This is the best doorbell camera in its price range. It's really pretty amazing how good it is for the price. I bought 2 of them as soon as they were released to replace my awful Arlo doorbells. They were easy to install and work great with my existing chime (which I installed specifically to work with my Arlos). I really think people are over reacting to the SD card slot placement. I will be very surprised if there is a rash of Wyze doorbell SD card robberies. Also, any doorbell camera can be fairly easily ripped off the house, they are held on by plastic.
Protect your sd card from casual theft. Use black electric tape to wrap around the camera, covering the card cover, but make sure the speaker at the bottom is not covered.
But that looks ghetto and cheap... how about just add just the right amount of silicone to the cover or a TINY touch of super glue on the SD cover... more descreet and looks tons better. Tape gets loose in high heat and can move, get loose... ick
Thanks for comments on CZcams, I successfully installed Wyze Video Doorbell V2 and made my original mechanical door bell working. Viewers explained the mechanical door bell very clearly. My NuTone mechanical door bell made in 1958 output 20 volt AC to the front door bell button. I directly connect the Wyze Video Doorbell V2 to the two wires of the original button, set up Wyze, and in the Settings, change the Settings > Chime > Doorbell Chime Type to Mechanical. Whenever the Wyze button is pressed, my mechanical door bell rang. Everything else seems to work fine so far.
SD card placement is dumb but it's just as easy to rip the entire thing off because it just clips on. It's also harder to see the slot when it's mounted on the wedge because it's right against the wall
they could also have it connect to a home base like with the 1st gen battery cameras and have the SD card there, though having it on the back is better and requiring a tool to remove the doorbell, the base might be an added optional backup.@@randomname9758
I don’t see why people are so irate about the SD card on the side. If it were on the back someone could just pop the doorbell off the bracket. Hell, they could just pop it off and rip the thing off the wall if they did something they didn’t want you to have footage of. The hope is they don’t know if you don’t have a cloud subscription.
I like that it can announce that you are being recorded as you approach, this is one feature the Reolink is lacking but can be fixed with a software update (as of now reolink will only sound alarm as you approach which you don't always want, just a voice warning is good enough)
I think the recording is only when someone presses the button. It announces on Alexa when someone approaches, I'll have to see if it plays without ringing, but I had some JW come to my door, they rang the bell then it announced I wasn't interested as that was my recording and they left right away.@@LifeHackster
Very good tutorial! I just installed mine, using this video as a guide. The trickiest part, for me, was the installation to the chime box unit, since my chime box had extra wires. Luckily, I got it to work after switching that black wire around a couple of times. I also learned, by accident, that if one of the chime module wires disconnect, the camera will go off-line. Due to the location of my doorbell wiring, I also bought a housing unit that: 1) allows this camera to have horizontal angle adjustments. 2) compensate for my vinyl siding ridges. 3) add better protection to the camera from tampering and weather. Everything appears to be working great, and I plan on returning my recent Arlo doorbell chime which requires at least a $10/mo subscription to have recordings. Thanks for making this vid!
I owned the wyze doorbell first generation and was happy with it. a little slow on the notification, but the picture quality was very good day or night. so i figured V2 would be even better, right?? very wrong. the picture quality is terrible in comparison to the first generation. i mean, if this was your first ever video doorbell, you would be ok with the quality, but to me, its very subpar compared to v1. not to mention i don't care for the fisheye. secondly, wyze sells a remote doorbell chime to work with the first generation doorbell. you could plug the chime into any outlet in the house and it would act as a second bell to alert you when someone push the button at the door. well, the chime will not work with V2. so all you get is the chime from the device and it's very weak. if you're upstairs, in the basement or out back, you will not hear someone at the door when they push the button. to hear, your other option is using your in-house doorbell in conjunction with the wyze doorbell device. i mean, that's fine an all, but if your inhome doorbell is broken or you don't have one installed, you only have the device to rely on. well, my inhome doorbell had been broken, so i opt to go ahead and fix it... as i knew i wasn't going to be able to hear the chime from the wyze device. that was more money out my pocket. while repairing my inhouse doorbell, i come to find out the 16v/10va doorbell transformer would not work both the wyze device and my inhome doorbell. upon further investigation (on youtube, of course), i come to find out i needed to upgrade my doorbell transformer. anything less than 30va would not power both an inhouse doorbell and the wyze device (or any other video doorbell brand for that matter). so long story short, i was fine with the wyze doorbell version 1. yet, i was no better off when switching to wyze doorbell v2. if i hadn't done all i did to get v2 to work, i would have put the first generation camera back in and sent the v2 device back to wyze. well, that's my story.
I am running through same problems, did you install the little box that comes with the V2 doorbell? I am using a 20/24 v transformer and it worked for a couple hours and now it’s not working. Should I get a higher voltage one or maybe just install that little box. I don’t have a chime box so I’m running it directly to the transformer.
Thanks, I’ve been waiting for this door bell to have an SD card. I don’t think the sd placement is a big deal. But I’m thinking about using my woodworking skills lol, to create a frame around the unit to make it more secure.
