Roku Cameras are rebranded Wyze Cams - Which ONE is Better?
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- Today, we will check and review the Roku indoor camera SE which is basically a rebranded Wyze Cam V3. We will see what are the similarities and differences if any between the 2. I'll do a quick unboxing, set it up and check its video and audio quality and also compare its features with the Wyze Cam.
The Roku camera line up is available (exclusive) at Walmart and at Roku.com
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00:00 Introduction
00:40 Unboxing
01:32 Setup
02:17 Settings
03:26 Video Quality
04:23 Testing
05:18 Thoughts
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Stream to the roku is a real plus, but no playback a real minus. Plus another app and platform to deal with
No playback?... what is the difference of record and playback?
I hope you and your family had a wonderful Holiday season. I can't tell enough how much I love my trackmix camera. I have it all set up....just have to run the cat5e wire and mount it. I would be lost if it weren't for your excellent reviews. Keep up the great work. 👍
Thank you and you too... as to Trackmix, it is a pretty good product especially for the features that you get for the price.
I was just reviewing Mr hackster video on the trackmix and yes that camera is pretty impressive, right now I have blink cameras, just wondering if trackmix will connect to alexa, I'm thinking not but I will give trackmix a try for sure.
No "Playback" option is a huge deal breaker.
playback = ?
Please! What did you use for the mount in the thumbnail of it in the garden.
As always well done
Love your videos. When will you do a Remo 3 video?
Can you flash Wyze firmware onto the roku camera and vice versa?
Purchased several Wyze cams couple years ago including stationary, moving and wireless. Great video and lots of features. Very happy with them especially for the price. We can check on our house and pet while we are away. I had a wired in my fridge in my garage but lately keep going off line due to colder weather so I just replaced it with a wireless made for outdoors and it works great. Great video and recommend the WYZE.
Inside your fridge???
Sorry should have read 'on my fridge' but hey in the fridge good idea but don't think it would last long@@RichRotorhead
@@chargerman165 😂
What mount are you using? It looks like it has a suction cup?
Thanks. I'll stick with my Wyze. Happy New Year
Hi lifehackster, can you review the new ring virtual security guard subscription. Thank you
What were the iSmartAlarm cameras? Rebranded Wyze Cam (1st gen)?
@LifeHackster do you happen to know if ROKU SMART HOME has professional monitoring just as WYZE does?
Please let us know.
Thank you!
The Roku does have the same settings as wyze for the IR, in your video the night vision was turned off thats why you did not see the other options.
I wish Wyze would’ve gave us the ability to watch the cameras on our Roku tv units.
But ohh well
Use BlueStacks 5
@@krikke46 how
When you were streaming via the Roku app on your TV, could you tell if the stream when to the cloud and back, or if it stayed local within your network? (Also, thank you for the review.)
There is little to no latency. Thanks.
From what I understand Roku is handling the security side of things. Wyze is handling the cloud.
Thanks L.H.
I wish Wyze would come out with a outdoor dome cameras.
Another set of differences between Roku cam and Wyze cam are: 1-Roku cams not sold in Canada. 2-Roku home app not available in the Canadian Apple App Store.
If I buy this Roku camera and set it up on the Wyze app is the option to play video from the SD card through the app still disabled? I only ask because the Roku camera is only $19 at my local Walmart.
I got the camera at Walmart it won't set up on the Wyze app it just keeps failing setup. Setup on the Roku app the first time. Oh well..I'm gonna keep since it was only $19 and put an SD card in it. I'm not gonna sign up for the service.
I HAD an outdoor WYZE 3, specifically for the time-lapse feature. Worked well for almost 6 months. Then, each time they pushed an update, the time-lapse feature would be inoperative for a few days. The final update, it stopped working completely. I sent data to WYZE & posted the issue on their customer service board. Nothing was ever addressed. WYZE is inexpensive for a reason. It’s not very reliable. Not throwing more money at their products.
