Hi All - Can we access the camera on a computer and not an app? My granddaughter can access a website but is not allowed to add apps to her phone. Thank you in advance! Kim

The Yi Home timeline is more fluid. Even on pinch and zoom. Wyze does work for me with pinch and zoom but is kind of clunky. Its hard to hit the exact start of the video. If you miss it by 1 sec. it looks like the bar is on the beginning of the video timeline but it just sits there and says no video at the selected time. Then you have to try and scroll the timeline up a fraction and at least for me, into the video past the beginning. Yi will automatically advance the the head of the video clip when reaching a dead space of no video. If you move your timeline back and forth and stop in a section of no video, it will advance to the next recorded event.

Yes, I have a mixture of 3 Yi and 4 Wyze Cams. While the Yi app doesn’t have all of the features the Wyze app has, It seems much snappier and easier to use than the Wyze app. Viewing and playing back video is much quicker and smoother. Yi has been far more reliable than Wyze in giving me event notifications. The huge advantage for me is the Yi Windows app. The Yi app works in Windows without any third-party kludgy software. It can run in the background for instant viewing while using very little systems resources. I only use Wyze for watching my cat and recording time-lapse videos.

You can also use VLC viewer if you install the RTSP functionality. Cameras become addressable by IP.

Got the Wyze app to run on a PC using the Bliss android emulator. Downloaded Bliss 11.12 (x86_64) iso and extracted to 16GB usb2 drive, made bootable. Booted from usb drive selected Live CD option. It runs fine this way, and all changes are saved, including downloads and added files. Use the virtual wi-fi ssid to connect to internet and network even if host machine is using a hardwire. It is not necessary to run Bliss from a VM or separate partition and dual-boot unless your heart is really set on it. Downloaded and installed APK Pure baseline app, followed by the APK Wyze app. Works like a charm, both live feed and playback, including sound and speak features. Camera: Wyze Cam Pan, purchased Feb. 2021 PC hardware: HP 600G2 desktop, 16GB ram, Win10-20H2. My setup is generic. The above config is not too difficult to set up, even for novices – it should work with most PC desktops and laptops. Cheers!

Well it’s been about a year since you last update saying you are working on a way to view cams on PC/Mac browser. Have you made any progress or put it on the back burner? I have several Wyze cams and while happy with performance I’m seriously reconsidering investing in any more. My Nest cams all work fine with my browser as do Amcrest and Sunbas. Disappointed in your forward progress on this endeavor.

Mavens and Mods are not Wyze team members, we are users like yourself. For this topic, there is a mega huge wishlist that is labeled as researching. I know it’s been that way for a while, and I am waiting for this feature also hopefully be released as well. On the wishlist linked, change your notification settings for the thread to “watching” to be updated on any changes. [image] View On PC/Browser (Windows / Mac / Chromebook) Wishes Granted UPDATE 11/23/21: Live stream - Wyze UPDATE 5/21/21: UPDATE 4/6/20 Good news everyone! smiley We are in the researching stage and moving forward with this. I don’t have an ETA at this point since we’re still in this stage and balancing things we’re working on (such as webRTC to improve streaming with Alexa and Google Assistant). But we have an answer now. slight_smile UPDATE 5/15/19: Hi, folks! This is something that we’ve been discussing internally. It will be a pretty tricky feat…

I found this from over a year ago. I’m actually sorry I waisted my money on an V3. It’s ridiculous that I can’t view your “IP” camera on a PC connected to the same network without jumping through hoops of Firmware overwrites or 3rd party Android software. Sincerely

I agree. This is something that is LONG overdue! I would have Wyze cameras all over the place if I had a way to view them with a browser or connect to them with my camera app that I use for my main IP camera system. The Wyze cameras would be ideal for ‘fill in’ use. I refuse to use security products that require connection to anything outside my internal network (my primary reason for not using Ring and similar products).

It only helps a little but you can now view one Wyze camera at a time via the Windows 10 Alexa app. See the big thread linked above for details or posts by @jack4.

Thanks for the suggestion but ‘apps’ like Alexa and anything else that has tentacles into the outside world isn’t going to cut it for what I need. I did find something about RTSP firmware that might do what I need although it isn’t supported and is unavailable for the V3 cameras. I don’t think that will be a problem though if it works.

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Mavens and Mods are not Wyze team members, we are users like yourself. For this topic, there is a mega huge wishlist that is labeled as researching. I know it’s been that way for a while, and I am waiting for this feature also hopefully be released as well. On the wishlist linked, change your notification settings for the thread to “watching” to be updated on any changes.

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