Features:

  • Wyze Cam v2: 1080p full HD live stream direct to your smartphone. Works with 2.4GHz Wi-Fi networks (does not support 5GHz Wi-Fi)
  • Wyze Cam v2: Motion Tagging technology detects and outlines motion in both live stream and playback video modes.
  • Wyze Cam v2: Motion and sound detection alerts with free rolling 14-day cloud storage. Use the Wyze App (iOS and Android) to manage and share multiple cameras
  • Wyze Cam v2: Magnetic base and included adhesive metal plate let you mount your WyzeCam anywhere - no screws required
  • Wyze Cam v2: Night vision up to 30 feet away - even in total darkness
  • MicroSD Card: Class 10 and UHS-1 (U1); Media Storage permits ~2,880 minutes (48 hours) of HD video, ~10,080 minutes (168 hours) of SD video, and ~4,200 16MP photos based on internal testing results
Well...

I just got 3 of these today. I set all of them up in about 45 minutes, including prompted camera updates, and I am impressed so far. I came from another service after they stripped features I had for free over for over a year and asked me to pay a monthly fee to get them back. Wyze offers many of the same services for free, plus more. There are a few bugs in the app like the volume muting when you talk and the app not staying awake while viewing video, but they have said these will be addressed. I also do not like that I have to manually turn notifications on and off, for all 3 cameras. Hopefully they can address that some way as well. For the price though, I am blown away with how awesome these little things are! I am sure the app will continue to be improved.

Crazy useful, it really works!

It is cheaper on the wyze site especially if you purchase multiples. Not sure why. I currently have the nest cams, some crappy security cameras that I plan on getting rid of and the Ring doorbell camera. These little stinkers are surprisingly good quality. It may not be easy for anyone to set up on Android but it works out. (For instance, my phone was on 5g wireless, it did not give me any other wifi options until I reconnected my phone non 5g ) not a big deal for me, but I am sure a few will have an issue. (Another example is that the keyboard is always in the way of the next button) Overall if anyone complains about this camera then they are expecting a Ferrari for a Pinto price. This camera works amazingly well! I have 16 GB micro SD cards in mine and can check every moment when we want to dig deeper into 15 second clips. You can use multiple Wyze cams without killing your router since they only relay the 15 second clips unless you ask the camera for particular footage. This camera is unbeatable for the price. ( We pay monthly fees for ring and nest cameras, and nothing for these Wyze cams) I wish I didn't get the Nest cams and waited. :( The nest and doorbell cams are accessable through the Amazon Alexa Show in the kitchen but we barely use it. The phone app works just fine. Hopefully the camera will allow Wink or Smart things communication in the future. Cheers!

Great value for the money

Its a $30 camera, so my rating is based on what I paid and what I got for my money. The good: I have two of these in my house now. One sits outside in a place where it can't get wet (BTW, this is not an outdoor camera) and one inside my house. I also have the memory cards inserted to allow for multiple days of 24x7 recording. The quality of the image from this camera is great! The image is very clear during the day. During the night, the night vision is good for about 15/20 feet, but still pretty decent, especially considering it is only $30. Playback from the SD card works flawlessly. Accessing the cam from outside of my house over cellular or remote wireless networks works flawlessly. Motion detection works really well on this camera and I have been surprised at how well it does with motion detection. Drawbacks: The recording to the web is definitely where it lacks compared to the Nests and other such cameras. It only records a 12-second clip and it only records one clip every 5 minutes. And there is no option to increase storage or frequency through a "pay to play" type program. Which is why you need to do a memory card. I can not integrate it with iSpy, which is a bummer. Conclusion: Overall, it is a $30 camera that has great quality, great motion detection and just works. I think for the price, this camera is great!

So far so good! Great Value!

So I’ve had this Wyze Cam for about a day now, and I’m quite liking it so far. I have a few things I want to point out and compare. I own two Canary Home security cameras and I can say the Wyze Cam overall is a phenomenal value, it’s got pretty much all the features of the Canary but at fractions of the price, so here’s a few things it’s currently missing; For starters the video capture for motion alerts is about 12 seconds long which isn’t a deal breaker but I’ve heard they may improve on this in the future, it only supports 2.4 GHZ Wi-Fi (for me this isn’t an issue since my WiFi is pretty fast and I don’t have any connection issues, You have to (at this time) manually activate and deactivate the motion alerts as there’s no geofencing so the camera doesn’t know when you’ve left the house, there is also about a 30 second delay when motion is detected tans the motion is recorded but this may vary from time to time, video is capped at 10 frames a second put still looks quite smooth for a cheap camera like this one, and lastly the speaker isn’t that great, so it may seem like there are many negatives but these are all very minor issues that can be fixed and enhanced for the future. For what your getting which is; 14 day video recording, varied notifications, 1080p video, night vision, SD, card reader and overall flexibility this camera is a steal and worth every penny. If you know what your getting into and are aware of the minor imperfections this camera is great and has even surpassed the majority of my expectations. I will update this review if needed.

