When we reviewed the original $20 Wyze Cam security camera back in 2017, we were so impressed with its performance and features that we gave it an Editors’ Choice award. Since then, Wyze has continued to churn out affordable yet excellent smart home products including a door lock, a robot vacuum, a smart light bulb, and more. So it comes as no surprise that the Wyze Plug ($14.99 for two) is one of our favorite smart plugs. It’s incredibly affordable, easy to install, supports Alexa and Google voice control, and works with lots of other smart devices via IFTTT applets. That makes it our new Editors’ Choice winner for smart plugs.
Simple But Powerful
At 1.5 by 2.7 by 1.2 inches (HWD), the Wyze Plug is nearly identical in size and looks to the Treatlife Smart Plug. It has one three-prong outlet and a small LED indicator on the face, and a three-prong plug on the back. A physical power button is positioned on the left side of the device. The LED is off when the plug is turned off, glows solid blue when the power is on, blinks blue slowly when connecting to Wi-Fi, and blinks blue rapidly in pairing mode. Inside is a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi radio for connecting to your home network and a Bluetooth radio for connecting to your mobile device during setup.
The Wyze Plug can be controlled with the same mobile app used by all other Wyze devices and with Alexa and Google voice commands. It doesn’t support Apple HomeKit, but it does support IFTTT applets that allow it to work with a host of third-party smart devices such as door locks, security cameras, thermostats, and garage door openers. Additionally, you can create rules in the app to have the plug interact with other Wyze devices including all Wyze cameras, the Wyze Sense, and the Wyze Lock. It doesn’t offer power usage reports like the $19.99 Ezviz T30-10B, but it does give you daily and weekly run time statistics.
The mobile app opens to a home screen with panels for each installed Wyze device. The Wyze Plug panel has an on/off button, and if you tap the panel you’ll open a screen with another on/off button, a Timer button, and a Vacation Mode button. Use the Timer button to turn the plug on and off at specific time intervals, and use the Vacation Mode button to have the plug turn on and off at random times to make it look like someone is home. At the bottom of the screen are daily and weekly run time readings in hours and minutes. Tap the daily or weekly panel to see run time presented in a graph.
To access the plug’s settings, tap the gear icon in the upper right corner. Here you can rename the plug, turn the LED indicator on and off, and create on/off schedules. This is also where you go to create rules to have the plug react to other Wyze devices. For example, you can have the plug turn on when a Wyze Cam detects motion or when a Wyze Sense window sensor is triggered.
Easy to Use
I had the Wyze Plug up and running within minutes. I already had the Wyze mobile app installed on my phone, but if this is your first Wyze device you’ll have to download the app and create an account.
In the app, I tapped the plus icon in the upper left corner of the home screen and selected Add Device. I tapped Wyze Plug 2021 from the Power & Lighting menu, plugged in the device, and confirmed that the LED was blinking blue. Next, I selected my Wi-Fi SSID and entered my Wi-Fi password, and after 15 seconds the plug was connected. I gave it a name, updated the firmware, and the installation was complete.
The Wyze Plug performed flawlessly in testing. It responded instantly to on and off commands using the mobile app, and never failed to respond to Alexa voice commands. I created an Alexa routine to have the plug turn on when a Ring Floodlight Cam detected motion and it worked as intended. I also create a rule in the Wyze app to have the plug turn on when a Wyze Cam V3 detected motion, and this too worked without a hitch.
Start Here for a Smarter Home
At $14.99 for two, the Wyze Plug is easily the most affordable smart plug we’ve come across, but that doesn’t mean it skimps on features. It has a built-in Wi-Fi radio, supports Alexa and Google voice commands, and works with other Wyze products and loads of third-party smart devices using IFTTT applets. It doesn’t offer power usage reporting like the Ezviz T30-10B, but you get two plugs for less than the price of one Ezviz model. As such, the Wyze Plug easily earns our Editors’ Choice award for smart plugs.
