If you do not have ambient light in the backyard like I do even with the V3 it is dark and people are just black unrecognizable shadows close to the camera unless the IR is on. For those that have some ambient light nearby to help that may be different without IR.
I actually need to change my opinion from my previous post in this thread. As a couple others have posted, my V3 has started having connection problems. It connects fine initially, but over the course of a short time, the KB/s starts bouncing around from around 150 kb/s to 0.0, getting a lag of 30-45 seconds on the feed and eventually drops to the refresh icon screen. It’s not my network since nothing has changed and switching that camera back to a V2 works perfectly in the same location.
I use a Google Nest Web Wi-Fi Internet system and can say that I’ve had no connection issues with my Wyze v.3 two cameras at all, my two Canary cams, or my Nest IQ camera… plus my many other WiFi connected items. It sounds like your connection may be wavering perhaps due to weather, usage, or additional items added to your WiFi?
That would be a good guess based on how the camera is acting, but it’s not the problem in this case.
I use a good tri-band router and have not a bit of connection issues with my 5 V2 cameras, even ones much further away. It’s only this one V3 and it worked great for a month. It just started a week ago. In fact Switching it back to a V2 in the same spot works great.
For my network, I’ve even tested strength by streaming 3 simultaneous 4k movies from 2 different services along with all my other cameras and devices online without a problem or even a slow down on internet browsing
The only issue I had so far was that the first time I switched off the camera via the app, it could not reconnect afterwards and I had to delete and set it up again. It was fine afterwards.
I’ve been using it everyday for the past few weeks and one improvement over the v2 is that when performing repeated seeking and playback, the v3 does not hang after some time but my v2s do that every now and then.
The other improvement the Starlight sensor has is that at night it is better at picking up people wearing dark clothing. I suspect there is greater contrast when the video is in color vs black and white. The area is well lit at night but IR is not in use.
I totally agree… With the starlight sensor and just a modicum of light surrounding the area you are capturing and the camera is capable of sending color video feed that is pretty darn good without the use of IR.
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Unfortunately without a little light you need the IR sensor on like me, then get tons of notifications with rain and snow.
That’s a tough one.
Is solar lighting a possibility for the area you are monitoring?
I have a new mesh wifi system with very good wifi strength (i have tested it) and I still have connection issues on some cameras 20 ft away.
Are you using the new WiFi-6?
No, I’m not. I use the Google NEST version WiFi Web system… not the older version before Nest. Not sure if that matters. Could be a defect in the camera, too…
I don’t think so, it’s a couple years old now, but very good. It’s a Linksys EA8300 Tri-band router one 2.4 and 2 5ghz bands. The problem developed only with the V3 after working great for a month. No change in any of the V2 cameras.
Ok, I was just curious. I just switched to WiFi 6. Wondering if that had anything to do with it. SOunds like its more the camera.
I now have two V3s installed. One “out in the open” and another under the eaves of a shed roof.
The fully exposed camera has seen snow, rain, freezing rain etc over the last 2.5 weeks, No leaks, no lens fogging. That’s been a good experience.
Starlight vision is great, especially with the recent full-moon. I will explore IR capabilities as we move to the new moon in January.
I have not experienced tha WiFi drop-outs reported by others, but, I have a different problem.
With app version 2.16.23, both v3s using Plugin version 1.71.21
One v3 on firmware 4.36.0.125 works as expected. no anomalies.
The other v3 on firmware 4.36.0.228 consistently locks-up the entire app. Requires kill/close/restart of the app to regain control.
Full scenario:
With the phone held vertically (Portrait) open Wyze App. Open Camera Group (2x V3 + 1x V2). The camera with the .0.228 firmware ALWAYS displays as ALL BLACK.
Rotate the phone to horizontal (Landscape), All 3 cameras now display correctly.
Open cameras individually: All 3 cameras now display correctly.
Rotate the phone back to vertical. Wyze App remains frozen/locked-up/hung until you close/kill the Wyze app.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? v3 using firmware 4.36.0.228 does not display correctly in camera group.
I have not e-mailed support yet as I thought I’d get a faster response here.
If I knew how to downgrade from 0.228 back to 0.125 I would test it out. I won’t be upgrading my 0125 camera until I hear so good news from you all.
[nor will I be purchasing anymore v3s until we have RTSP support; but I knew that at the time of my October v3 purchase]
[edit] will try going back to 0.125 tomorrow
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How to flash your Wyze Cam firmware manually
I have two v.3 cameras. Both are outside and under my front porch. One arrived in October and the other about a week ago. Both had firmware updates and… fingers crossed… no issues yet. We’ve already had 26 degrees and snow and sleet. No adverse effects. I do have an issue with a LOT of false detections of people and cars… even cars that are mine and parked. I’ve adjusted sensitivity to no avail.
I downgraded my camera with the “display” issue to 4.36.0.125. Issue is RESOLVED.
The irony is that 4.32.0.228 explicitly lists one of the provided fixes as:
- Fixed a connectivity bug that caused live streams to get stuck at 3/3
I believe this fix induced the “display” issue when attempting to view the camera in a Grouo.
Before downgrading, I removed the camera from the Group. As an individual camera I would occasionally observe a “blank/white” display with a constantly changing data transfer rate, but no live view. This issue was also resolved by the downgrade.
I’m having the same issues and my V2 Wyze cams can all get a minimum of 20 times the distance away from my dedicated 2.4 ghz router. Wondering if I have a dud or if this is a common problem with the V3?
I think it’s a software issue that will hopefully improve with firmware updates. The reason I think software is because, (at least in my case), it will usually connect okay at first, but becomes unstable. The amount of time it lasts before the Kb/s starts bouncing to 0.0 varies from maybe 30 seconds to a few minutes.
I would think if it was a dud hardware problem it wouldn’t initially connect each time.
Of course, if it’s firmware, the problem and the reason it may not be widely reported is that it may not be noticeable for people that just check the camera several times per day. It’s become unusable for me though displaying the camera full time.
As a comparison, the V2 in the same outside spot has been displaying on the wall mounted tablets without dropping once since last Thursday when I had to temporarily unplug it to change the power strip it was plugged into.
I have a second V3 coming this week that’s currently in transit. once it gets here, I’ll be able to compare it to the one I have to see if there’s any difference in stability.
It’s strange but I’m not having any of those issues with my two v.3 cams that are on and displaying live as well as recording on my 32gb memory card 24/7. I also have cam plus.