Wyze Duo Cam Pan review: Double the lenses, twice the protection

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Wyze Labs has built its reputation on a simple formula: provide more features for less money. The new Wyze Duo Cam Pan takes this idea literally. Instead of one lens trying to keep up with everything that moves, this camera has two 2K ​​lenses—one fixed, one with pan/tilt—to cover twice as much ground. The result is a single device that eliminates blind spots, whether it's watching your living room or your entire yard.

Design and Features

The Duo Cam Pan looks like a cross between a periscope and a small robot. Two lenses are positioned vertically, one on a rotating base that can rotate 360 ​​degrees and tilt 180 degrees. The other camera remains in place, maintaining a fixed view of the entire scene. The idea is to install it in a corner and monitor both sides of the yard, or place it in a large room and capture everything that's going on without any blind spots.

Each lens records in 2K resolution and supports color night vision. The moving camera can follow a person across the frame or move across multiple zones using Wyze's panoramic scanning feature, which allows you to define up to four waypoints for automatic patrolling. Two small floodlights and a 100dB siren provide basic deterrence against unwanted visitors, while two-way audio allows you to shoo them away by voice or communicate remotely with couriers or family members. It has a protection rating of IP65, which matches our IP code decoder tells us that it is impervious to dust and protected from water jets coming from any direction (i.e. from a garden hose with a nozzle, but not from a pressure washer in the immediate vicinity).

Wise

The camera supports a user-supplied microSD card up to 512GB, allowing continuous recording without a subscription. You can also choose Wyze cloud storage plans if you need off-device backup. The entry-level Cam Plus plan adds 14 days of event recording and smarter motion alerts (person, vehicle, package, and pet) for $2.99 ​​per month or $19.99 per year, while Cam Unlimited extends these features across your entire fleet of Wyze cameras for $9.99 per month or $129.99 per year. For more active users, the Cam Unlimited Pro plan extends event history to 60 days and includes AI video search and emergency sending for $19.99 per month or $259.99 per year.

The camera also supports Alexa, Google Assistant, IFTTT, and Wyze's own automation system, so it can trigger lights or other cameras as part of a broader smart home/home security setup.

Setup and Performance

Setting up the Duo Cam Pan is done through the Wyze app, which helps you connect to Wi-Fi and checks for firmware updates before completing setup. Installation is just as easy. The base attaches to a plastic screw mount and all necessary hardware is included. Indoors, it is stable enough to simply be placed on a shelf or table. Either way, you'll need to install it about four feet from an electrical outlet to plug in the short power cord.

Both cameras deliver crisp, clear 2K video with accurate color and rich detail. Daytime footage looks bright without being oversaturated, and color night vision retains more natural tones than you'd expect at this price. The floodlights are small but surprisingly effective at illuminating a dark entryway or yard and turn on quickly when motion is detected.

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The panning lens can cover a large room in seconds and smoothly track a person or pet from one side to the other. In my tests, tracking accuracy was high and the camera motor was virtually silent. The fixed lens provides useful context as the panoramic lens moves, so you always have one stable view even when another is moving. Together they cover an impressive amount of space with no obvious blind spots.

The motion sensor does a great job of detecting nearby people and objects, and push notifications arrive within a second or two of the event. The Wyze app supports activity zones, which let you mask areas Not you want the camera to monitor the situation and filter out unwanted factors (for example, bushes and tree branches swaying in the wind).

The app acts as a camera control center, with live feeds stacked on top of each other and a toolbar located at the bottom. The toolbar provides easy access to panoramic scan waypoints, recording controls, and event history. The deep settings menu offers customization options for nearly every camera function, and each lens has its own motion detection and spotlight settings, so you can adjust them independently.

Is the Wyze Duo Cam Pan worth buying?

At $69.98, the Wyze Duo Cam Pan hits the sweet spot between Wyze's single-lens Pan Cam v3 and the types of multi-camera setups you'll need for comparable coverage. The Duo Cam Pan's dual lens is practical, not gimmicky, and provides wide, flexible coverage on a budget.

If you're already using Wyze gear or just want one camera that can do the job of two, this is an easy recommendation.

This review is part of an in-depth techHive review best home security cameras.