Wyze Robot Vacuum on Clearance at Wal-mart

[SlabSlayer]

I think that feature has been in development for the original Vacuums for some time by way of a firmware update. But, that update to the old firmware created some serious issues in Beta that need to be addressed before it can be released. I don’t have an old version Vacuum, so I haven’t been tracking that progress and can’t give you any firm details on what the old firmware could or couldn’t do.

I do know that the issue is not with the new firmware operation as the new updated firmware is factory installed on these new WalMart vacuums. The issue is with the risk of the update bricking the old unit by way of the update process.

Here is a post from Wyze in the thread discussing that firmware update to the original Vacuums:

Wyze Robot Vacuum - The upcoming Multi-floor Mapping update is even better!

@bhavinvshah27 Currently there are a few different branches of beta firmware that need to be merged, for one of the beta branches this is a risky update that could result in a portion of them to become unresponsive, for this reason we want to make sure we have systems in place to take care of anyone impacted with a minimum of trouble on the customers part. Once we have that all in place we will move forward and everyone will finally have access to these features.