Wyze Switch - Control Floodlight

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Please allow control of Floodlight from the single press of Wyze Switch under “Smart Control”.

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While you are waiting, try this! (substitute “Turn on Floodlight” for action):

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The Wyze floodlight needs to be smarter. I had hoped there was a way to activate and deactivate the floodlight using a Wyze switch. The option is there to operate Wyze bulbs using the switch while not actually turning off power to the bulbs. It needs more seemless i tegration.

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Can we have input from a Wyze member about this matter? Will this be added to the device/app soon?

I was shocked to see that I can’t add the BR30 bulb to the Wyze Switch using Smart Control. Creating rules is a lengthy workaround and doesn’t fully allow for double or triple presses.

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The lack of floodlight control via switch or via Google Home is the only reason I haven’t replaced all three of my floodlights with these. Common guys…

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Wyze Switch disables floodlight motion sensor

Is it possible to have the Wyze Switch easily control the floodlight without disabling motion detection after manually turning off the light?

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This was my first thought too - but sadly… it just doesnt work. Youll setup the rule correctly, turn on the switch - and nothing happens. Minutes later, still no change. Just a bug in the rule/automation system i guess. Sad it doesnt work though, and even sadder that the devs didnt build this functionailty in directly. Agter all, its a light switch.

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It’s frustrating when the app lets you set up automations that wind up not being executable. It’s hard to know what you can and cannot successfully accomplish without actually purchasing the hardware to try it. I very much would like to control my 3 WyzeCam Floodlight Pros with a single button press of the switch, but alas - though the app allows the creation of the automation, it does not work. This, confirmed by Wyze support. " Unfortunately, the current feature set of the Wyze Switch does not support turning on and off the floodlights. Instead, using the Wyze Switch will only control the camera itself." Where’s the value in that? I may be unique, but I’ve never thought, “I should turn my outside camera off”. (Yes, I can see scenarios where this is helpful, but… more helpful than controlling lights, when the lights and camera are so tightly integrated?)

So now I sit on $500 of floodlights that I can’t get to work the way I want because… Wyze makes the switch, Wyze makes the floodlights, the switch works with automations… kind of…

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@Wyze Developers

Problem Statement:
As a user, I would like a way to have a smart switch turn on/off the flood light without turning on/off the camera.

Current Workaround:

  1. In switch options set “Single Press” to “Smart Control” and do NOT add any device
  2. In switch options set “Additional Options > Double/Triple/Press control” to turn/off on flood light

Potential Solutions:

Solution A:
Allow a workaround stated earlier in this thread to work. Specifically, allow automation to trigger flood light from switch on/off. Currently this option does not appear to be working. When my switch is set to Smart Control and no device, the indicator light will go on and off with single press. Automations to control flood light will not be triggered along with this on/off.

Solution B:
In the switch config, change the single press “smart control” mapping to have 2 triggers (switch on/switch off) and allow mapping of triggers similar to the double/triple press in the “additional Options”

Solution C:
Much more difficult, but much more friendly option, would be for the switch to detect devices that are on the switch circuit and have options for handling things without even using wireless.

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