Thanks! -
Hey @lifehackster can you a Review on the Ring Car Cam please, Thank you!
So could I just buy the ROKU camera and use as is or do I HAVE to pay a subscription to use?!
Thanks bro
You said what I needed to hear at about 1:45, can't add wyze cameras to roku app or vice versa.
If I knew that I wouldn't have invested so much in wyze cameras in the first place. Oh well. Still trying to figure out how to connect.
The app seems to have dark mode though?? WHY can’t Wyze get that yet??
Thumbs up on this video brother. Man this is def a clone. And i agree 100% no playback is instant death for this at release. I love the Wyze v3 motion detect camera , that was an awesome video. Wyze is def coming up in the affordable camera game.
Roku camera is a crippled version of a hobbled Wyze cam. I've run 10 of the Wyze cams for the past 3 years or so. They used to work fine. Now, I can tell you, the Wyze cams are not very reliable. Lots of disconnects, bad firmware updates that sometimes brick the cams, app updates that change all of your camera settings, and too many other products associated with the app (scales, watches, vacuums, gun safes, locks, sensors, etc.). If you have some time on your hands on a daily basis, get a Wyze cam or two. They'll keep you occupied.
After watching your review on this Roku security system. I have now come to a final decision that I'm gna jus stick wit my Night Owl security system. The doorbell cam is the same price as the Roku doorbell cam. Yet Night Owl security not only you live view but you can live view all the cams at the same time plus the app is free no cloud platform. For maybe $180 or so you can 4 hd outdoor cam and a DVR. Plus SD card on the doorbell cam. Can record store and view on phone, computer, and tablet. I only have an older model doorbell cam and besides the motion sensor picks up anything that moves. I have a recording of an animal in Idaho the appear to be a Badger 🦡. I kno my animals it was not a skunk I showed the clip to my brother and he was a bit worried for his son's safety even though moose can walk right up to our house.
I just purchased some Wyze cams, etc. I haven't even unboxed them yet. Should I be worried about them soon becoming obsolete?
Don’t buy Wyze cam v3 Pro. The 2K is great, but there are so many issues like playback with the micro SD card doesn’t work, many times, it’s not recording events of people car and and such ( I have cam v3 that faces the same area of the Pro, and it’s catching all events) the Pro cam isn’t able to view on my Amazon eco system devices.
@@SuperJK-Man the clarity difference isn't all that different either. I was expecting it to be noticeably better.
I saw those at Walmart to
Did you say you can or can’t add a wyze camera to the roku app or vise versa, I’m sorry I couldn’t understand you
Can’t
No playback is a deal breaker.
Wyze works with Alexa and can show you one camera at a time with an Alexa skill on a fire tv and have Alexa announce when a person is detected.
Have the wyze cam...have been having major issues with it lately with it just not working or recording. Its annoying. Im considering getting another one. But I've had issues with it since getting it but it seems to be acting up more frequently. Going hours without recording (so far, about 12 hours at least once). I got mine a couple years ago because I kept getting stuff stolen. Others in my neighborhood are now complaining about it. So, I HAVE to have cameras
Usually it is the app and not the camera itself. Uninstall the app then, set it back up again.
Did you say you can, or can NOT add a roku cam to the wyze app?
Can’t add it bro
I tried a Roku 2-pack. The Roku app is very undependable, not allowing me to turn OFF cameras. Finally packed them up and returned to Roku.
I wonder if you can flash the Roku to make it a Wyze camera? Save $5-10 if you are able to!
I read in the wyze forum that you will not be able to...
I was going to try that as well but I'm unable to get the name of the manual flash file for the roku. I tried with the v3 firmware, and it doesn't recognize it. Assuming it is looking for a specific file name like the difference between the wyze v2 and v3 etc
Can you please review the Switchbot's newly released outdoor camera?
