This is the first time that I’ve noticed this behaviour but one, at least, of my Wyze Cam V2 cameras is recording motion even though it’s turned off. I’ve checked it several times over 30 minutes and it happily records me moving out of my office into the lounge room.
On the main page showing all the cameras the small round informational button specified that the camera is OFF. When the square lounge room picture is pressed the screen with the lounge room camera details is displayed with no picture and a prominent “the device is turned off” message.
But it’s recording me and sending the 12 second clips up to the cloud! Just recorded me again when I left the study and went into the lounge room. A notification was sent and I’m staring at the Wyze screen stating the device is turned off.
But it isn’t! It’s happily recording me.
So I turned it on and checked the Playback and the motion (when the camera was supposedly off) also registered on the memory card.
I turned it off again, waited 5 minutes, and went back into the lounge room. This time there was no recording.
I’d be interested in knowing if anyone else has experienced this with their cameras? If so this is another security issue and I, for one, don’t want to be surreptitiously filmed in my lounge or bedroom while believing the device is turned off!
I have the latest software installed on the camera and also on my Samsung S9 so I have no idea if the culprit is the camera or the Wyze phone app.
It has happened to me as well. It is just the one I have in my garage. I used to have it detecting motion and then took it off since now I have sensors for the doors. Once in a blue moon it will record.
Like WyzeArthur said, it may be a bug so he needs to investigate further. If @ulyssesroder and you both have Wyze Sense connected to your cameras, this may be an issue with users that have Wyze Sense, so just stay tuned. Wyze will get it fixed in no time.
This actually just started today for me. Recorded both motion and sound. I have no sensors installed. Just the Wyze Cam V2 camera. And who knows if the camera has been recording without us knowing. Thinking it’s off.
I guess since the original post from May 31, this “bug” has not been resolved.
A huge inconvenience, when you can’t trust the camera to not do what it’s supposed to not be doing. Now I have to keep unplugging and plugging the camera whenever I leave my place and come back. IF I remember to plug it in.
So in the last couple of days, my cam has been on the fritz. ie. doing stuff it wasn’t doing before.
Turns on and off on it’s own. On the app whenever I switch from main window to camera view, and back, it gives me the indication that it’s on or off. eg. From camera view to main window, ON in camera view, but says OFF in main window. When I switch back to camera, I get the Power icon to turn on. Without hitting it, I’ll go back to main window, and it says ON. I did this several times and it just kept doing that. So I have no idea if the camera is actually ON or OFF.
Records event even when camera is turned OFF. So for everyone else, if you don’t want to chance your camera recording you in your skivvies, thinking that it’s off. Don’t trust your camera. Unplug from power supply. Plug it in only when you WANT it actually turned on.
Sound alert sensitivity is waaaaaaaaaaay too sensitive. I’ve dropped it down to 1, and still picking up every sound. Have been receiving notifications almost every hour since 8 this morning. Some of the sound alerts are from some sort of feedback. Doesn’t like anything that’s part of the surroundings.
Could this be from the lastest update? No issues prior to me updating to latest firmware. Or perhaps, it’s because of the new Person detect feature? Which was part of the latest firmware.
Anyone else experiencing these issues? Any solutions you’ve heard of? A post I read from May is about my #2 question. There has been no reply back since from Wyze Cam. Is Wyze Cam looking into these issues?
P.S. Had to pic a “topic”. Didn’t have any other options other than mobile devices.
I have 5 cams and all have occasionally turned on when they are showing they should be off. I have had them since the beginning of May (about 4 months).
They will not do it continually when in the off mode. I could have it off for 3 days for instance and may have walked by it 50 times during the 3 days and it may only record me 2 to 3 times over the 3 day period.
This is ABSOLUTELY insane. My Wyze Cam v2’s are off in the app and one is recording sound and the other is recording sound AND motion events. I can even see the infrared lights on it while the app clearly says it’s off.
This is unbelievable. This is NOT a two year old bug - THIS IS SPYING. This kind of stuff doesn’t go on for two years. It’s a camera, it’s either on or off. The microphone is either recording or it’s not. TOTAL BS GARBAGE.
Can not believe we’ve been duped. We all need to report this to the news, they are going to have a field day with this.
Here it is September of 2021 and its still doing this. I have a Wyze cam on my desktop and I have seen it recording at night even when it is off. I see the red night vision lights come up so I know its doing it. This MUST be spyware. We know these cams are hosted in China…
I’m now having this same issue in May 2022 with one of my Wyze Cam 2.0. The app shows the camera as off, but every time I walk into the room, I get a motion alert and it records. This is beyond creepy.
I have this same issue since I discovered it Mid 2022 with one of my Wyze Cam 2.0. The app shows the camera as off, but every time I walk into the room, I get a motion alert and it records. This is beyond creepy.
We need a fix asap