Wyze v3.0.0 (519) worst and unusable

[kkw825]

Installed Wyze v3.0.0 (519) on Android. This app is worst and totally unusable. Extremely slow to load live video from multiple cams. Sometimes the app is just stuck and is not able to load video. How I can go back to the last good version?

[Crease]

@kkw825

How I can go back to the last good version?

How to roll back to earler version of app

Yeah, I do this specifically for the Wyze app on each of the Android devices I use because of some problematic app and firmware updates in the past. (Regarding that second point, I also disable automatic firmware updates in the Wyze app.) You’re welcome! Did you read the Installing Apps section of their FAQ? If I was going to do it, I’d probably try this one: Having written all of that, Google Play Store finally offered me the v3.0 update of the Wyze app just yes…

Revert to previous app 2.x

Yeah, APK mirror can be tricky since they allow basically any advertising to cover their crazy bandwidth costs to keep it free. You have to be careful you don’t fall for the fake “Download now” ads that aren’t actually part of APK mirror. You can usually tell they are an ad and not the REAL download link because they will have these ad symbols in the top right corner of that box for the ad: [image] Anything that has that symbol is a fake download link and just an ad trying to get you to get…

[tmanch]

Bad for ios too and there is no source to go back to previous version.

[mkkulinski]

Same here. Really slow to load!

[ssummerlin]

@kkw825

How I can go back to the last good version?

Doesn’t anybody ever use the search function before blindly posting? This question is asked multiple times on a daily basis.

The search tool leads to a lot of great information.

[kkw825]

I would like the Wyze official guideline on how to go back to the last good version. If someone has the guideline, can you share the link? Thanks.

[WildBill]

There isn’t any “official “ guidelines. Wyze doesn’t want you to go back.

[kkw825]

It is too bad that Wyze does not provide an official guideline on software rollback. v3 is totally unusable. I suspect if their engineers have tested the app properly before releasing it to the public. They should test the app in different real settings (not only in a lab environment with perfect networking conditions).

Clearly, the app is stuck to load live videos most of the time. Looks like the app is not designed properly as well.

[WildBill]

@kkw825

unusable. I suspect if their engineers have tested the app properly before releasing it to the public

They have lots of volunteers testing beta software. You can join the beta group and do as well…

How To Become A Beta Tester

I thought everyone that bought or used Wyze products were Beta Testers; at least that’s what it seems like in using and reading all the posts.

[kkw825]

beta and the actual release could be very different. It is almost impossible to ask volunteers to test every code commit before the actual release, and therefore a regression or bug could happen without being noticed.

A better way is that Wyze can monitor the key performance metrics of their app, like connection failures/latency, latency to retrieve live/recorded video, app response time, so that Wyze can detect regressions/bugs in an automatic fashion, and perform software rollback if a key performance metric regresses.

Wyze should also build such an automation to test their nightly builds, rather than solely relying on volunteer beta testing. Clearly, v3.0 is a failure because of multiple regressions found.