Not unexpected, Surprised at your price point(s) as it is. I have been impressed by the community ethos you have tried to build as you have built your company and brand. I understand it is also a good strategy. The synergy of devices, connectivity and community is quite impressive to a over the hill person like me. I have an idea that would expand Wyze services and products in a different direction, while providing a benefit to the wider community that Wyze products are sold to. It came to me as I ordered your products and after chatting online with one of your CSR’s Danica. I knew that I had to somehow get it to Wyze. I was going to send letter to several Organizations, Companies and Politicians; still will in the future, but am quite busy now and have not had the time to do this, besides some notes to remind myself of salient points. Well here it is. “Contemporary dying {and aging (added by me)} involves conditions for which we are unprepared as a society. We seldom address our civic obligations to each other.”(ref 1) Wyze with it’s devices and services, with the participation of others has the opportunity to address this issue while also doing well by doing good. It won’t happen quickly but is possible. The devices are a 1. Wyze Watch 2. Wyze Pan Cam 3. Amazon Echo 4. Internet Access for the IOT devices (which might be the most difficult).
Many cities have a program where they call the elderly who live alone to check in on them it is an automated system but not foolproof. My next door neighbor was dead three days before they came and checked on him. But if a heartrate is zero or extremely low a camera checking for signs of life in an automated manner before alerting emergency personnel would be useful. Alexa can be setup to control the Wyze devices as many elderly do not use a smartphone opting instead for one of the easy to use feature phones if they have a cell phone at all. The Amazon echo can be used to create scheduled calls with relatives, community groups or just other shut ins to check up and alleviate the loneliness and isolation that has been worsened by the pandemic but which was already present in many elderly people. Security and peace of mind would be improved as the Pan Cam would allow visual check of premises from the Echo, There probably are many ways to talk of how this proposed service would be useful. Primarily I want to see a better outcome in both physically and mentally for the aging. In the US it may be possible to get partial govt support for something that will provide a better outcome for physical health and the ability to stay out of long term care facilities which is more expensive. But in many cases the inability to check on an elderly but isolated and alone person is one of the reasons that lead to institutionalization. Been thinking of this idea by the name of Thautful a takeoff of course from the Wyze name. As the cords the bind civil society in the US together have been pulled tauter to the point of breaking recently. Not only the pandemic but also the incivility brought on by the polarization in the country both political and over many other issues which have led to protest and civil unrest. None of which have anything to do with our civic obligations to the elderly and others who are isolated and alone. While being mindful of how difficult it is to bring disparate side together I hope something is possible in this case. It makes sense to leverage IOT to create better outcomes in aging. If you have read this Thank You for taking the time. It’s like a load off my shoulders just getting the idea out there. Eventually I will write this up and send a few letters out to those who might be in a position to determine feasibility, both socially and monetarily. I really have no idea how to.
Best Regards
S
P.S. I don’t believe this is something Wyze could or should commit to without significant support from outside your company. Just wanted to put it out there as stated above.
Ref 1. Dying alone and lonely dying: Media discourse and pandemic conditions - PMC
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