Is that an Alexa certification thing? Alexa requires that motion notices are sent within X milliseconds of when the motion begins? (As opposed to being within X milliseconds of when Wyze’s servers handle it?) And does Alexa feel the same way about person notifications?
If this limitation is unavoidable, (Wyze servers getting notified when motion starts) perhaps Wyze could consider adding a “virtual switch” that could be integrated with Alexa. This would allow users to create the routines they’re hoping for with an extra step or two. I created a wishlist item here and outlined a couple of example use-cases in that thread.
In this particular case, a user could:
- Make a rule in the Wyze app that turns on a virtual switch when motion is detected on the camera.
- Make a routine in Alexa that says “Motion is detected” (or whatever action they want to take) whenever the virtual switch is on, then turns the virtual switch off again.
You can already do this if you want to buy a Wyze Plug dedicated to this purpose, but it would require you to leave it plugged into the wall doing nothing, and you’d need one plug per “routine” you’re trying to make, dedicated to nothing except this purpose, which seems kinda pointless and wasteful.