Thanks for the review, it seems a necessary add-on to purchase is one of those "anti-theft" enclosures that would help with the easy removal and the very odd choice to put the microSD card on the side. Even on the bottom would have been a better location.
I installed it and it didn't work with my existing mechanical chime. My transformer is 16V 10VA, which is at the lowest of Wyze's recommended rating. That could be the problem since the transformer also powers a lighted house number 24/7. Wyze's support is hard to contact. I highly recommend that you DON'T drill any holes or install the wall plate until everything is confirmed to be working. You can connect the Wyze doorbell just by the 2 house wires - just let it hang. So if you have to return this Wyze doorbell , you don't have to patch any new holes .
Common sense would say to put the SD card access in the rear. I get Wyze has to balance offerings with price, but between this version of their doorbell and the new V4 camera boasting about 2.5K resolution, yet seem to be a same as the V3 Pro, it seems they may be bordering on a money grab rather than meaningful product improvements.
I think that the SD card with only be a good idea if it was encrypted. If it's not encrypted and someone takes it out I don't want them to be able to access my videos
Use some very sticky glue that don't dry out to make it hard to pull off the wall... silicone maybe... or something like that where you CAN remove it if you want to.. you just have to overcome the resistance of the glue. sometimes the household hobby glue is good.. it sticks well but is flexible and you can overcome it.
It doesn't come with a wireless chime connected via bluetooth? What the hell was wyze thinking with the SD card on the side and the easy removal of the doorbell cam?
Thanks for the video. I was really interested in buying the new Wyze doorbell.. but I think im going to stick to my original doorbell instead until they come out with a even better one...
My guess why the microsd slot is so easily accessible is because it's a common occurrence for them to get corrupted in Wyze products. And you can't format it via the app - you need to retrieve it and format it in a computer.
Should not be so easy to remove from the wall without any tools, and other brands don't have a paywall for notifications or even Wyze's other cameras. They may have a paywall for rich notifications only and sometimes they give you rich notifications for free.
I really want to like this doorbell. The mounting system sucks, plain sucks I for the life of me cannot get all four pieces mounted. Not the mention the mounting plate is too small to accommodate the wires coming from the doorbell so I had to use the wedge plate just so the wires fit. Wyze needs to make the door mounting plate taller so there is room for the wires, or add a wedge piece. The doorbell chime was a key selling point and well it just doesnt work, I followed the instructions in the app and it just doesnt work, It could be an issue on my end but I just cannot get it to work. Update: If you are having trouble getting the doorbell chime to work with the controller installed. Try removing the controller and putting it back to its default wiring. And also set the chime in app to "mechanical" . This seemed to work for me, the doorbell will initially chime but then stop and your chime box should work. I also removed my comment about the IR, because after another repositioning trying to get the stupid mounts it the IR now just works. so idk Mounting system still sucks, doorbell is really easy for someone to steal lol.
I'm a huge Reolink fanboy so maybe I'm just being biased, but there's no doorbell on the market that comes close to Reolink's offering. Maybe UniFi beats it, especially with the secondary package camera, but the price for their doorbell is insane. Nearly 4x the cost of Reolink's doorbell.
Any insights on your opinions of the Wyze Doorbell v2 vs the Wyze Doorbell pro? Having a hard time deciding between the two. This one is cheaper but newer, does it have any features that the pro doesn't?
@@shaydanielle830 I actually found a really good deal on some Eufy cams/homebase 3 and went with the Eufy e340 doorbell to go with them. It's still pricier than Wyze, but if you buy refurbished, on sale, or used on ebay, you can find a lot of really good stuff. One thing I've noticed about wyze is that though their sensors record in 2k, their compression isn't that good. This results in some streams looking quite blurry, especially when things are moving fast.
@@shaydanielle830I ended up finding a good deal on some Eufy cameras and the new homebase, so I went with the Eufy e340 doorbell to go with it. Eufy’s more expensive but much higher quality than Wyze.
The micro SD card is hidden when you mount it using the wedge as I do, but it's so easy to just to rip the entire thing off the wall. Does anybody have any idea why motion warning isn't on my app ? Is it only a subscription thing? Having said that, it has an SD card, it seems to record well so it's what I've been waiting for since the v1
As great of doorbell is was I have returned it and went with the original doorbell which isnt as good BUT is able to use the chime. I do not understand how they came out with this v2 model with the option of using a wireless chime. In my case i wanted a hardwired video doorbell BUT i do not have a mechanical chime so i was hoping this would use the wyze chime which it does not. So lets put this into perspective. The original wyze wired doorbell uses a wireless chime and can NOT be used with an existing mechanical chime. The V2 has all the bells an whistles but they've excluded the wireless chime option and lastly their wireless pro doorbell DOES using a wireless chime. In my option this a horrible idea, how hard would it have been to make the v2 compatible with a wireless chime?
