Can a camera with Smart Sound Recognition be used as a "sensor" for Home Monitoring

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Unfortunately it is not. The cams can listen for the sound of a Smoke or CO detector and can send you a Push Notification alert of that event, both directly from the cam and from the cam integration within the HMS Security Cams, however cams cannot be used with the HMS to trigger an Alarm Event.

I’m not sure why this is. It has been requested within the Wishlist many times over as has the request for Wyze to offer an integrated Smoke and CO detector.

I’m just swagging this, but I am thinking it is because of the liability and safety factor of the cams not meeting the zero defect requirement for Fire\Smoke and CO detection. Because those are such heavily regulated and stringent safety requirements, and because the cams most likely can’t meet those requirements, Wyze won’t code for it and the insurance companies wouldn’t accept it.

I would absolutely love for Wyze to get on board with expanding the HMS into Fire\Smoke & CO detection, but the investment required to secure the UL certification for Smoke\CO Detectors and the liability that brings with it may be more than Wyze wants to invest.

So we wait. Here are the Wishlist requests asking Wyze to add this functionality:

If you would like to request that Wyze add these features, follow the links, vote for it at the top, like :heart: some posts, and add your reply post to support the request.

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