Wyze is a company that specializes in affordable smart home products such as cameras, doorbells, and home sensors. The company was founded in 2017 and quickly gained popularity due to its budget-friendly yet reliable devices.
Wyze products offer features such as live streaming, motion detection, and voice control compatibility through Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. The company also offers free cloud storage for its devices, which is a rare feature for such affordable products.
Most indoor cameras get crippled without a monthly fee. The manufacturer prices the hardware low enough to sell, then locks live view, recording, or both behind a plan until the “cheap camera” turns into a recurring bill. These four cameras don’t do that – they work properly via local storage, a genuinely free cloud tier, … Read more
The Wyze Cam v4 is genuinely good for $36. 2.5K resolution, color night vision, local storage via microSD – it outperforms cameras that cost two or three times as much. But before you buy one, you need to know about the subscription situation (the free tier is nearly useless) and a 2024 privacy incident that … Read more
Wyze does not natively support Apple HomeKit. It never has. The company went all-in on Alexa and Google Assistant, and HomeKit has never been on their roadmap despite years of user requests in their forums. If you want Wyze cameras talking to your Apple Home app, you need a workaround – and the most viable … Read more