Thanks for the review. I'll wait until they improve the doorbell. Glad they finally offer an onboard storage. I have several Wyze V3 cameras. Most of the time they work pretty well. They can be finicky on which 2.4G network I use. I always have to use my guest network. Otherwise, they go offline a lot. One thing that always makes me mad about them is that they always seem to go offline when I go out of town. Always horrible timing. But, they are cheap and work most of the time.
@@garvinshepherd2184 Interesting. Sometimes mine don't even get back online when I unplug them and plug them back in. I can't remotely turn my cameras on and off when they are offline. However, it would give me 2 options for cycling the power with the smart plugs. I may have to try that out.
The Wyze Doorbell V2 replaced my Ring doorbell wired because I don't have to pay to see past events on the doorbell and did more without a subscription, so i recommed the wyze doorbell V2 than ring
Thanks for the great videos! I purchased this camera when it was released as a upgrade from the original doorbell cam with the Plus service. Unfortunately, for some reason, I stop receiving event push notifications and events stop recording after about a day. Even with an SD card. Hopefully, firmware upgrades will improve the cam.
Hey LifeHackster, can you make a video compare battery-powered camera that can still record events even when the wifi is out. One of my neighbor's houses got broken into, and the theft turned off all his electricity so that his security camera lost power and the Wi-Fi router went offline. Maybe you have some suggestions on which battery-powered camera can record even when the power and wifi are out. I know the POE security camera doesn't need wifi, but the POE recording box still needs electricity right? Thank you!!!
I know I have tested in the past is the Nest Cam Outdoor and also the Eufy SoloCam series cameras do record when WiFi is out and I think Reolink battery cams should too… just note, no notifications and you will not have access to the cameras via the app until internet is back on.
You can avoid power interruption of your wifi and/or DVR recorder or hub at least until the battery dies if you permanently connect them to a UPS backup battery
We replaced the orignal Wyze doorbell cam with this one yesterday and did the firmware update as it prompted us to and I have to say the night vision on the orignal version is 100X better , for some reason night vision on the V2 is very very dark , I can't see anything , I am thinking I may reinstall the old one 😥 and return the V2
Yes, mine worked fine but I heard a lot have issues with it. Some have success not installing it at all and change the chime setting in the app to mechanical chime and see if yours will work.
Mine did not work out of the box, and as LifeHackster commented, I had to change the chime setting default of “NONE” in the Doorbell V2 settings to “Mechanical” and then it started working.
Any issues with having to constantly delete device and then reconnect it to the app ? I’m on my second replacement and they all work for about 12 hours then disconnect from network.
After the free subscription ran out the doorbell did not work properly when going live or using the SD card. It kept losing Internet connection and I had to restarted the unit every time I opened the app when i got a notification. Also, when I hooked it up to my wife’s phone she never got any of the SD card recordings and she couldn’t go live. She only got pictures of people at the front door.
Thx for the video. I still have the Nest Hello wired doorbell. How would you say this compares in quality to that? Is it an upgrade in regards to quality or no?
@@LifeHackster just trying to confirm, this links to the wyze bolt lock so I can unlock from anywhere? i thought the bolt lock linked to the bluetooth in the pro version. i also read that if the memory card is removed there is free 14 second recording. did you test that?
@@markwenslawski1497 ok..it only integrates with the regular Wyze lock not the Bluetooth bolt. That’s the only option I see in the accessories in the setting. As to the 14 second clip, the only thing I got was a snapshot when I tested it.
Great Review👍 About your transformer voltage, Mind sharing your voltage reading? I have 19V with digital chime and it's non responsive when i hit the doorbell. Thanks
Is it possible to use this doorbell if I don't have an existing doorbell? My home does not have the wiring for a doorbell but there are some light/power switches right beside my door inside my home.
With Ring increasing their pricing again I don’t find it worthwhile spending £50 a year just for my Pro 2 doorbell. I had Eufy but they only have one sided audio recording and more false motion alerts. What other reliable doorbells are there?
the only bad thing about this doorbell is it will not work on my traditional chime when i wire it to the chime box. it also is very sensitive. camera is ok. for 45 bucks cant be beat though.
Can it work with Wyze camv1 wall chime since I disconnected my old doorbell chime? Has Wyze addressed alerts of movement outside of selected notification zones (like you got with vehicle detection) as I get this with all my Wyze cams… alerts for motion well outside detection zones.
The ‘Motion Warning’ for ‘You are being recorded’ does not show up on my Wyze app. Is the reason for this is because I need to get Cam +? This feature was advertised & did not say we needed it purchase Cam+ to get this feature. It is very misleading. This was the main reason I purchased this camera & to find out I do not have the setting is very disappointing.
You went way too fast on the chime install. Please explain what wires from existing chime box get attached to the Wyze wires and where they get attached to. Thanks. The Wyze instructions are confusing.
