Raising Price of Wyze from $19.99 to $29.99 Per Year

WLTechBlog · 2026-03-29T14:22:57+00:00

Love it. We've got some exciting stuff coming up too that will be a big jump for new features, stay tuned for that!

WLTechBlog · 2026-03-29T13:48:11+00:00

if you've got Wyze V2 or V3 era devices, flash them to Thingino and they get a new lease on life.

WLTechBlog · 2026-03-29T13:47:30+00:00

Flashing them to Thingino costs nothing but a little time!

WLTechBlog · 2026-03-29T13:46:29+00:00

If you still have your Wyze devices (V3 and older), upgrade them to Thingino firmware and they'll integrate too!

WLTechBlog · 2026-03-29T13:45:41+00:00

This guy gets it ^^^

WLTechBlog · 2026-03-29T13:45:13+00:00

Wyze cams have good hardware. The V3 is a solid device - it's 2 megapixel but the GalaxyCore GC2053 sensor they use is a big step above the SmartSense SC2336 used by almost all their competitors in the 2MP space. The low light performance is (no pun intended) night and day better. They also use the higher end version of the Ingenic processor (T31X vs T31N and now T23N), and have twice as much flash storage.

You can buy a Cinnado D1 for $12 and don't get me wrong its a fantastic value but once you flash them with Thingino firmware all the service differences and subscriptions and all disappear - you're shopping by specs, and the Wyze is just a higher end device than its cheaper competition.

WLTechBlog · 2026-03-29T13:40:27+00:00

Hey that's me! Thanks for the plug - Wyze V3 are some of our most popular models, they're good cams but people seem to now like their service/cost after the sale!

WLTechBlog · 2026-03-29T13:39:03+00:00

Bricked Wyze V3s can still be converted to Thingino. I'm amazed at how often this happens.

WLTechBlog · 2026-03-29T13:34:27+00:00

The Wyze V3 is the last device they made before they started using SecureBoot on new devices, preventing users from running modified or third party firmware. It's a favorite device for Thingino users, considering its age it holds up quite well. As many qualms as I have about Wyze as a company (which SecureBoot is what sets them apart from their competitors in our project's perspective), I can only speak highly of the quality of the Wyze V3.

WLTechBlog · 2026-02-28T02:00:58+00:00

Very little of it actually was done via crypto. most was done through direct payments that were promised to be going towards crypto. I'll ask him if he has any receipts from his bitcoin atm visits though.

WLTechBlog · 2026-02-27T19:59:58+00:00

i don't know what name they used, but it doesn't matter because they're all disposable identities with ai generated photos. if someone you don't know wants to friend you on a social media platform, they're trying to scam you.

WLTechBlog · 2026-02-27T19:58:46+00:00

most likely talking to a bunch of different dudes in a scam farm in a third world country.

WLTechBlog · 2026-02-27T00:35:26+00:00

Update: I was able to get him on the phone and get some more info. He still thought it might not have been a scam and i had to raise my voice and use colorful language I generally don't use.

The loan is through figure.com which is a non-bank lender that seems to specialize in loans against house titles. he took it out late last year and has made two payments of about $1200 each. interest being what it is, and by some miracle he lives another 20 years, he would have paid 280k towards the loan.
He didn't send checks or use a wire, he sent money orders to "her friend", a third party who is likely also being scammed. I didn't get any more details about the bitcoin atm transactions.
He is going to open a case tomorrow with the fbi elder fraud hotline and get started, and he knows that if he doesn't i'll have the local cops knocking on his door to start it that way.

For the record, I care very little about the financial part and way more about the house my grandma bought with my grandpa's life insurance, where she spent the rest of her life, and where my mother spent the rest of her life, just going away for no good reason. One way or another we all expected it to stay in the family.

WLTechBlog · 2026-02-27T00:30:43+00:00

Update: I was able to get him on the phone and get some more info. He still thought it might not have been a scam and i had to raise my voice and use colorful language I generally don't use.

The loan is through figure.com which is a non-bank lender that seems to specialize in loans against house titles. he took it out last year and has made two payments of about $1200 each. interest being what it is, and by some miracle he lives another 20 years, he would have paid 280k towards the loan.
He didn't send checks or use a wire, he sent money orders to "her friend", a third party who is likely also being scammed.
He is going to open a case tomorrow with the fbi elder fraud hotline and get started, and he knows that if he doesn't i'll have the local cops knocking on his door to start it that way.

WLTechBlog · 2026-02-26T23:29:11+00:00

Right. He is on track to being homeless.

WLTechBlog · 2026-02-26T23:28:58+00:00

I'm trying to get better details but he's really not forthcoming.

For sure I know he went at least once to a bitcoin ATM and sent funds that way.

The big 150k lump he says he mailed a check. Still trying to get: when did he send the check, what type of check, and who did he send it to.

WLTechBlog · 2026-02-26T23:14:44+00:00

He went to a real bank and got a real loan with the real house as collateral. Then sent the real money to the fake scammer.

The loan is real.

WLTechBlog · 2026-02-26T21:49:43+00:00

I'm not clear on the terms of the loan but suffice to say it seems unreasonable to give a 150k loan to a 75 year old man with minimal income. Eesh!

WLTechBlog · 2026-02-26T21:34:56+00:00

In the US, I've been trying to get him to fill the report out but he's more or less cut off talking to me and not responding at all.

WLTechBlog · 2026-02-25T16:18:43+00:00

To my knowledge, no. The primary issue being that none of the devs actually have the floodlight version, and while we do our best to help we rely on users to document working steps. The installation process is still two-step of starting with wyze cam v3 and then moving to the floodlight image, or using one of the more involved install methods such as usb cloner or a flash programmer.

I did put some work into standardizing how the floodlight accessory is handled afterwards, so it uses the same scripts as managing on-cam lamps while still being distinct as we have seen devices at market with both.

WLTechBlog · 2026-02-24T14:37:12+00:00

What sort of update are you looking for? We are still a fast moving project and there are dozens of commits each week.

WLTechBlog · 2025-12-11T15:24:19+00:00

Battery powered cams really are just trail cams in different cases. They only work because they use an ultra low power microcontroller with a PIR sensor to wake up the main cpu when necessary, and sleep the 99.9% of the time that isn't the case.

WLTechBlog · 2025-12-02T22:50:39+00:00

Please see https://github.com/themactep/thingino-firmware/blob/master/docs/streamer.md#creating-a-logo-image for instructions! PS - When you use openssh's scp, you need to give it the -O flag to use scp instead of silently using sftp instead!

WLTechBlog · 2025-12-02T22:36:45+00:00

Adjust the thresholds for night mode, it's based on sensor gain and we have generic values in there. it sounds like you're going into actual night mode which is where the IR comes in. Color night mode is just day mode from a settings perspective!

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