**UPDATE** Wyze released firmware a few days ago and now the Wyze Band doesn't disconnect from my phone anymore. Even when I exit out of the Wyze app. Also I can get phone call notifications now and alerts if I haven't stood up in 50 or so minutes. I wish these updates were there before I got my Wyze Band but I'm glad to see some of these big issues fixed. Also Wyze has a coupon code for a free Wyze Bulb for every $20 spent LIGHTUPMYLIFE and it expires 6/1/20

@TAKV_gaming

4 жыл бұрын

Smart Home Solver you should pin this comment because it may drop down if many comments come up

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

@@TAKV_gaming hey thanks for letting me know! I had it originally pinned but I edited the comment to add the coupon code and apparently YT removes the pin if edited.

@425wester

4 жыл бұрын

will this work on Amazon?

@themidnightorb

4 жыл бұрын

Just a few questions, does this Wyze band vibrate for notifications?, and do you still have to have the app open around the clock to receive notifications correctly?. And can you set an alarm at all on this that notifies you either through the band itself or the phone?.

@faheemahmadofficial7701

3 жыл бұрын

any 2020 november update?

Your videos inspired me to create my own smart home! Thanks! Also I watched you all day today 😂😂

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear!

@jackchatten5626

4 жыл бұрын

@@SmartHomeSolver it's OK! 😊

This is a great vid! Your vids make me so jealous of your smart home lol. Many of these videos help me figure out what to get and what not to get without needing to buy it and then return it if I don’t like it!

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks and that's great to hear!

While Wyze products aren’t perfect, I feel like they really listen to their customers and don’t rip people off with exorbitant pricing. They seem to pay close attention to the comments on their subReddit. I can’t wait to get their scale.

@t1czer

4 жыл бұрын

They are not Phillips ;)

@thetango8017

4 жыл бұрын

I keep seeing people talking about how Wyze is so great at listening to the customer - BULL - If you actually follow the Wyze Community, you would be hard press to find Wyze addressing the top request of owners. Jerky Pan Cam - never fixed - / - Windows app - never addressed - / - Wyze App that is readable (tiny font & muted colors) - never addressed. Wyze is TERRIBLE at customer/produce problems.

@verygoodbrother

4 жыл бұрын

@@thetango8017 there's a resource limit to what they can address. They are not a large company like apple or google

@abc-wv4in

4 жыл бұрын

@@thetango8017 The screens in the Wyze phone app are horrible to try to read for sure.

Great review, man! You echoed many of my experiences with my own Wyze Band. It disconnects frequently from my phone. Enough so to really be an inconvenience. The sleep tracker was so bad that I didn't even bother trusting the other tracking programs. I disabled notifications because I would rather manage them on my phone. It's been that way for me with every whereable that I've worn so that's not a dig against Wyze, just a personal preference. My wife leaves her notifications on and the difference between the 2 bands in terms of battery drain is astounding. Her battery died out in about 7ish days. At 14 days, I still had 30% on mine, but that's where the rapid battery drop hit. Mine was dead by morning. But 14+ days on a single charge was impressive. Thanks to your video, I fixed my biggest issue with the band. No matter what, the Alexa control wouldn't understand what I was saying. Disconnecting the service and reconnecting like you showed, resolved that issue for me. Thank you for that! Overall, I'm happy with a $25 waterproof watch that controls Alexa. I can't even find that at Walmart. The rest of the features are junk right now. Hopefully they get the software fixed. I'm with you, the band wasn't ready and was released too early.

I LOVE my band! I know they will improve. They always send updates to fix flaws. It's new, and VERY promising.

@FlightSim2703

4 жыл бұрын

I hope so else this is really less than a toy 😁

4:12 I thought "Haha! Why is he washing his hands a lot lately?!". Then I remembered I'm on lockdown. AKA, normal life.

Love your vid dude!

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!

I bought my daughter the same Vtech watch. Lol Ordering a Wyze band now for my wife. Thanks for the video,i collect smartwatches so was very interested.