So the tiny box is just the bell sound? Geez why couldn’t the paper explain that. My father and I were scratching our heads about what the fudge the tiny thing was
Looking for a doorbell without a subscription, THIS IS NOT IT! The 5 minutes "cool down" won't notify you of anything, including doorbell presses during that time frame. First off, calling it a "cool down" is ridiculous as there is nothing that actually needs to cool down. In reality, it's a mandatory 5-minute wait time between ANY notification, including motion and doorbell presses. A doorbell camera should, at minimum, always notify you when someone presses the button regardless of whatever paywall restriction the company adds, however it looks like Wyze wants you to miss doorbell presses to convince you to buy their subscription plan. This is a shady practice. Example: car pull up on your driveway, the camera picks up the motion and sends you a notification. The 5 minutes wait time until the next notification begins. During this time, the person gets out of the car, comes to your door, and rings the doorbell. No additional motion notification and no pressed doorbell notification will be sent to your phone because it's during the 5 minute wait time. The person can press the doorbell as many times they want. You won't get any notification whatsoever until the 5-minute wait time is over. This is quite honestly the stupidest thing ever for any camera.
Yes, the SD slot should have been in the back and it's too easy to remove from the wall, this makes it a pass for me. Not to mention that their AI is terrible because instead of fixing it they keep adding features that cause even more issues. Just another product that Wyze didn't think things through when designing it.
How stupid that engineering decision was to have SD in the side. Can believe the discussion they were having when designing this. Let me add this is clearly has been done to encourage the cloud subscription. I'm an engineer myself and this is just outrageous.
@@shaydanielle830 What's so racist about it? And why do you live in a predominantly WHITE neighborhood? When will you be moving into a BLACK neighborhood and do you speak racial ebonic jibberish? If not, why not?
@@slimnieves even when wired in the PRO, still functions like a battery doorbell. It just charges the battery. It doesn’t have a pre-roll and still uses its PIR sensor instead of camera based motion detection.
This is the best doorbell camera in its price range. It's really pretty amazing how good it is for the price. I bought 2 of them as soon as they were released to replace my awful Arlo doorbells. They were easy to install and work great with my existing chime (which I installed specifically to work with my Arlos). I really think people are over reacting to the SD card slot placement. I will be very surprised if there is a rash of Wyze doorbell SD card robberies. Also, any doorbell camera can be fairly easily ripped off the house, they are held on by plastic.
Yeah, $40 sounded to good to be true so I watched every review video to make sure it's legit.
Protect your sd card from casual theft. Use black electric tape to wrap around the camera, covering the card cover, but make sure the speaker at the bottom is not covered.
But that looks ghetto and cheap... how about just add just the right amount of silicone to the cover or a TINY touch of super glue on the SD cover... more descreet and looks tons better. Tape gets loose in high heat and can move, get loose... ick
finally, a more upgraded one that finally has an SD card slot and has 24 seven recording this is so much better !!
Thanks for comments on CZcams, I successfully installed Wyze Video Doorbell V2 and made my original mechanical door bell working.
Viewers explained the mechanical door bell very clearly. My NuTone mechanical door bell made in 1958 output 20 volt AC to the front door bell button. I directly connect the Wyze Video Doorbell V2 to the two wires of the original button, set up Wyze, and in the Settings, change the Settings > Chime > Doorbell Chime Type to Mechanical. Whenever the Wyze button is pressed, my mechanical door bell rang. Everything else seems to work fine so far.
did you add the chime controller to the Mechanical doorbell? I added mine per the instructions but the doorbell does not work.
Should put the SD card slot on the back of the unit so you have to at least remove it from the wall with a tool before you can get to the card.
True. Thanks for watching.
SD card placement is dumb but it's just as easy to rip the entire thing off because it just clips on.
It's also harder to see the slot when it's mounted on the wedge because it's right against the wall
they could also have it connect to a home base like with the 1st gen battery cameras and have the SD card there, though having it on the back is better and requiring a tool to remove the doorbell, the base might be an added optional backup.@@randomname9758
I don’t see why people are so irate about the SD card on the side. If it were on the back someone could just pop the doorbell off the bracket. Hell, they could just pop it off and rip the thing off the wall if they did something they didn’t want you to have footage of. The hope is they don’t know if you don’t have a cloud subscription.
Even if you have cloud subscriptions, if the device is destroyed or removed, the images are lost forever.
I like that it can announce that you are being recorded as you approach, this is one feature the Reolink is lacking but can be fixed with a software update (as of now reolink will only sound alarm as you approach which you don't always want, just a voice warning is good enough)
You can add your own recording on the Reolink instead of the alarm. The only thing.. it is not AI triggered..it is triggered with all motion.
I think the recording is only when someone presses the button. It announces on Alexa when someone approaches, I'll have to see if it plays without ringing, but I had some JW come to my door, they rang the bell then it announced I wasn't interested as that was my recording and they left right away.@@LifeHackster
They now offer this for their other cameras
My app doesn't show the Motion Warning.
Very good tutorial! I just installed mine, using this video as a guide. The trickiest part, for me, was the installation to the chime box unit, since my chime box had extra wires. Luckily, I got it to work after switching that black wire around a couple of times.