Love my wyze cam but hate the app, its always messing up and no matter how many updates they do it still messes up constantly 🤦🏽♂️
What is the issue? What phone or tablet you using. Works great on our iPhone 13s. As it did on the our previous iPhones. We’ve had Wyze since they came out.
@@corykroeger2231 I’ve only used it on phones, it always crashes, my phone and others who have access to the cameras, I have cameras in different addresses and the app always crashed and does not load the footage, I have to close the app, restart it and it loads like butter. The app has a lot of little glitches, they’re always trying to update it to fix them but new ones always seem to pop out
@@MGMG007 sounds like a phone conflict. Possibly with other apps on the phone. I have never had the Wyze app crash. Weird situation you are having.
@@corykroeger2231 I use it from different phones and it does the sam thing, I have multiple cameras so it might he too much for it
@@MGMG007 I use it on 2 Android tablets and one Apple mini tab. Plus it’s on our both our i phones. How many cams do you have??I currently have 12. They are at two different locations. Weird that you would have so many issues. Most of my cams are V2 with the exception of 3 V3s
In UK we had a camera called Neos. Looked identical to Wyze V2….but you couldn’t play back from the SD card. You had to remove it and put into a computer etc. Absolute garbage. Wyze is still not officially available here - even though they told me three years ago they were looking at coming to UK.
The v2 is a rebranded xiaomi camera and Neos was also the same with different firmware
Can you do a "No-Subscription" option video? It seems like they all have subscriptions nowadays....
It’s not as bad as Wyze, but no. Not really.
If you want something without subscriptions you’re going to need to get an IP camera. Expect to pay 2-4x the price of these though. Roku and Wyze are cheap because they make their money off of the subscription fees. They probably sell the cameras at a loss really.
Does roku require a subscription at all?
roku in general*
Got Roku TV smart can used Thad camara need it for osay can see it tv how much cost o can used other camara Thad tv
Are they onvif compatible?
Not at all. It doesn’t even support RTSP.
@@NewsAction1 I bought the 2 cameras in 1 pakage deal. The camera is very limited in what it can do. Without paying for features that are standard for so many camera brands out their. They cannot justify the camera being software locked. Because people someone will eventually come up with a software jail break. Also if the company goes bankrupt. You will have a paper weight. Because you will not be able to get the software anymore. That is why I am against the subscription
How much profit do you think Wyze makes on each one?
Probably close to nothing. They likely make their money in subscriptions
@@martinlutherkingjr.5582 I find it kind of stupid that a big company like Roku has to make a partnership rather than making their own products
If you have the Google Chromecast I think that the name, you can see the Wyze cams on your tv, You just have to link the cams to Google home app
I have tiny cam appliaction and wyze works on chromecast
The big benefit is that you can have camera feed pop up on TV via Roku including multiple cameras at once which is neat
The Roku rep at CES also said they increased the data security compared to Wyze
And all my tvs has roku lol
i can stream my wyze to my TV easily. Just tell alexa to pull up whatever cam I want to see
That is exactly the point of this product. It is not meant to replace Wyze. It is designed to work exclusively within the Roku ecosytem and brings together two great smart home products.
@Roberto Escobar right, I don't trust these other brands private policies
@EDMtech11 does anyone no if the ruku camera is compatible with alexa
Price difference?
The Roku is 5-10 bucks cheaper..
I'm salty that the Roku app gets dark mode before the Wyze app does. I hate getting blinded by light mode when I check my wyze cam at night.
I have two Wyze V3 cameras mount in front of my house viewing same area, the one with cam plus subscription will when viewing recorded event start play, pause, skip 2-5 secounds, play in jerking motion. Event the playback event with do the same thing. The V3 without subscription has a short bit of pause and skip but not as often as the one with subscription. And of course Wyze has nothing to fix this problem. I will not and advise everyone not to purchase any new products until they can provide customer support on prior models of cameras.