Love the channel been doing alot of your ideas with my house I have a nice smart watch but work construction might have to pick this one up for a cheap alternative so I don't ruin my Samsung

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chad! That's a good idea too!

Great video!

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pranav!

I've had my Band for two weeks now and other than some sleep function wonkiness on a few days, it has worked perfectly for me.

Wyze should make a outdoor camera

@Dave-px8xn

4 жыл бұрын

They already are

Reed, you're just using your wrist wrong. Great review!

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brett! You're probably right. I need to look at the benefits, I'm apparently running further, sleeping longer and not getting as many distracting notifications with the Wyze Band.

Suggestions for the Wyze guys: - extend the band's bluetooth range to 30 ft - take the handcuffs off Alexa

water problem is a general thing for cheap fitness trackers. i have a amazfit gts

My WyzeCam v2 never worked for more than 2 minutes without failing. I won’t give a chance to this company again, sorry. Great video btw :)

@the_DOS

4 жыл бұрын

My Wyze Cloud app was down for like 60% of the times I was trying to look at it.

What other smart watch device that's not that expensive do you recommend. I to was excited for the wyze band but think I'll wait for the second generation of the band .

Since i got mine they've already had at least 3 firmware updates for the band. Definitely not yet waterproof, i showered with mine and it ended up rebooting. To expect a better product from wyze don't get the early access items. Once released to the public more common issues tend to be resolved.

How long does the screen stay on once activated? Is there a way to have screen on continually?

Couple questions is there a vibrator in the band to notify you? Would you still buy this or would you wait for the watch

I think that they should stick to what they do best. Honestly, I was surprised to hear they'd be releasing a fitness tracker band in the first place. It seems completely outside of their product range. Looking forward to the Wyze cam exterior.

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

I'm with you on that one

I’ve got one and it works great. Once I had it say it wasn’t connected while my phone’s Bluetooth said it was. I shut off the Bluetooth, immediately turned the Bluetooth back on it connected automatically instantly and has never done it again and that was before I updated it. It’s always connected and I never have the app open.

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it seems like they fixed those connection issues in the last firmware update. I’m glad it’s working well for you.

Is it working same in another region as well ? Like some watch doesn't have that kind a feature enabled at another region , is it possible in this one in india as well ?

considering i spent way more money on a fitbit inspire with a faction of the features, and filled with glitches this isnt looking bad. on my fitbit i dont always get my sms alerts, sometimes it loses entire days worth of activities b/c the sync function breaks and w/o any notifaction it failed sync, the Wyse band is looking really good if for nothing more than core fitbit like features

Mines has ran 12 days on a single charge. My notifications barely work though.

I trust you. What is the most inexpensive smartwatch out today, that properly and consistently provides solid email notifications?

@maxwellmark

4 жыл бұрын

I had the best one...it was a Pebble. But it’s t the end of its life and they aren’t made anymore. I wish I could find a watch with simple reliable notifications. That’s it, I don’t need or want all the other features.

@RageTheNumbers

4 жыл бұрын

@@maxwellmark I'm in the same boat.

Unrelated to the video how is your Wyze Smart lock doing! Do you still recommend it?

I really don't like mine, you me it's just a digital walk. I agree with you on the battery life and notifications however upon day 1 I noticed you need your app to be on in order to work your camera and smart products. The only reason I purchased this was because I thought you could view your wyze cams from the watch. Wrong. I can't do anything wyze/smart prods related without the app and I might as well pickup my phone and use Google home or Alexa if that's the case. Another disappointment is since Day 1 tech support STILL made no effort to make contact me

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

Using the Wyze Cams with it would be cool. I'm disappointed in this as well, which is too bad because I was excited by its potential.

I just download smart home apps on an Android watch. Done! But I still love the product! I mostly use google

@ZillionPrey

4 жыл бұрын

200$-400$ vs 25$ which do you think would sell more for smarthome users?

yes.

I’m only interested in the heart rate option due to my atrial fibrillation. Cover any of that?

