Wyze Says ‘Screw It’ and Shoves a Camera Into Its Latest Smart Bulb

A famous meme once asked, “Why don’t we have both?” Clearly Wyze agrees. Its latest smart home gadget is the Wyze Bulb Cam, which is exactly what the name implies—a smart bulb that’s also a camera or a camera that’s also a smart bulb, whichever makes your brain happier. The first thing I noticed is that the price on this bad boy is right—it’s just $50, which is a pretty decent deal if you compare the cost of buying a smart camera and a smart bulb separately. On the camera front, the Wyze Bulb Cam records 2K video with a 160-degree field of view and can also record in both regular color in the daylight and night vision when nightfall hits. As a nice bonus, it also records in color night vision, which is great if you’re trying to identify what kind of cat got into your garbage last night. (My bet is an orange boy; sorry, not sorry.) If you want to, everything can be recorded locally in this cam, which can be equipped with up to a 256GB microSD card. Alternatively, you can pay $3 per mon ... Read full article.