is marketed as an outside cam for the most part it being weather resistant etc but why wouldn’t you make it like the outdoor cam where you can charge it instead of having to run wire if you are planning on mounting on each corner of your home on the outside?

Wyze has two lines of cameras: wired and battery powered. Each has pros and cons. All of the current cameras are outdoor weather rated. Just because a camera is wired does not mean it is useless for outdoor use. I personally have five V3 cameras mounted outdoors where I was able to run power to them.

Battery powered cameras have the advantage that they don’t have to be wired to a power source, But they have the disadvantage that you have to take them down to charge the battery periodically. Additionally, to conserve power, battery cameras are not capable of, for example, recording continuously to the SD card among other necessary power conservation measures. For these reasons, I will always opt for a wired camera for any location at which it is at all feasible to run power. That said, I do understand that there are locations at which running power is not feasible. It is for that reason that Wyze also produces battery powered cameras.

[Seapup]

@tc10

Can we buy OG in Canada now?

Answered above:

@WyzeJasonJ

Canada launch will be in a few weeks.

As far as micro SD card recordings they would be retrieved the same was as the current cameras.

[2022inglett]

When will it be available on the Wyze app so I can use my Wyze Cam OG?

[Loki]

@2022inglett

When will it be available on the Wyze app so I can use my Wyze Cam OG?

I am being told that it is already in the app. No app update is required. It will be enabled server-side by sometime this evening.

[catcat1386]

I have to reload app to get group viewing working.

Wyze app 2.38 hotfix - Released 1/5/2023

Update from my previous post: I split the group of 16 cameras into two groups of 8 each, as a work-around to the 10 cam limit I described in the previous post. I fully expected both groups to work as one would expect, but much to my surprise, the issue still remains. After viewing one group of 8 cams, the second group of 8 loads only 2 of the 8 cams, with the remaining 6 stuck on "Loading Live Stream…”. Has anyone else observed this behavior?

[Sandymctyre]

I have Wyze App on my phone…

[Loki]

@Sandymctyre

How do you do that? I don’t see an option to download a clip to my phone.

For any wired camera, you tap View Playback in the app. While the SD card recording is playing back, you tap the Record button on that screen. When done, you tap the Stop button. The video segment that you just recorded is saved to your phone’s camera roll (Wyze album).

The downside is that you have to wait for the recording in real time. There is a top-10 #wishlist item regarding direct download of SD card clips. Please hop over and vote for and comment on it here:

Direct access to SD card with download ability

Please add this, Samba access to the files on the SD Card. Having this, then I can do a backup script to pull from the camera periodically to my NAS.

[peepeep]

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/wyzecam/comments/10eh9gv/comment/j4rk2ui/

[WyzeJasonJ]

This issue is still in the progress of being fixed.

[WyzeJasonJ]

We are, and I am the one who posted that lol.

[carverofchoice]

A few select answers from today’s AMA Livestream for the OG cams:

Also said verbally (though the following are paraphrased and not verbatim):

We could do 5x 7x so let us know [what other magnification preferences you may have for telephoto lens options in the future]

Lamp socket can’t power 2 cams, but it can power 1 (but still not control the lamp socket); however the floodlight’s second USB port can power 2 of these cameras.

[raym64]

I bought one to try out. No current need for an additional camera, but I’m curious about the new software platform and chipset. I thought about the 2 pack at first, but with the history of some new product releases falling a little short in actual use, starting with one this time seemed like a good idea.

[terryhonn]

@brantleyhousehold

A camera with a power cord for outside is useless as a security camera.

False statement. There are nearly infinitely more security cameras in the world that are NOT battery-powered than those that are.