Having cameras around your property is always a good deterrent for thieves and is also just a great way to keep an eye on your property when away. I had 4 Wyze v2 cameras hooked up when the offer to test the Wyze v3 came to me. This review will be pretty short and sweet as most people are now familiar with Wyze cameras and how they operate, but I’ll try to detail the standout features of the cameras and the Wyze services that are offered. Overall impressions will be up first, followed by a breakdown of my experience with the cameras.Overall impressions:Wyze is still a leader in the budget home security and automation market. The Wyze v3 cams offer great performance in any lighting condition, fantastic basic features, and an sd card slot for local recording. The ... MoreHaving cameras around your property is always a good deterrent for thieves and is also just a great way to keep an eye on your property when away. I had 4 Wyze v2 cameras hooked up when the offer to test the Wyze v3 came to me. This review will be pretty short and sweet as most people are now familiar with Wyze cameras and how they operate, but I’ll try to detail the standout features of the cameras and the Wyze services that are offered. Overall impressions will be up first, followed by a breakdown of my experience with the cameras.Overall impressions:Wyze is still a leader in the budget home security and automation market. The Wyze v3 cams offer great performance in any lighting condition, fantastic basic features, and an sd card slot for local recording. The Wyze app has improved over the years and holds it’s own now with other video monitoring apps out there. Unfortunately, a lot of advanced functionality is behind a paywall, but I have found that most people will find the free Wyze cloud service to be enough for their needs and if you pair the camera with an sd card you can get around some of the limitations by recording continuously on the camera itself.Wyze has always been a leader in the value market for home security and automation, this doesn’t change with the Wyze v3 cameras. They retail at a very affordable price and come in multi-packs like the white ones I received. The marked improvements over the v2 cameras are weather resistance and color night vision. The build quality of the v3 cameras is much better than the v2 and the camera looks and feels like a much nicer product than the previous iterations.You’ll receive everything you need to install your Wyze v3 in the box and should be able to mount the camera just about anywhere that a power source is available. I have my cameras set up on the eve of my garage and on the outside of the house in the backyard area. These two areas are exposed to weather constantly and the v2 cameras took a beating in these spots. Those old cameras came down with yellowed plastic and dirt-filled SD card slots, but they still worked. These v3 cameras come with a cover for the sd card slot which should eliminate one of those issues, but only time will tell how well they hold up to the elements.Installing the cameras was as easy as mounting them on my existing magnetic mounts from my v2 cameras. If you’re installing these for the first time, it’s really as easy as mounting the magnetic mount with the included double-sided tape and attaching the camera to it. I’ve had no issues with the cameras falling or even shifting due to weather or wind using these magnetic mounts. If you want something more sturdy, screw mounting is also available.Setting up the cameras is also easy with the Wyze app. It’s a matter of scanning a QR code and following the setup procedures. A firmware update will most likely be needed, but after that, the camera shows up in your Wyze app and you can adjust settings, detection zones, alerts, notifications, and other settings like night vision. You also receive a free trial of the Cam Plus service that does allow you to add enhanced recording and other features to the camera like AI detection of persons, vehicles, etc.The service offerings by Wyze at the moment are a little confusing and a little expensive in my opinion. They are offering services on a per-camera basis, which is fine if you only have one or two cameras, but in my situation, I have 6 cameras and the cost is just a bit higher than I’m willing to pay. I do not use any of the enhanced services and have purchased sd cards for all the cameras so that I can locally record continuous footage in case I need to review something that doesn’t fit in the recording windows that the free service provides.Mind you, the services offered by Wyze will most definitely be helpful and utilized by many people, but they just do not offer enough to justify the price for me personally. I commend Wyze for giving us the option to add an sd card to be able to store continuous recordings though as some cameras, especially in this price range, do not have this feature.Well-lit areas will see the camera excel with the camera’s higher frame rate and crisper video quality, the v3 exceeds Wyze’s older offerings in every category. The Wyze v3 performs like a camera twice as expensive and I don’t think anyone will be disappointed with how it functions. Sure there isn’t any fancy zoom feature, it can’t rotate by itself and it doesn’t have a laser that shocks intruders, but it does have a siren now and records video in the direction you point it at. Detection settings are all adjustable within the app and work well to minimize notifications in areas that you don’t care about.The night vision is much improved on the v3, allowing for color night vision in certain scenarios. I like to leave all the night vision settings on “auto” as the setting seems to work quite well for me. The 2 cameras I have situated outside seem to record in color night vision mode just fine as there is some ambient lighting from the houses and street lights in my neighborhood, while the cameras in the garage revert to black and white night vision due to it being pitch black in there at night. Black and white night vision tends to capture footage better in lower light conditions, while color night vision works better when some light is available.My only two gripes with the Wyze v3 are that it is not compatible with the older Wyze Sense snap-on module for the back of the v2 cameras and that some features are locked behind a paywall. If you do not have a v2 camera available to continue using the older style sense hub, you will be forced to purchase their separate Wyze Hub to continue using the other sense products such as door and window sensors. If you don’t mind not having advanced features like AI motion detection, package detection, people detection, etc, then the paywall limitation probably won’t affect you either.

