Wyze Cam v3 Pro

[snowsurfer]

Made a big order for Wyze Week sale, Ordered 2 V3 Pros among other items on the 28th, nothing has been shipped, support just told me the entire order is being held from shipping as the V3 Pros are ‘pre-order’, nowhere did Wyze inform that the V3 Pro was pre-order, if it did I would have bought elsewhere, and one would think Wyze would have shipped the many other items I ordered that aren’t on pre-order instead of holding them till the V3 Pro is ready to ship to who knows when…extremely poor and deceptive business practices on Wyze’s part. I would avoid buying from them.

[Seapup]

Cam v3 Pro starts shipping November 4, 2022.

[No_Smoking]

I skimmed through this thread to read any comments about the lower field of view… no one else is disappointed by that? v3 = 130 vs. v3 Pro 116? I’d think if anything, the Pro should have been a little more fisheye like.

[tim-weidenhaft]

I’m noticing that the Wyze Cam v3 Pro does NOT have the same distance capability as the Wyze Cam v3. But, this is a sample size of one (1). I’m curious what others are experiencing.

[tim-weidenhaft]

So wish it had a telephoto zoom lens option:-(

[SlabSlayer]

That would certainly be nice, but then it would be a different cam. I think there have been requests for Telephoto cams in the Wishlist

Wyze Cam PRO? (Multi-Camera/Multi-Lens System)

After seeing the new Wyze Cam V3 release I started to wonder how Wyze could further improve on their design for the next iteration of the smart cam (Wyze Cam V4, Wyze Cam PRO, Wyze Cam Pan V2, ect). One of the biggest things I’ve wanted to see in a affordable smart camera is some form of optical zoom. Wyze seems to have a trend of sticking to 1080p streams which is great considering it doesn’t wear down your wifi network with all of the bandwidth a 4K (or simmilar) stream would require. Unfortu…

@tim-weidenhaft

Wyze Cam v3 Pro does NOT have the same distance capability as the Wyze Cam v3.

Please elaborate. I have found it is more crisp in it’s video display of distant objects due to the 2K video.

[sodcam]

@SlabSlayer

I think there have been requests for Telephoto cams in the Wishlist

It just got my vote!

[SlabSlayer]

There are actually several to vote for.

A search of the #wishlist returned 4 possible matches:

https://forums.wyze.com/search?q=%23wishlist%20telephoto%20cam

[sodcam]

A voting we will go, a voting we will go,
Hi ho the dairy-o, a voting we will go!

[hatpick]

Some notes about the new cam v3 pro I noticed:

• usb socket is slightly smaller thank v3 and v2, so existing cords wont fit.
• I had extension cords and modified them to fit but camera did not turn on, any limits on the length of the cord?

[carverofchoice]

I don’t know that there is necessarily a length limit, but the V3Pro is supposed to receive a certain Voltage and Amp, and so if you go the 3rd party route, what matters is that the brick and cord together get the same voltage/amps to the camera and the longer the cord the more that likely degrades a little, but it will partially depend on the adapter you’re plugging that cord into.

I used a cord that was at least 20 feet long for one of my V3Pros and it is working fine. I had to file the tip of the cord down so it would fit in the back though. Not a big fan of that…definitely prefer the fishtail cord on the V3 instead.

[SlabSlayer]

Welcome to the Wyze User Community @hatpick! Glad to have you aboard!

I have not seen any limitations to the length of the USB extension. My 20ft is working well.

There have been reports of the microUSB not inserting far enough into the cam due to the tight fit on the back. Mine was quite snug but did fit. Some have also used a Male\Female USB A to extend the existing Male MicroUSB\Male USB A cord that comes with the unit.

Rather than the length, I believe the quality and construction of an aftermarket extension would be most important if the plug will fit. There are many cheap ones that won’t even carry enough juice from the 1A power adapter to run the V3.

Since the V3Pro requires and ships with the 2A power adapter, the cord would need to be able to handle that power without reduction to the cam.

[hatpick]

I used my v3 setup, is the new charger more powerful?

[SlabSlayer]

Yes. The one shipped with the V3Pro is a 2amp. The V3 is a 1amp.

The new one delivers twice the power (10VA vs 5 VA).

The V3Pro has a bigger processor to power, twice the antenna, and a spotlight. Needs more power.

[carverofchoice]

@TheNetGuyDotCom did a REALLY awesome comparison of the V3 Pro vs the V3 and V2!

I highly recommend it:

Wyze V3 PRO 👉 Everything you NEED to know!

[SlabSlayer]

Yes. Great to see quantitative confirmation of what we have been already experiencing!

[BlueOak]

Thanks - excellent review! How can it only have 572 views after being up on YouTube for a day and your link being here for 12 hours?

[Customer]

carver’s huge sphere of influence begins to fade outside the forum.

[Customer]

Interesting video.

1. Either he misspoke or I don’t know what he’s talking about at 8:40ish. After showing the V2 at the bottom in the first “round”, he says, “so far the V2 and the V3 Pro are neck and neck”.

2. He reports that the V2 has MUCH better WiFi than either the V3 or Pro, even though the Pro’s MIMO helps a little bit.

3. It seems the “local” AI on the Pro gets notifications only about half a second faster, and he had trouble confirming it was on?

[carverofchoice]

The way I understand it:

1. I think he’s taking into account that that indoors the V2 has pretty good video, but the V3Pro has more pixels and sharpness to make up for it in some ways, so they are better in different ways for that use-case
2. V2 WiFi is stronger/farther, but the MIMO helps it to connect faster and be more stable.
3. The Edge AI is actually always on. He’s just saying he didn’t really have a setting or anything to confirm any of that.