I also learned, by accident, that if one of the chime module wires disconnect, the camera will go off-line.
Due to the location of my doorbell wiring, I also bought a housing unit that: 1) allows this camera to have horizontal angle adjustments. 2) compensate for my vinyl siding ridges. 3) add better protection to the camera from tampering and weather.
Everything appears to be working great, and I plan on returning my recent Arlo doorbell chime which requires at least a $10/mo subscription to have recordings.
Thanks for making this vid!
I owned the wyze doorbell first generation and was happy with it. a little slow on the notification, but the picture quality was very good day or night. so i figured V2 would be even better, right?? very wrong. the picture quality is terrible in comparison to the first generation. i mean, if this was your first ever video doorbell, you would be ok with the quality, but to me, its very subpar compared to v1. not to mention i don't care for the fisheye. secondly, wyze sells a remote doorbell chime to work with the first generation doorbell. you could plug the chime into any outlet in the house and it would act as a second bell to alert you when someone push the button at the door. well, the chime will not work with V2. so all you get is the chime from the device and it's very weak. if you're upstairs, in the basement or out back, you will not hear someone at the door when they push the button. to hear, your other option is using your in-house doorbell in conjunction with the wyze doorbell device. i mean, that's fine an all, but if your inhome doorbell is broken or you don't have one installed, you only have the device to rely on. well, my inhome doorbell had been broken, so i opt to go ahead and fix it... as i knew i wasn't going to be able to hear the chime from the wyze device. that was more money out my pocket. while repairing my inhouse doorbell, i come to find out the 16v/10va doorbell transformer would not work both the wyze device and my inhome doorbell. upon further investigation (on youtube, of course), i come to find out i needed to upgrade my doorbell transformer. anything less than 30va would not power both an inhouse doorbell and the wyze device (or any other video doorbell brand for that matter). so long story short, i was fine with the wyze doorbell version 1. yet, i was no better off when switching to wyze doorbell v2. if i hadn't done all i did to get v2 to work, i would have put the first generation camera back in and sent the v2 device back to wyze. well, that's my story.
I am running through same problems, did you install the little box that comes with the V2 doorbell? I am using a 20/24 v transformer and it worked for a couple hours and now it’s not working. Should I get a higher voltage one or maybe just install that little box. I don’t have a chime box so I’m running it directly to the transformer.
Thanks, I’ve been waiting for this door bell to have an SD card. I don’t think the sd placement is a big deal. But I’m thinking about using my woodworking skills lol, to create a frame around the unit to make it more secure.
Thanks for the review, it seems a necessary add-on to purchase is one of those "anti-theft" enclosures that would help with the easy removal and the very odd choice to put the microSD card on the side. Even on the bottom would have been a better location.
I installed it and it didn't work with my existing mechanical chime. My transformer is 16V 10VA, which is at the lowest of Wyze's recommended rating. That could be the problem since the transformer also powers a lighted house number 24/7. Wyze's support is hard to contact.
I highly recommend that you DON'T drill any holes or install the wall plate until everything is confirmed to be working. You can connect the Wyze doorbell just by the 2 house wires - just let it hang. So if you have to return this Wyze doorbell , you don't have to patch any new holes .
Your review was very good. But the unWyze doorbell is not ready for prime time. Reolink or Eufey is the way to go!
Thanks for watching!
Usual bad audio like all previous Wyze cameras, etc. Thanks for your great reviews.
Thanks for watching!
Common sense would say to put the SD card access in the rear. I get Wyze has to balance offerings with price, but between this version of their doorbell and the new V4 camera boasting about 2.5K resolution, yet seem to be a same as the V3 Pro, it seems they may be bordering on a money grab rather than meaningful product improvements.
great review . All the doorbell ringing sounds in this are giving me PTSD😂
lol.
I think that the SD card with only be a good idea if it was encrypted. If it's not encrypted and someone takes it out I don't want them to be able to access my videos
I have to check but I think it is not encrypted.
Use some very sticky glue that don't dry out to make it hard to pull off the wall... silicone maybe... or something like that where you CAN remove it if you want to.. you just have to overcome the resistance of the glue. sometimes the household hobby glue is good.. it sticks well but is flexible and you can overcome it.
Love your video reviews! Keep them coming. Super useful!!!!❤
Thanks for watching!
Have they improved on the Alexa integration and the audio breaking up in the past 9 months? Great thorough review.
SO Glad you made this video. I was thinking of ordering this item today. I said go straight to you tube buddies.
It doesn't come with a wireless chime connected via bluetooth?
What the hell was wyze thinking with the SD card on the side and the easy removal of the doorbell cam?
Thanks for the video. I was really interested in buying the new Wyze doorbell.. but I think im going to stick to my original doorbell instead until they come out with a even better one...
Thanks L.H
You bet
My guess why the microsd slot is so easily accessible is because it's a common occurrence for them to get corrupted in Wyze products. And you can't format it via the app - you need to retrieve it and format it in a computer.
Weird, been using wyze since v2's, since have had v3's, outdoor v1, pan, pan v3's, and never had issue formatting via app?
