WYZE Wireless Video Doorbell Pro
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- 1440x1440p Full HD resolution
- 150° horizontal and 150° vertical field of view
- 3-6 months battery life
- IP65 weather resistant
- 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi
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Summary
A battery-or-wired Wyze doorbell with a square 1440 × 1440 sensor, 150° horizontal and 150° vertical coverage and a plug-in chime in the box. Check before you buy: every recording is cloud-only, and the detection people actually want at a front door needs a paid Cam Plus plan.
Strengths
- The 1:1 square frame covers 150° horizontally and vertically, so it sees head to toe.
- The plug-in chime comes in the box and doubles as a dual-band Wi-Fi extender.
- Battery or hardwired, so it mounts where you want it and hardwiring adds pre-roll to every event.
- Sharp recordings with good detail and bright colors in PCMag’s test.
- Motion alerts for people, vehicles and pets were fast and correct in PCMag’s testing.
- The free tier keeps 12-second clips in the cloud at no cost.
Weaknesses
- All video is stored in the cloud, so a doorbell that gets stolen takes its footage with it.
- Person, package and vehicle detection need a paid Cam Plus subscription.
- The battery is sealed inside, so recharging means taking the whole unit off the door.
- Charging uses micro USB rather than USB-C, so you need the cable that came with it.
- Alerts land a few seconds behind the event, and the square lens bends the edges of the frame.
- The snap-on mount and the adhesive strip make it easier to knock off than a screwed-down body.
Verified specifications
| Camera | 1440 × 1440 pixels, 1:1 aspect ratio. |
|---|---|
| Field of view | 150° horizontal and 150° vertical. |
| Night vision | 6 infrared LEDs at 850 nm. |
| Audio | two-way talk, 80 dB speaker in the doorbell. |
| Power | internal non-removable lithium-ion battery, or hardwired to existing doorbell wiring. |
| Battery life | up to 6 months (180 days) on a charge; Wyze’s FAQ puts it at 3 to 6 months. |
| Charge time | about 4 hours, on a 5 V 2 A adapter with the included micro USB cable. |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 b/g/n on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. |
| Chime | plug-in Wyze Chime Pro with 24 sounds, and a dual-band Wi-Fi extender. |
| Storage | cloud only. No local or microSD recording. |
| Motion sensitivity | Low, Medium or High. |
| Free tier | motion and sound alerts with event snapshots, 12-second clips, and a 5-minute delay between recordings. |
| Cam Plus Lite | pay-what-you-want, including $0, for 12-second clips and person alerts, with a 5-minute cooldown. |
| Cam Plus | adds person, pet, vehicle and package detection and removes the recording-length and cooldown limits. |
| Dimensions | 5.5 × 1.8 × 1.1 in for the doorbell, 2.7 × 2.7 × 1.6 in for the chime. |
| In the box | doorbell, plug-in chime, mounting plate, angled wedge, screws, double-sided adhesive strip and a micro USB charging cable. |
| Voice assistants | Alexa, Google Assistant and IFTTT. No Apple HomeKit. |
Full research notes and sources
Video quality and the wide view
The 1440 × 1440 sensor sits in a square 1:1 frame and the lens covers 150° horizontally and 150° vertically. That head-to-toe coverage is the reason to like this doorbell: CNET singled out the wide and tall field of view, PCMag praised the wide view, and Tom’s Guide called it expansive.
Quality splits by distance. PCMag found sharp recordings with good detail and bright colors; CNET saw slightly pixelated resolution at distance and fish-eye warping at the edges of the frame, and Tom’s Guide noticed the same edge distortion. Motion sensitivity is adjustable between Low, Medium and High, though the Tom’s Guide test had no custom motion zones and Wyze said the feature was coming in an update. The same test logged a false positive: a doormat reported as a package.
Battery, wiring and charging
The battery is lithium-ion, sealed inside the body, and rated at up to 6 months or 180 days. Wyze’s own FAQ is more cautious at 3 to 6 months, and the real figure moves with how much traffic the door sees. Charging takes about 4 hours on a 5 V 2 A adapter with the micro USB cable in the box, and the unit comes off the door while it charges.
That sealed battery is the practical downside. When it dies you have no doorbell for a few hours, there is no spare cell to swap in, and a worn battery means replacing the whole unit rather than a part. If you already have doorbell wiring, hardwiring gives the camera constant power and adds three to six seconds of pre-roll to each event. If you do not, you plug it in every few months. There is no water path to descale and no filter to change, so upkeep is charging plus firmware updates through the app.
Storage, alerts and running costs
All recordings live in the cloud. There is no microSD slot and no local recording, so if someone walks off with the doorbell the video leaves with it. The free Basic plan sends motion and sound alerts with event snapshots and a 5-minute delay between recordings. Cam Plus Lite is pay-what-you-want, including $0, and adds person alerts with the same five-minute cooldown. Cam Plus adds person, pet, vehicle and package detection and lifts the recording-length and cooldown limits.
Subscription pricing is where the sources disagree. Wyze’s own About page lists Cam Plus at $2.99 a month; Tom’s Guide saw $1.99 a month, or $1.25 a month on an annual plan; PCMag listed $1.25 a month, or $15 a year. Budget for whichever plan you pick, plus the electricity for charging. There are no filters, pods or other consumables to buy.
Is it worth it?
Wyze’s comparison chart lists $93.99 plus shipping, CNET described it as a $90 wireless doorbell, and Tom’s Guide listed $89.99 when it reviewed the unit in March 2022. Around $90 you get the square 150° view, the included chime, battery-or-wired flexibility, dual-band Wi-Fi, an IP65 body and a free cloud tier, which is why PCMag, CNET and Tom’s Guide all rated it strong value for the money. Value thins above $100, because you are still buying cloud-only storage, subscription-gated detection, alerts that run a few seconds late and a battery that cannot be changed.
Two things beyond the spec sheet should decide it. The free tier’s five-minute gap between recordings will also not suit a busy street. If your winters are mild, your door is not on a busy sidewalk, and cloud storage is fine with you, this is a good doorbell for the money. If a privacy record or a sealed battery decides against you, spend the extra elsewhere.
Which model this is
This page covers the Wyze Video Doorbell Pro, the wireless unit with an internal battery that can also be hardwired, sold with the plug-in chime. It is not the wired-only Wyze Video Doorbell, which records 1080p video in a 3:4 frame, and it is not the Wyze Video Doorbell v2. Retailers list several part numbers for this device, so check that the listing says Pro and shows the square 1:1 sensor. The Amazon listing for this model is ASIN B0BQCW4W6C.
Sources
Manufacturer:
- About Wyze Video Doorbell Pro (Wyze Support)
- Field of view for Wyze Video Doorbell Pro (Wyze Support)
- How Wyze Video Doorbell Pro compares (Wyze Support)
- More Wyze Video Doorbell Pro FAQs (Wyze Support)
- Wyze Doorbell Comparison Chart (Wyze Support)
- Using existing doorbell wiring (Wyze Support)
Independent reviews:
- Wyze Video Doorbell Pro review (PCMag)
- Wyze Video Doorbell Pro review (CNET)
- Wyze Video Doorbell Pro review (Tom’s Guide)
Owner reports:
- None collected for this model.
