Alexa Person detection announcements with wyze cameras

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I’m reading that now but I’m not interested in just motion detection.

This statement from the article isn’t correct according to what WYZE has posted in the forum.

The reason why some non-subscribers still have access to this feature is because they have opted to use it during the beta phase and Wyze is granting them usage for free until the end of 2020.

WYZE hasn’t said anything about the end of 2020. They have said that prople who had accounts set up before Nov. 2019 will have the option of “naming the price” for Person Detection.

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Alexa itself barely holds together with anything resembling consistency. As cute as that hack is, requiring accounts and setups and cloud connections and skills installed for all of these things to get “flawless” (okay sure) results seems a bit much.

  1. Wyze app, Wyze account in good standing. Wyze Alexa skill enabled. Wyze camera available. Wyze servers online and functional.

  2. Amazon Alexa app. Amazon account in good standing. Echo device available. Amazon servers online and functional.

  3. IfThisThenThat account in good standing. IfThisThenThat Alexa skill enabled. IfThisThenThat servers online and functional.

  4. VoiceMonkey account in good standing. VoiceMonkey single signon linked to Amazon account. VoiceMonkey Alexa skill enabled. VoiceMonkey servers online and functional.

  5. Wyze IFTTT skill enabled and functional within IfThisThenThat.

  6. Webhooks IFTTT skill enabled and functional within IfThisThenThat.

The person announcements and routines between Alexa and Wyze are working fine for lots of us. I can get faster notifications just by unboxing my Wyze motion sensor. I don’t think stringing together anything trivial, let alone something important, using that mix of hackery, no matter how flawless, is for me. I like to be able to count the single points of failure on one or two hands max. :slight_smile:

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There is no way anything is flawless using IFTTT. :slight_smile:

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Is this supposed to work with the Person Detection Pilot?

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Decided to look into the recent announcement (https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048472832-Use-Person-Detection-with-Alexa-Routines)

And noticed that I can never choose a Wyze Cam as a trigger it always says “Error: This device is not currently supported”. I have the latest version of the iOS app, latest Wyze Cam V2 Firmware and pay for Cam Plus. I am located in Canada

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Did you tell Alexa to discover devices as detailed at the beginning of this thread?

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Devices were already discovered, i have removed and re-discovered. The issue does is not the lack of the devices but rather the error when i select them as a trigger

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I don’t have another suggestion. It works for me. :frowning:

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Did you disable then re enable the wyze skill in Alexa?

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I have done all the suggestions outlined in this blog :confused: The only explanation I have left is that I am in Canada.

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I have the same problem, same error message and am also in Canada.

@Frederik can you shed some light on this please?

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Well , that sucks :expressionless:

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I set up an Alexa routine to notify me when my camera detects a person.

I choose my Wyze band as the device to receive the notification, but I don’t see any notification on the band.

I tried adding different actions.

Strange, when I set up a routine, just choosing “>Smart Home>Camera>Person>Camera detects motion” then choose the action “Send a Drop in Notification” I do get the notification on my Pebble Watch !

Maybe I don’t have the right app checked in the Wyze Band Notification section ?

Any ideas ?

Thanks

Chas

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Sorry, I don’t have much experience with the band , maybe one of the other @Mavens or members can help you

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Anyone know if disabling and re enabling the wyze skill in Alexa will wipe out the routines that are already set up?

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I have done it several times without effect on routines or other Alexa switches. It does sometimes wind up with duplicate devices in Alexa when it re-searches for devices after you re-enable the Wyze skill.

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My understanding of the drop-in notification is that it comes thru the Alexa devices, at least it does in my Dots. I use the Messaging/Notification option in the routine to send the notification to the Alexa app on my phone & band.

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No , never had that happen, and I have done it so many times I can’t count

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That’s strange , Never had that happen

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@Zbergus @angus.black I got it working in Canada. It is definately a region lock issue. You need to go to a computer, log into your amazon.ca account and change your region to the United States.

I followed the steps in this video:

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