Still formatted the SD cards of one v3 and one pan V2. I often have to remove the SD card, then insert back in, then format.
Sounds like a sd card issue.
Variety of sd card in 10+ cameras...3 v2 and rest v3...never an issue
was going to say the same. You need to make sure you're using good or just decent SD cards, not some cheap junk @@djfrankymix
Should not be so easy to remove from the wall without any tools, and other brands don't have a paywall for notifications or even Wyze's other cameras. They may have a paywall for rich notifications only and sometimes they give you rich notifications for free.
This is like the Wyze cam V3 but in a video doorbell form.
I really want to like this doorbell. The mounting system sucks, plain sucks I for the life of me cannot get all four pieces mounted. Not the mention the mounting plate is too small to accommodate the wires coming from the doorbell so I had to use the wedge plate just so the wires fit. Wyze needs to make the door mounting plate taller so there is room for the wires, or add a wedge piece.
The doorbell chime was a key selling point and well it just doesnt work, I followed the instructions in the app and it just doesnt work, It could be an issue on my end but I just cannot get it to work.
Update:
If you are having trouble getting the doorbell chime to work with the controller installed. Try removing the controller and putting it back to its default wiring. And also set the chime in app to "mechanical" . This seemed to work for me, the doorbell will initially chime but then stop and your chime box should work.
I also removed my comment about the IR, because after another repositioning trying to get the stupid mounts it the IR now just works. so idk
Mounting system still sucks, doorbell is really easy for someone to steal lol.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I agree on the mount and not enough space for the wires.
I have this now but the only thing I don’t like is how it doesn’t record both sides of the conversation when someone pushes the doorbell
I'm a huge Reolink fanboy so maybe I'm just being biased, but there's no doorbell on the market that comes close to Reolink's offering.
Maybe UniFi beats it, especially with the secondary package camera, but the price for their doorbell is insane. Nearly 4x the cost of Reolink's doorbell.
Any insights on your opinions of the Wyze Doorbell v2 vs the Wyze Doorbell pro? Having a hard time deciding between the two. This one is cheaper but newer, does it have any features that the pro doesn't?
Curious about this too. Which one did you buy
@@shaydanielle830 I actually found a really good deal on some Eufy cams/homebase 3 and went with the Eufy e340 doorbell to go with them. It's still pricier than Wyze, but if you buy refurbished, on sale, or used on ebay, you can find a lot of really good stuff. One thing I've noticed about wyze is that though their sensors record in 2k, their compression isn't that good. This results in some streams looking quite blurry, especially when things are moving fast.
@@shaydanielle830I ended up finding a good deal on some Eufy cameras and the new homebase, so I went with the Eufy e340 doorbell to go with it. Eufy’s more expensive but much higher quality than Wyze.
So my house has no existing doorbell. Would I still be able to use this just to ring/notify my phone?
Everyone shows these getting wired into old chime-style doorbell wiring. Can these be wired into the 90s style intercom doorbell wiring?
The micro SD card is hidden when you mount it using the wedge as I do, but it's so easy to just to rip the entire thing off the wall.
Does anybody have any idea why motion warning isn't on my app ? Is it only a subscription thing? Having said that, it has an SD card, it seems to record well so it's what I've been waiting for since the v1
The motion warning is based off person detection which you will not get when you are not subscribed.
As great of doorbell is was I have returned it and went with the original doorbell which isnt as good BUT is able to use the chime. I do not understand how they came out with this v2 model with the option of using a wireless chime. In my case i wanted a hardwired video doorbell BUT i do not have a mechanical chime so i was hoping this would use the wyze chime which it does not. So lets put this into perspective. The original wyze wired doorbell uses a wireless chime and can NOT be used with an existing mechanical chime. The V2 has all the bells an whistles but they've excluded the wireless chime option and lastly their wireless pro doorbell DOES using a wireless chime. In my option this a horrible idea, how hard would it have been to make the v2 compatible with a wireless chime?
Thanks for the review. I'll wait until they improve the doorbell. Glad they finally offer an onboard storage. I have several Wyze V3 cameras. Most of the time they work pretty well. They can be finicky on which 2.4G network I use. I always have to use my guest network. Otherwise, they go offline a lot. One thing that always makes me mad about them is that they always seem to go offline when I go out of town. Always horrible timing. But, they are cheap and work most of the time.
Use to happen to me when I'm out of town a lot but I decided to put them on smart plugs so I can remotely turn them off and on.
@@garvinshepherd2184 Interesting. Sometimes mine don't even get back online when I unplug them and plug them back in. I can't remotely turn my cameras on and off when they are offline. However, it would give me 2 options for cycling the power with the smart plugs. I may have to try that out.
The Wyze Doorbell V2 replaced my Ring doorbell wired because I don't have to pay to see past events on the doorbell and did more without a subscription, so i recommed the wyze doorbell V2 than ring
Thanks for the great videos! I purchased this camera when it was released as a upgrade from the original doorbell cam with the Plus service. Unfortunately, for some reason, I stop receiving event push notifications and events stop recording after about a day. Even with an SD card. Hopefully, firmware upgrades will improve the cam.