Great camera for a great price!

I love this WYZE camera! This is the 6th one I have purchased! For the price, you can't do better. I have this camera mounted outside, I purchased the little "house" available here on Amazon, and so far so good! I have a great view of my driveway! I already have two other WYZE cameras outside, one protecting my front door and one protecting the back door, and they work great during the day or night. I have had those outside since Frb and they have survived cold, snow, and rain. I don't use the alerts, so I can't comment on them. I record directly to SD cards. The picture is clear and the app is useful. I also have three Amazon Cloud Cameras too, which I also love, however I have to say, these WYZE cameras have more features, recording to an SD card for one, then the Cloud cameras have. Plus these WYZE cameras are a quarter of the price! I have one camera pointing outside through my living room window. I have to turn off the night vision due to reflection, however i get a great view! I wish I could think of more places I need to monitor, I would buy more WYZE cameras!

Can't recommend this camera highly enough

Fantastic camera, regardless of the price! We have a half dozen webcams scattered around the house, both inside and outside, that we use for security monitoring when we are away. Over the years I've installed cameras from Linksys, Foscam, Insteon and Wansview (NOTE: Foscam, Insteon and Wansview are, for all intents and purposes, the same camera). All of them have gotten the job done, and have cost anywhere from $50-$100 dollars. But after trying out this little camera, I'll never buy anything else again. At least not for indoor use. PROS: --Incredibly easy setup. You just install the app on your phone, plug the camera in, push a button on the bottom, and then point the camera at a QR code the displays on your phone. Then you are prompted to enter the password for your wifi, and that's it. It literally takes 1 minute to set up, with no messing around with firewalls, routers, ports, etc. There are voice prompts, played from the speaker on the camera, that guide you through the process. It's an absolute breeze. --Image quality is very good. It looks to me like 720p HD video. On my network it streams in full motion at a nice high frame rate. There's none of the jerky low frame rate video that I get from some of my other cameras. Color reproduction is quite good. --The camera includes both a microphone and a speaker, so you can listen in on the location of the camera, and/or speak through the camera. Speaker quality is what you would expect from a speaker that is less than an inch in diameter. But it works! The microphone is FAR better than the microphone on any of the Foscam/Wansview cameras that I've used in the past. On those you would have to be shouting in order to be heard. The Wyze camera picks up even faint sounds in the room. --I LOVE the magnetic base! You can stick this thing to any ferrous metal surface, and it stays stuck. At the moment mine is hanging from the bottom of an air duct pipe in my basement. Just go into the app on the phone, tell it to invert the image, and you are all set! It really is slick, and is something that more camera manufacturers should do. --The motiion detection is simple and reliable. It can be tuned from highly sensitive (triggerrs when my cat walks across the basement floor) to low sensitivity (my wife would have to walk in front of it). Upon triggering, a ~10 second video is captured and uploaded to the cloud. An optional push notification is sent to your phone. And you can go into the app and watch the recording. --Night vision mode is decent, but not outstanding. There is a single IR LED for low light illumination. They state a night vision range of "up to 30 feet". That's pushing it. But 15-20 feet seems to be no problem at all. It certainly covers a room with no problem. --The price. How can you beat a $20 camera that simply exceeds every expectation that I had? After reading about this camera online, and reading some reviews, I decided to order one on the spur of the moment just to test it out. Yeah, at this price point you really have no reason NOT to buy one as an impulse purchase. I received mine in 2 days. But the day after ordering, they went on 1-2 month back order. Apparently they are as popular as they deserve to be. Despite the backorder, I'll be placing an order for a couple more before the end of the day. CONS --None that are really noteable. --The app doesn't always update the list of recorded motion detection video clips. If you close the app, and reopen it, they show up in the list. But that's software, and will undoubtedly be updated in the very near future. --UPDATE-- This was fixed quickly. The software continues to evolve and is very solid at this point (1/2019). --Unlike many of the other cameras in the house, this one doesn't support pan/tilt. But for the price, who cares? The Wyze has a nice wide field of view. They are stackable. So if you spend $60 you can stack three of them and have a full 360 degree view for less then the price of one camera that does pan/tilt. And the Wyze will have better image quality --No idea what its environmental tolerances are. I know that it's not weatherproof. But if I put one in my unheated garage, in upstate NY, is it going to survive the cold? Who knows? But heck, for $20 it might be worth just trying it to see what happens! My wife was skeptical when I told her that I'd ordered a $20 high def camera as a candidate to replace some of the other cameras that we have in the house. But 20 minutes after plugging it in, configuring it, and playing with it, she said "WE NEED MORE OF THESE!!!" So, in summary, I just can't recommend this camera highly enough. I know my web cams. I've worked with, and owned, a lot of them over the years. I'm an experienced IT professional who is constantly tinkering with new technology. I'm not a casual user. And this is now my favorite web-enabled camera. Ignore the low price. It has NO correlation to the quality of the product. Just buy one. --UPDATE-- 1/2019 -- I have replaced all of my interior webcams with Wyze, and have had zero problems. These things continue to be a fantastic deal.

