With its latest security camera accessory, Wyze is aiming to tidy up your home decor while making it easier to spy on the happenings in a room. Yes, it’s a little creepy.
The $20 Wyze Cam Vase is basically just a short, rectangular vase with a circular cutout on the side that’s designed to fit the lens of the Wyze Cam v3, the Cam v4, or the Cam v3 Pro. The camera itself isn’t included, but Wyze is selling a bundle with the vase and a Wyze Cam v4 for $50.
Basically, you slide your Wyze cam into the cement-composite vase (tektite and speckled finishes are available), with the lens peeking out from the circular cutout, and then place the included faux grass (or the fake foliage of your choice) on top; Wyze discourages using real plants, lest they hinder airflow or drip water onto the camera. The vase sits on four silicone feet, while a hole in the bottom lets you discreetly run the power cable.
You then place the Wyze Cam Vase in a strategic spot in your kitchen, dining room, den, or other household space, and…well, keep an eye on things? Monitor the area? Or just flat-out spy on folks?
Clever or creepy?
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For its part, Wyze describes the new Wyze Cam Vase as “discreet,” “sleek,” and “gorgeous,” allowing users to place a Wyze Cam in their home without “having the camera stick out like a sore thumb.”
Wyze also notes that the vase’s “open design and ceramic material” won’t interfere with the camera’s Wi-Fi connectivity, while the lens opening will “ensure zero visual obstruction and crystal-clear footage.”
To be fair, the Wyze Cam Vase can’t hide a Wyze camera completely, because the opening for the lens is a big giveaway. Wyze cams also have a status light that glows—or can glow—when the camera is active. (The light can be deactivated.)
Still, there’s an undeniable “ick” factor to the Wyze Cam Vase, and while those intent on hiding a security camera will do so with or without the new accessory, the vase could certainly encourage their spycam ambitions.
This story is part of TechHive’s in-depth coverage of the best security cameras.