Hey LifeHackster, can you make a video compare battery-powered camera that can still record events even when the wifi is out. One of my neighbor's houses got broken into, and the theft turned off all his electricity so that his security camera lost power and the Wi-Fi router went offline. Maybe you have some suggestions on which battery-powered camera can record even when the power and wifi are out. I know the POE security camera doesn't need wifi, but the POE recording box still needs electricity right? Thank you!!!
For battery powered cameras, connect/power both the modem/wifi and hub/base station/DVR/NVR via UPS battery backup
I know I have tested in the past is the Nest Cam Outdoor and also the Eufy SoloCam series cameras do record when WiFi is out and I think Reolink battery cams should too… just note, no notifications and you will not have access to the cameras via the app until internet is back on.
You can avoid power interruption of your wifi and/or DVR recorder or hub at least until the battery dies if you permanently connect them to a UPS backup battery
We replaced the orignal Wyze doorbell cam with this one yesterday and did the firmware update as it prompted us to and I have to say the night vision on the orignal version is 100X better , for some reason night vision on the V2 is very very dark , I can't see anything , I am thinking I may reinstall the old one 😥 and return the V2
My doorbell is a newer model that doesn’t have the same set up with three screws, what do I need to make it compatible?
I don't have any options in the chime accessories, why?
Questions: Does your Chime box work fine. I'm having issues with it, not work. I double-checked the wiring, but no luck. Any suggestions?
Yes, mine worked fine but I heard a lot have issues with it. Some have success not installing it at all and change the chime setting in the app to mechanical chime and see if yours will work.
Mine did not work out of the box, and as LifeHackster commented, I had to change the chime setting default of “NONE” in the Doorbell V2 settings to “Mechanical” and then it started working.
Thank you, guys, for the advice. I'll try it later today to see if it works.
sorry for the late update but did not work. @@psmastaslick
would be better if it had a taller view like Ring Pro so you can see if there's a package
True..
Remember when wyze didn't have a monthly cost... so much better
Any issues with having to constantly delete device and then reconnect it to the app ? I’m on my second replacement and they all work for about 12 hours then disconnect from network.
🤣 loved the video but found funny how he said "Alex A"
Please make a white model as well
After the free subscription ran out the doorbell did not work properly when going live or using the SD card. It kept losing Internet connection and I had to restarted the unit every time I opened the app when i got a notification. Also, when I hooked it up to my wife’s phone she never got any of the SD card recordings and she couldn’t go live. She only got pictures of people at the front door.
how is it compare to Reolink 5MP wifi doorbell? Wyzwe doorbell only support 2.4Ghz not 5 GHz
Thx for the video. I still have the Nest Hello wired doorbell. How would you say this compares in quality to that? Is it an upgrade in regards to quality or no?
Hope Wyze Doorbell V3 fixes the security concerns
Any idea if this doorbell pairs with the Wyze door lock like the Pro does?
Yes. It has the accessories option in the settings and you can add the Wyze lock there and you can lock/unlock in live view.
@@LifeHackster just trying to confirm, this links to the wyze bolt lock so I can unlock from anywhere? i thought the bolt lock linked to the bluetooth in the pro version. i also read that if the memory card is removed there is free 14 second recording. did you test that?
@@markwenslawski1497 ok..it only integrates with the regular Wyze lock not the Bluetooth bolt. That’s the only option I see in the accessories in the setting. As to the 14 second clip, the only thing I got was a snapshot when I tested it.
Does it work with android? My v1 stopped working with all my android cevices but still notifies me on my ipad.
Yes
Ghosting at night. Good sound, quick.
Great Review👍 About your transformer voltage, Mind sharing your voltage reading? I have 19V with digital chime and it's non responsive when i hit the doorbell. Thanks
Does anyone knows if wyze cam og works as chime with this doorbell v2 , as wyze states that , in the description of the doorbell v2, any help please.
Have you seen your videos on the CZcams ads for "spy focus" camera? There's a few snips of your vids in there!
Thanks for letting me know.
Lorex has come out with a 4K Doorbell. What are your thoughts?
Is it possible to use this doorbell if I don't have an existing doorbell? My home does not have the wiring for a doorbell but there are some light/power switches right beside my door inside my home.
With Ring increasing their pricing again I don’t find it worthwhile spending £50 a year just for my Pro 2 doorbell.
I had Eufy but they only have one sided audio recording and more false motion alerts.
What other reliable doorbells are there?
the only bad thing about this doorbell is it will not work on my traditional chime when i wire it to the chime box. it also is very sensitive. camera is ok. for 45 bucks cant be beat though.
How are you going to hear the chime?
Hi if I don’t have a chime do I still get notifications on my phone and other smart devices like Alexa and google if the button is pressed?
Does this have loop recording when the card is full ?