@abc-wv4in

4 жыл бұрын

The heart rate function on mine is not nearly as good as my ancient Fitbit Charge HR (their first version, IIRC). My Wyze band takes several seconds before it displays a HR reading, then it jumps all over the place before it settles down. My old Fitbit displays immediately and the reading is steady. If I wear them both, they finally come close to agreeing on my HR, but the Wyze band takes forever after jumping all over the place by 10 or more bpm.

The main reason I bought the Wyze Band was for Alexa, but all I get is "Connection Lost - disconnected with Wyze app" when I try to use the feature. 😟 I hope a future firmware/software update will make it usable.

@abc-wv4in

4 жыл бұрын

Ditto that!!!!

Can you make a vid on the yale all in one outdoor camera

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

I just looked it up and it seems like a good camera. I don't think it's available in the US right now.

@TAKV_gaming

4 жыл бұрын

Smart Home Solver rip

What are your comparing this to? I have a charge 3 and it is FAR behind this device from a connectivity standpoint.

Good job on review, I purchased the band, everything else besides Alexa on this band is nonsense, Alexa works if your phone is close to you, and respond is very slow. Well if my phone is in my pocket, why am I wasting my time, since I could manage the command on my cellphone, you are right, they need to do more updates on this band. I can't control my cameras, but just my wyze switches on my band after several attempts 🤔, if this device could connect to a bluetooth headset and capable to play sounds or music it will be awesome.

@abc-wv4in

4 жыл бұрын

The Alexa function on mine is what doesn't work most of the time. The other functions "work" but are very inaccurate. I'm hoping future updates will remedy some of these problems. At present mine's not working very well for me.

Can you do a video about the Wyze Scale?

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

I'll keep an eye on it to see if there are any good integrations. Right now I use a Renpho scale and it works well. It was around the same price so I need a good reason to switch to the Wyze scale.

Are there any tricks on getting a custom background on there? I've tried like 10 different ones only to have the band show a blank black picture

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

Oh that's interesting. I don't think I did anything special. I just selected a picture and then resized it using their crop tool thing and it worked. The only thing I had to do was try it multiple times to get it to line up correctly but that's it.

@WillieStubbs

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe it is the type of image .jpg v.s. .gif Try some other image types would be my best guess. support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039223872-Clock-Faces

Open your phone’s settings and go to the battery optimization settings. The reason the phone is quitting the Wyze app entirely is that it thinks that it is taking too much battery. Disabling optimization for the Wyze app may help your disconnection problem.

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

Hey James. Thanks for the suggestion. That's the first thing I did when I got the Wyze Band. The Wyze app has some info in there of what to do but it still didn't fix the issue. I've heard from multiple sources that the Wyze beta app fixes it though so this problem should hopefully go away quickly.

@abc-wv4in

4 жыл бұрын

But then the band drains my iPhone's battery horribly fast.

Wyze band DOES NOT receive notifications for most things on IPHONE XR

hey so for my led strip lights, only the red and green led bulbs work so i can’t have colours with blue in it. How do i fix this?

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

The light strips are probably damaged and the blue wire is probably damaged. It's happened to me before. Sometimes the less expensive light strips have this happen. If you just bought them from Amazon then I would return them.

@phuonghua3657

4 жыл бұрын

Smart Home Solver I fixed it. I basically kept touching it and it worked

Now that's it's a month later do you still reccomend getting it??!

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

It's super affordable so if you want to get it just to play around with, then sure. It seemed like a few updates made it better, but then a few updates made it worse again. I'm not currently wearing it right now for reasons I said in the video.

I LOVE WYZE. Fitbit products only track steps as well and dont do near what the wyze band does. I think your being very fussy considering the price tag. I will be giving this as xmas gifts to my family. My main wish is it would be awesome if it could show your wyzecam video feed. Enjoy Wyze while we can, my guess is it will either fail financially or have to increase prices or worst be bought out by google or microsoft or apple, etc.

So the band works with Alexa but not with Google Home. I have all my wyze cameras set up thru Google Home.