FASTEST SET UP EVER!!!

WOW! Super impressed! We have bought several "security cameras" over the years and they all have been super difficult to set up- usually ending with me having to call tech support while some yahoo remotes into my PC ( which I do not like) to set the cameras up for me. It was ALWAYS such a pain. Recently my Mom bought a Nest cam - that was pretty easy to set up- but I needed something inexpensive. I heard about this on my local news channel from the tech guy - while he said it was only $20.00 I paid $30.00 and would pay it again! Seriously, this was the fastest, easiest set up EVER! I think it took me all of, maybe 3 minutes, if that! Thank you WyzeCam people for making this so simple. While it doesn't pan & tilt, this gives me a very large range to look at- I was surprised at the amount of space it covered- I can hear, talk through to, night vision- all that I need. In this little tiny cube! LOVE IT!!!!!

Quality, Efficiency, Reliability, and Subtlety

I bought two of these cameras, one for my front door and one for my living room and kitchen area to monitor my pets while I’m away and for my own price of mind and safety when I’m home alone. I also purchased a 32gb memory card for each, which was totally worth the extra dollars. I have had the memory cards in my devices for a month and have yet to need to clear my storage from my memory card. If you only want motion detection, you can set the alert settings to notify you. It records 15 seconds and then notifies you. The timing has never been off and it doesn’t take minutes or hours to receive the notification - always about 15 seconds. Lastly, I did see someone say there is no way to change the sensitivity, which is incorrect. You can set it to be sensitive from 1% to 100%. My front door is set to 50% so it doesn’t pick up tree movement or plant movement. However, if a cat walks past my door or someone walks into the sight of the camera, it does notify me, so I’m not getting unnecessary amounts of notifications. I’d review this product with four main traits that I love about it. First, the quality is phenomenal. For $25 you get an easy to setup product that you can truly tell is quality when you take out of the box. I just wanted a camera that would alert me when there was movement, not so much to go back for old footage, but it’s great for both. The footage is in 1080p and it’s really great (one of the main reasons I bought this camera over the other one I was contemplating). Second, it’s highly efficient and easy to use. The installation process took me less than 1 minute each. All you need to setup is WiFi, have the camera plugged into an electrical outlet and the Wyze app downloaded on your phone. It was fun and exciting to setup this camera (small things excite me!). I’ve never had a problem with this camera not being exactly what I wanted. It’s easy to move around and comes with a 3M magnet which allows you to place on a wall if you don’t have a magnetic surface (which I didn’t). Third, the reliability of this product has truly blown me away. I saw reviews and comments about the reliability and was a little worried, but it had all the features I was looking for. I don’t really want it to be a security system like some people are trying to accomplish, I just needed something to give me price of mind when I wanted to check in on my pets and notify me of movement, which this accomplished very well. Having mentioned security system, there is a setting to detect smoke alarms, which I have set for safety reasons (I mean, why not?). In terms of reliability, I have had an instance where my app wasn’t connecting to my camera while I was away from home, but I was able to quickly and easily reset the camera remotely within my app and it was back up within minutes. Also, I’ve been kicked out of the app twice, but that’s hardly anything to concern yourself with. Lastly, this camera is so subtle. Most people don’t even notice it because it’s so small, I’m easily able to hide the wires in my curtains and it even looks very modern. The camera I have facing my porch is undetectable from the porch, but I have a great view of my front door and no one even knows it’s there. I highly suggest this product for anyone looking for an easy to use, quality product that is reliable and efficient!! I’ve already recommended my family and friends and will definitely purchase more of these when I have my own home. I have included photos of the living area camera as well as the view from my front porch window, which has a very clear view through an insulated window.

great feature list

Pleasantly surprised. Well made, great feature list, works surprisingly well on my home WiFi... video and audio work really well. I have a Ring and a Ring Pro... and the Wyze Cam video/audio quality is way better... but motion detection is overly sensitive. I also like their policy on cloud storage: 14 day free storage for “alert videos”. It also has SD card storage for other local continuous storage, time lapse, etc. Nicely done, and amazing for the price.

Love it!

I initially bought one camera, tried it out for a week and fell in love. I ended up buying two more cameras for my house shortly after. Wyze cam is setting a new standard for what to expect in a wifi camera. Most companies want to charge you for cloud storage, but wyze cam doesnt. With wyze cam you get all the bells an whistles without breaking the bank. Things such as motion detection, sound detection, detection zones, night vision, smoke alarm detection, 14 days cloud storage, SD slot, two way audio! Best of all it's all free, no subscription required!

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