I got a eufy cam because they seemed like the only company to not cripple the camera without a subscription. I would have gone with the cheaper wyze in a heartbeat had they not done that.
Eufy sends your thumbnail pictures to China.
@@brightlightdun, and?
@BrightLightDUN
Seriously, who cares mate.
These are outside cams. I couldn't give two sh*ts if they record bunnies humping, as long as I can keep an eye on my property that's all that matters.
@@DarkFrostX5 it is okay if they ask properly and users give them consent. However they claimed everything is stored locally if you read the agreement.
Even though wyze made this product You cannot connect their products to the Roku or vice versa it will not work😢
Great! How long will it be before Wyze removes the playback feature. I have 7 of their V3 cams, none with their crap AI detection premium plans. They're just about useless now. I'll toss em in the garbage if they cripple them further.
And what are they doing with our data? Who are they selling to?
You think can used thifrend tv Android put other camara security wireless battery and it
Dissatisfied Found out after 14 days my camera stopped letting me watch any recordings unless you pay for the subscription. Throwing mine in the trash. Anyone know of a camera that doesn't require a subscription to show me recordings.
That old saying you get what you pay for.
I want to get 2 WYZE cameras
Are WYZE water proof ?
Based upon the outside location at our house the 6ft micro usb cable will be way to short,where do they sell say 25ft or longer cords?
Don’t want to use Wi-Fi to use them
My wife is deaf one ear,can you view WYZE on the
iPHONE 14pro max?…..OR use a old kindle tablet as a constant monitor that we have?
Keep in mind I am not tech savy at all
Thanks from a hard head in the tech skills🇺🇸🥾🪖
Yes the v3 cameras are waterproof and you can easily find longer cables in Amazon.
@@brownieswithnonuts2584 tyvm for the reply
Wyze cams were English version of Xiaomi Dafang cameras.
Roku camera quality is good enough, but their cloud storage is not reliable, I get allot of error failure to upload video to cloud messages, I don't trust roku for security because it just might not record that important video on the cloud.
It's the same camera from Alibaba but being rebrand a different name.
So the Roku can stream just like I can stream my wyze cam on my Chromecast That's cool
How do you do that
@@BARDOWNSKIS I just asked my Google Assistant to stream it
@@rblk9213 you ask the assistant on your phone to play it on your chrome cast
@@BARDOWNSKIS I have Google homes all over my house plus all my TVs have a Chromecast and I have my wise camera is linked to my Google home account so I just ask Google to stream it on whatever device whether my TV or my Smart home displays
Wyze labs partnered 🤝with roku to make smart home devices, not copy each other, if you have a roku tv, you can view the camera
From saudi 👍
Roku, or Ruko?
Roku. Watch the video.
Lol..got the typo fixed. Thanks.
The title has a typo! Roku instead of Roku
You meant Ruko instead of Roku
Thanks for the heads up…It is now fixed.
You can copy my homework, just make it a little different. LOL
You can brand the same cameras with your name. They are made by the same chinese company
Wyze is a better choice.
Suzette and Roku are partner if you don’t know
Who is Suzette?
I hate these cameras so far. Sooo many people have the same issues as me - maybe someone has a solution, because roku sucks for customer service and gives the same response to everyone "we'll forward it to our proper team." Sick of companies.
