📚 Wyze Glossary

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  • [Power Grid] Wired (uses a plug and USB cord to stay continually powered)

  • [Power Grid] Wireless (usually has a battery so it doesn’t NEED a cord plugged into the power grid [AC Outlet], but it may still have a cord for a solar panel, or it may even still be plugged into an outlet. And even if you choose to plug a “wireless” Battery camera into an outlet, Wyze still calls it “Wireless” because it’s OPTIONAL. Maybe it should be relabeled as “Optionally wired”?

  • [Internet] Wireless = using a radio signal to connect to the internet or to connect to another device which connects to the internet (all Wyze cameras are internet-wireless). Some devices may connect through WiFi, some through Bluetooth, some through 915mHz, some through Zigbee (Original Lock/Gateway)

  • [Internet] Wired = uses an Ethernet cord (e.g. Wyze Sense Hub, Wyze Base Station)