The Wyze Cam v3 is a nice, easy to use, inexpensive camera system, and the two pack is an excellent value.Setup is simple. Create a Wyze account, download the Wyze camera app, and you’re on your way. The app will give you guidance on how to connect the camera to your WiFi network. At each step, the camera speaks to let you know what it’s doing. It was about as easy as you could ask for, with none of the glitches, inscrutable blinking lights, or resets that I’ve encountered during setup with other camera apps.The design of the Cam v3 is unique, with a cube shape and flexible mounting options. The base comes with extendable legs and the entire camera portion swivels, making positioning simple. The base can be set on a shelf, mounted with a single screw or, if you ... MoreThe Wyze Cam v3 is a nice, easy to use, inexpensive camera system, and the two pack is an excellent value.Setup is simple. Create a Wyze account, download the Wyze camera app, and you’re on your way. The app will give you guidance on how to connect the camera to your WiFi network. At each step, the camera speaks to let you know what it’s doing. It was about as easy as you could ask for, with none of the glitches, inscrutable blinking lights, or resets that I’ve encountered during setup with other camera apps.The design of the Cam v3 is unique, with a cube shape and flexible mounting options. The base comes with extendable legs and the entire camera portion swivels, making positioning simple. The base can be set on a shelf, mounted with a single screw or, if you don't need the security of a mounting screw, magnetically to a metal surface. If the surface you want to attach to is non-metallic, each camera comes with a stick-on metal disc. The v3 has an IP65 rating for weather resistance, so you should be good in most environments. One thing to note on mounting – while the camera connects to WiFi, it is not battery powered and so requires a power source to operate. The included USB cable is water-shielded at the connection point.Once installed, the images are very clear. Both daylight and night-vision color are crisp and make it easy to pick out details. Anyone who has tried to use black-and-white nighttime images will really appreciate the clarity of Wyze’s color night vision system.Using the app is reasonably painless, although it does occasionally have trouble finding the camera and requires some time to connect. The app allows you to have a two-way conversation with the person at the other end, but there is a definite lag in the system, particularly when the camera is used remotely (on a different network than your mobile device). Motion and sound detection work well, and events can be stored on an SD card (not included) for later viewing. If you want recognition of when a person is present, cloud-based event recording with longer segments, or the ability to use the camera through a browser, you’ll have to pony up for a subscription plan.If your environment does not require a battery-mounted camera, this is a great option.

These were initially acquired to replace a v2 Pan camera that finally went out on me. I thought I would miss out with the pan feature, but the field of view is so good, it's not needed.Installing the camera was simpler than ever. I applaud Wyze for that. So many past security cameras I have used required their own proprietary app, and would be a pain to keep connected with both the camera and any home network/voice control system already installed. Yes, you do need the Wyze app, but it integrates seamlessly with your existing smart network and the app is actually useful. Back to install. Being that I already had the app installed, I just cut on the camera, followed the voice prompts and in 2 minutes the camera was connected. Couldn't be simpler.Picture is ... MoreThese were initially acquired to replace a v2 Pan camera that finally went out on me. I thought I would miss out with the pan feature, but the field of view is so good, it's not needed.Installing the camera was simpler than ever. I applaud Wyze for that. So many past security cameras I have used required their own proprietary app, and would be a pain to keep connected with both the camera and any home network/voice control system already installed. Yes, you do need the Wyze app, but it integrates seamlessly with your existing smart network and the app is actually useful. Back to install. Being that I already had the app installed, I just cut on the camera, followed the voice prompts and in 2 minutes the camera was connected. Couldn't be simpler.Picture is cleaner than my existing cameras, and the tracking is better as well. Everyhting about this camera is a plus. You can install an sd card for onboard recording, and the ease of access to the online recordings is much appreciated. Being that Wyze offers short clips free of charge, should you somehow lose visibility, you'll still have some footage to resort to without feeling as though your privacy is in jeopardy.Finally, the night vision lives up to the hype. With my Pan, the automatic switching between standard and night vision is good, but the picture can be hard to make out details. Here, the night vision is leaps and bounds above many of the past cameras I have used. I fell like I can get useable footage with no issue should it be needed.I've been in the Wyze eco system for some time, and I am pleased with their progress. I will continue working with them and I love this camera. I would recommend building out your security system with Wyze at it's core.