First off, the cameras work great the 1st few days of the 14 day trial version. Then they both started messing up to where video playback within their app lags almost like it plays in frames but the seconds lag too, but if I download the video...its fine. Then after a bit, it shows there are like 14 sec videos but only gives a blurred snapshot and "failed to load". Its a joke. I figured out that when it starts doing that, you need to go to each camera and click to restart camera and then it will start recording video again (but still lags in playback view). I want to view the video within the app and watch it play smoothly and Roku doesn't do it. I use Samsung Galaxy 9+. My camera is also only 6 ft from my wifi gateway. Also...the speakers suck. The volume is extremely low and nobody can hear you talk to them if they are at your camera unless they put their ear to the camera - everyone is complaining about it too. When someone walks and your camera records, it blurs features, so good luck trying to identify faces because you won't be able to if they are moving - their bit frame sucks. What's really irritating is they have HD on LIVE viewing, but you WON'T have HD for a recorded video (figure that one out) - it's like they reduce the quality to save space. I then went and purchased theue $10/mo subscription which covers all cameras because I wanted to see if having the subscription would unlock some features I thought existed and maybe playback would be fixed and the quality - ummm no. You get no extra features. What a joke. The only thing you get from the subscription is just being allowed to get your usual crap videos instead of just snapshots that you'll only get when the free trial runs out on your cameras. Their software is unstable with recording quality and playback smoothness, and It's just a matter of time before I'll have to reboot the cameras once again because it decides to only do snapshots. I'm new to security cameras, so cloud is basically their app? So if I can watch recordings within the app, that's their cloud? Because my Samsung cloud doesn't have Roku recordings sent to it.
Any help in resolving my issues..would be soooo appreciated
Wyze Help roku to make it.
Maybe Roku bought Wyze?
It's a partnership.
Wyze must be hurting to do a rebranding, all thanks to their terrible support and software that is buggy.
The Roku Cameras are CRAP! With them you cannot share a camera like you can with Wyze. You cannot view the video timeline from the Micro SD Card like Wyze (Roku tells you to remove the card from the camera and put it in a PC which is pathetic.) Most of the time lapses will not download with ROKU cameras. The Doorbell video often will not connect with Roku and it has never given any notification on my Roku TV. Roku Cameras frequently stop recording events even though the camera seems to be online and working, leaving you to need to reset the power to the Camera, oh and ALL THE TIME, the cameras having issues uploading events (even with premium subscription) so it leaves your house vulnerable when you think it is protected. ROKU and its cameras are CRAP!
I'm thinking wyze is no longer a brand I want use. They are becoming a very questionable company.
Why?
@@BARDOWNSKIS You won't get an answer, not one that's logical and or accurate.
So Wyze is now questionable because they're doing more work and creating more software with another large company? This is about the dumbest thing I heard today, although it's early.
I used to like Wyze cam but I become hesitant after I opened it to check reset push button and notice china chip manufacturers inside. After it, I am concerned…. I thought Wyze developed in USA and felt comfortable but no longer feel that. Will it be monitored by china
Almost if not all security cameras have components from China.
Sad I saw this chip has china company stamp on it. Others at least USA company google cam or… maybe give some comfortable level. At least USA generally speaking USA follows law more closely thanks for reviewing my input. Otherwise, Wyze cam is not bad and price is so ….
blah blah blah
@@smilymecife So what’s the problem
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I’m out. Doesn’t work with Alexa or google. Probably. Not sure. And because of the view playback.
Roku works with Alexa and Google. Not sure where you got that false information from.
Having to remove the card from the camera to watch the footage on a computer is a REAL downside for the Roku, and that makes the Wyze cam a clear, superior winner still. Sure, you can watch on a TV with Roku, but that's just another point of failure if a camera doesn't connect with a Roku player (and it also makes less of a case for having a microSD card).
Why not watch it on your phone or is that not an option if you don’t pay for the subscription? I just got one today so I’m really asking?
Say my car itv175 feet o way no record
Wtf
The video quality couldn't be worse for capturing people if it were DESIGNED to make it hard to identify people. Yeesh.
I have the the roku se indoor camera and even though the camera is on the hd quality doesn't look crystal clear when i look at the live view or any recording.
This camera is very terrible and i regret buying this crap!!
If roku is getting into ameras, they are DESPERATE. Their stock is dipping hard. Desperation. They couldn't even try to come up with difference shape of the case. I would never buy it. Maybe if they had RTSP which Wyze doesn't I would pull the trigger.
Roku is such a useless company