I need to know this too
Yes
How I can connect Wyze doorbell my chrime box using battery
You chime needs to be wired in to use this doorbell.
Purchased but there’s a known issue with it not working with existing chimes and the controller
If you don’t have a subscription or SD card, does it still record videos or only a snapshot?
Snapshot only.
Can it work with Wyze camv1 wall chime since I disconnected my old doorbell chime? Has Wyze addressed alerts of movement outside of selected notification zones (like you got with vehicle detection) as I get this with all my Wyze cams… alerts for motion well outside detection zones.
So what Happen If Five Now Have Any Door Bell box on my house? Can I, Still, use this Door Bell Wyze?
I have the old door bell I have them both front and back will this work with the door bell ?
Can the doorbell chime be played through the cameras?
The ‘Motion Warning’ for ‘You are being recorded’ does not show up on my Wyze app. Is the reason for this is because I need to get Cam +? This feature was advertised & did not say we needed it purchase Cam+ to get this feature. It is very misleading. This was the main reason I purchased this camera & to find out I do not have the setting is very disappointing.
Yeah typical, misleading and probably behind the paywall of getting cam plus. Glad I only got it on Wyze week sale price.
You went way too fast on the chime install. Please explain what wires from existing chime box get attached to the Wyze wires and where they get attached to. Thanks. The Wyze instructions are confusing.
What about Google Hub - Does it show up sideways like V1 ?
from both videos you did both the V2 and the Pro.... muffled voices right?
What size sd card is enough? Is 64gbs enough
Is anyone having issues with 2 way talk with Alexa echo show? I can't hear the person at the doorbell, but they can hear me.
How to integrate with Alexa?
Not just the SD card placement but nothing to even secured it to the wall. Like a pin hole released.
"Amazon Alex - A " he said... doesn't trigger smart speakers... and still.. I don't know how to feel about it xD!!!!
So the tiny box is just the bell sound? Geez why couldn’t the paper explain that. My father and I were scratching our heads about what the fudge the tiny thing was
Can you charge the v2 by micro usb?
It's hard wired
Looking for a doorbell without a subscription, THIS IS NOT IT! The 5 minutes "cool down" won't notify you of anything, including doorbell presses during that time frame. First off, calling it a "cool down" is ridiculous as there is nothing that actually needs to cool down. In reality, it's a mandatory 5-minute wait time between ANY notification, including motion and doorbell presses. A doorbell camera should, at minimum, always notify you when someone presses the button regardless of whatever paywall restriction the company adds, however it looks like Wyze wants you to miss doorbell presses to convince you to buy their subscription plan. This is a shady practice. Example: car pull up on your driveway, the camera picks up the motion and sends you a notification. The 5 minutes wait time until the next notification begins. During this time, the person gets out of the car, comes to your door, and rings the doorbell. No additional motion notification and no pressed doorbell notification will be sent to your phone because it's during the 5 minute wait time. The person can press the doorbell as many times they want. You won't get any notification whatsoever until the 5-minute wait time is over. This is quite honestly the stupidest thing ever for any camera.
Yes, the SD slot should have been in the back and it's too easy to remove from the wall, this makes it a pass for me. Not to mention that their AI is terrible because instead of fixing it they keep adding features that cause even more issues. Just another product that Wyze didn't think things through when designing it.
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Watch the last 30 seconds to confirm if you still want it.
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doesn't like cam v1 v2 v3, I find the doorbell v2's improvments are marginal.
This is absurd. I am not paying for a subscription to use my doorbell!
Can I use v1 chime with v2???
Unfortunately Not I had the same issue When upgrading. And it's still a problem currently as we speak.
9:58 and that's why this is USELESS as a home security device.
amazon alex- A
Horrible product, records only 24 events if you are lucky
Wyze needs to test their products before releasing. I wouldn't buy it.
Such a stupid design for sdCard on the side… deal breaker!
Not that wise..
How stupid that engineering decision was to have SD in the side. Can believe the discussion they were having when designing this.
Let me add this is clearly has been done to encourage the cloud subscription.
I'm an engineer myself and this is just outrageous.
All I have to say is it's a piece of crap. Great video though.
If blacks comes up to your door, they'll just steal the entire doorbell, and then there goes all your footage.
Racist.
@@shaydanielle830 What's so racist about it? And why do you live in a predominantly WHITE neighborhood? When will you be moving into a BLACK neighborhood and do you speak racial ebonic jibberish? If not, why not?
Great video as usual! Lifehackster, do you feel that this V2 is better than the Wyze Doorbell Pro?
I always will go with “true wired” doorbell than battery powered ones because of Pre-roll or with this one…24/7 recording.
I’m a bit confused, I thought the Pro has an option for wiring aswell?
@@slimnieves even when wired in the PRO, still functions like a battery doorbell. It just charges the battery. It doesn’t have a pre-roll and still uses its PIR sensor instead of camera based motion detection.
@@LifeHackster got it. Thanks 👍
Will my power adapter from Vivint doorbell hook up to the wyze..?! Lifehackster