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matrevino72
Binge Watcher
3 years ago
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How to view smart home cams on Roku TV

so this is actually 2 parts, how do I view cams on a roku TV, and can I use my currently owned wyze cams? if yes or no, since they are Wyze cams, can I just manually update the firmware to the "roku" firmware?

  • RokuKariza-D's avatar
    RokuKariza-D
    3 years ago

    Hello matrevino72

    Thanks for your interest in Roku Smart Home products!

    The Roku Cameras channel lets you view a live stream on your TV from all your Roku Smart Home cameras and your video doorbell. A Roku streaming player or Roku TV™ running Roku OS 11.0 will add the channel automatically after you install your first camera or doorbell, but for the optimal experience, Roku OS 11.5 or higher is recommended. If you currently do not have OS 11.5 on your Roku device, you can manually check for an update.

    For more information, check out this Support link: How to view a live video stream from your Roku Smart Home camera or video doorbell

    Regarding your Wyze cameras, please be advised that Wyze devices cannot be controlled by the Roku app, and Roku devices cannot be controlled by the Wyze app. 

    I hope this answers your inquiry.


    All the best,
    Kariza

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  • RokuKariza-D's avatar
    RokuKariza-D
    Retired Moderator
    3 years ago

    Hello matrevino72

    Thanks for your interest in Roku Smart Home products!

    The Roku Cameras channel lets you view a live stream on your TV from all your Roku Smart Home cameras and your video doorbell. A Roku streaming player or Roku TV™ running Roku OS 11.0 will add the channel automatically after you install your first camera or doorbell, but for the optimal experience, Roku OS 11.5 or higher is recommended. If you currently do not have OS 11.5 on your Roku device, you can manually check for an update.

    For more information, check out this Support link: How to view a live video stream from your Roku Smart Home camera or video doorbell

    Regarding your Wyze cameras, please be advised that Wyze devices cannot be controlled by the Roku app, and Roku devices cannot be controlled by the Wyze app. 

    I hope this answers your inquiry.


    All the best,
    Kariza

    • matrevino72's avatar
      matrevino72
      Binge Watcher
      3 years ago

      Partially answered, as I asked, since these are essentially the exact same cams that Wyze has on the market, I would assume its just a firmware difference, and can that firmware be manually flashed via sd card? I am willing to use one of my cams as a guinea pig if you can point me to the firmware download for the cams.

      • osxanalyst's avatar
        osxanalyst
        Reel Rookie
        3 years ago

        I agree.  I hope to be able to integrate my Wyze products with Roku as well.  If this is a final position re compatibility it seems very shortsighted.  The two products are seemingly identical apart from the firmware loaded on each.

    • Wobble's avatar
      Wobble
      Newbie
      3 years ago

      Are there plans to make it so WYZE works on Roku?
      It would be a shame to expect WYZE owners to discard all of their cameras to use the Roku app when there is really just an upgrade to the Roku that will allow this? Especially if there is a possibility of WYZE becoming Roku.

      • atc98092's avatar
        atc98092
        Community Streaming Expert
        3 years ago

        I would suspect that Wyze would not want their devices viewable through Roku, as someone might consider that "diluting" the brand. Often someone offers their same products as a private label brand, such as they are doing here. But they usually take great pains to keep the two products separated.

        Unless the Wyze devices have some way to update their firmware via USB (the Roku branded devices only seem to do OTA updates) I can't see any way to put the Roku firmware on them. 

    • Fratinize's avatar
      Fratinize
      Reel Rookie
      2 years ago

      Can not find the Wyze app on Roku! Anybody?

      • atc98092's avatar
        atc98092
        Community Streaming Expert
        2 years ago

        There is no Wyse app for Roku devices. You need to ask Wyse to create one. 

  • JStewart64's avatar
    JStewart64
    Channel Surfer
    3 years ago

    I am currently evaluating the camera's offered by both Roku and Wyze. Wyze has newer models of camera's that have better features than the Roku camera's. So one question I have is Roku going to adopt the Wyze V3 Pro camera? If not, then I would be more inclined to purchase the newer Wyze camera's, and drop the idea of using Roku for live viewing and notifications, and implement a Firestick with the Wyze app. Just have to switch between the Roku and Firestick.

      • RokuDanny-R's avatar
        RokuDanny-R
        Retired Moderator
        3 years ago

        notna2634

        Thanks for the post.

        Can you please specify the issue you are experiencing? What are the steps to reproduce the issue you are seeing? What troubleshooting steps have you already taken to try to resolve the issue?

        With more detailed information, we will be able to assist you further.


        Thanks,
        Danny

  • Local_Ghost's avatar
    Local_Ghost
    Channel Surfer
    2 years ago

    Yes you can flash the Wyze cam with Roku firmware and it will work. I have done it. As long as you are fluent with Linux and have the time to tweak the code here and there. Id provide step by step instructions but I'm pretty sure I would be violating some type of T&C doing so. 

    On a side note, the process of figuring it out on your own now that you know it can be done is worth it, especially if you love wearing hats. 

    • matrevino72's avatar
      matrevino72
      Binge Watcher
      2 years ago

      That's very cool, but not exactly " just flashing" the firmware, that's coding, which i can almost guarantee 99% of people here myself included do not know how to do . So unless you're willing to share said recoded firmware for any of us to try out, it's not possible.