An app lets you select certain rooms and send the vacuum to them and also lets you create virtual walls to cordon off areas you want it to avoid. The Robot Vacuum works quickly and methodically, effectively collecting debris and pet hair from hard floors and carpeting. While the Wyze vacuum offers superior mapping abilities and cleaning customization options to other robots in its price range, the iRobot Roomba 675 ($299.99) remains our Editors’ Choice award winner by a hair for its longer battery life, better obstacle avoidance capabilities, and voice command support.
WHAT MAKES THE WYZE VACUUM DIFFERENT?
The Wyze Robot Vacuum is packed with an impressive amount of technology for the price. It features seven groups of sensors to map your home, navigate around obstacles, avoid falling down stairs, and automatically find its way to its base station.
The most notable of the sensors is a raised Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) scanner that casts thousands of invisible laser points to measure surroundings and generate an editable map of your home’s floor plan. Pricier vacuums like the Ecovacs Deebot T8 AIVI ($799) and the Proscenic M7 Pro ($499) feature laser-mapping technology, but it’s rare to see in a budget-friendly model.
Once the Wyze vacuum creates a map of your home, you can label each room, select the ones you want cleaned, and send the robot directly there. You can also create virtual walls so the robot avoids certain areas, like a mess of cords under your desk or TV stand.
Wyze Robot Vacuum
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