Does it work with Google Assistant?

Lol, thanks.

Horray for 4k!

I have everything activated, but I only get the notification of whatsapp call but I do NOT get the notifications of WhatsApp messages ... Is that correct or do I have a problem?

I still prefer the Xiaomi Mi Band 4. 50 meter 5ATMM waterproofing for $28, accurate and very fine tuned over the years sleep tracking and fitness tracking, can control Mi Home via Mi AI, NFC for contactless payments, OLED display

Not a surprise Wyze! 🤐

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah Wyze needs to step up their game.

@TAKV_gaming

4 жыл бұрын

Smart Home Solver agreed. But the wyze sense is really nice.

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I love the wyze sense.

Member Tools app 👀

You know that’s aggravating $25 smart watch I’m just at a lost I don’t know what to say come on dude for what Wyze is doing at the price point that they’re doing it at. As far as releasing products before you deem it ready. How do you think they keep the cost down there having their customers test for them. Was it three years ago you couldn’t get a security camera In your house for less than $300 My mother has dementia Last night I went to the restroom and I got a notification saying somebody’s moving around the front door I would be completely sunk with out the 5 wyze cam. Sorry Thanks 🙏

Almost all fitness bands will be inaccurate when it comes to sleep. Most track your resting heart rate and movement. So by it saying you went to sleep 2 hours early just means that you were probably laying or sitting in bed watching tv and your heat rate dropped to a resting rate. GPS would kill the battery life fast. For $25 beggars can’t be choosers.

What happened to the days where Fitbit was affordable? 😂

Does this work with non-Wyze smart devices?

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

Right now the shortcuts only work with Wyze devices. Everything else just use Alexa to control devices.

@neekster28

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Love your videos!

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

Hey no problem and I appreciate it!

@juanpaulr

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it works with Alexa so yes you can use it to control lights. I use the Alexa on my band to control lighting. Does a good job.

More and more companies keep releasing products with software issues, this sucks for consumers. Guess they figure they can always fix it later, as they get the revenue now. As consumers, we shouldn't accept this kind of practice because as we have, it's become the norm.

Does anyone else find it fishy that Wyze can put out products so inexpensively? How can a company design and produce products that are 1/4 price of other companies? That Wyze scale looks a WHOLE lot like Withings Smart scale from about 8 years ago.

Make a video on how to control most smartphone with Siri if possible

@SmartHomeSolver

4 жыл бұрын

Are you interested in HomeKit?

It's a dud. But I suppose over the years I've had good performance from their budget stuff. They're allowed one or two stinkers.

So I like my band but in all honesty, once there is a smartwatch that can work with Alexa well enough I will probably give this one to my son.

I’d just pay to have Alexa on my wrist to connect with my smart home.

@abc-wv4in

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck! The Alexa function on mine rarely works. It either doesn't understand, says it's not sure, or that it can't connect. No rhyme or reason to when it works (seldom) and when it doesn't (most of the time). I'm hoping a future software update will make it more reliable.

Does Wyze actually create any hardware themselves, or do they partner with hardware manufacturers, rebrand those items and then do software integration? Maybe they are waiting for their OEMs to innovate so they just find other products they can slap their brand on. Delay on the outdoor cam? Fine lets put a Band and a Scale out in the meantime. There seems to be no FOCUS to their business with these recent additions. Not what I'm looking for when investing in a company's products.

@just4therecord

4 жыл бұрын

yup, its a rebranded Xiaomi specially "made" for the US market

I want Google assistant on my wyze band

this band seems terrible. very glitchy, unstable, and inaccurate results. the only good thing is has going for it is its price tag. but with $5 more you can buy a Xiaomi Mi fitness tracker. i guess the only reason to get this band is if you want use Alexa.

The fitness tracker is pretty much garbage.

Wyze band stopped working after a month. I wouldn’t recommend

I have everything activated, but I only get the notification of whatsapp call but I do NOT get the notifications of WhatsApp messages ... Is that correct or do I have a problem?