Wyze Color Bulbs Connection Issues

For the last couple of days, my Wyze Color Bulbs (10 total) have quit working with the Wyze App. I have done EVERYTHING possible, and can’t get a resolution.

  1. I reset the bulbs, re-added them to the app and they work for a bit, then fall off again. Cameras (6) work fine.

  2. I’ve deleted the app, removed all devices from Alexa and re-added them again and all went well, until it didn’t.

  3. I have Fiber w/Asus XT9 mesh routers, which I have had for over a year and used with no issues. I even did a factory reset, changed my wifi credentials and started over, I have bound them to 2.4ghz connection within the Asus app, and they all show great signal strength and that they are connected, even though Wyze shows they’re not.

I am not having any issues with any other devices, and find it really odd that after working great for years, now all of the sudden my bulbs all stopped. I am about to lose my mind as I have ran out of things to try.

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I also have issues with my color bulbs. I just bought them around Thanksgiving and the firmware update fails on every single one of them, rendering them useless.

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Same, my bulb just stopped working as well, I’m resetting them but they are not connecting anymore. It is just flashing green

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Isn’t that the signal that they are ready for pairing with your account? Have you tried re-adding them?

You are correct that is the sign that the lights are ready to pair. But I don’t see the selection on my phone when it is ready to pair for both of my lights. I have enable the Bluetooth function, Wi-Fi function, on my phone and it worked in the past as well. My intuition is that there was a terrible software update happened during Thanksgiving. And that somehow disconnected all of the lightbulb in my house. And now I have to reconnect them, but they cannot anymore after the update. Let me know what do you think?

Do you have a different phone you could use as a test? You need to add them back using the add device function.

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If your bulb is flashing green, you need to hit the + to add it as a new color bulb.

I have learned that if I just turn my light back on that they come back on line without the need to reset; however, they sporadically respond to commands within the app and they go offline once turned off (via the app, not via a switch)

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Don’t forget to give the Wyze app Location and Local Network permissions when resetting your bulbs from an iPhone/iPad.

I do have a different phone. I can try later. I have added a location setting as well on my iPhone. And press the add new device button for color bulb which are the one that I have. Maybe a different phone would work

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I am using an android, S23 to be specific, and it still doesn’t work. They broke these bulbs with the last update it seems. Now i guess we just have to wait for them to push out the next update.

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I didn’t realize there are different versions, so it may depend on which ones you have:

My bulbs that i just bought a couple weeks ago are on factory firmware 1.0.2.6 trying to “update” to 1.0.2.51. The firmware update fails then drops the bulbs offline. i am also able to add them successfully, then i get to the firmware problem.

So that would indicate the newer bulbs are the problem. I have older ones and they work without any issues.

Not nessarily, unless I missed your reasoning.

I have new bulbs with zero issues. :thinking:

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Reasoning is the firmware update everyone is hinting as the problem. Older bulbs haven’t updated since May.

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It’s odd my old bulbs were returned for these because they did not work.

Your firmware doesn’t correspond to the color bulbs. That’s a white bulb firmware version.

From mine:

You are correct. I confused them with my color Kasa bulbs.

Maybe you posted the wrong bulb?

Yahhh, it seems that way. I have the Color Bulb V2 according to the app