Extend duration of livestream via Alexa to more than 10 minutes

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So far so good. Over 1 hour in and it works great!

Developer mode… “Stay awake”

https://vidabox.com/blog/2017/02/11/hidden-always-on-setting-for-amazon-fire-tablets/

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I stream 24/7 Via an Old Android Galaxy Tablet attached to the wall with a USB power cord plugged in at all times. The stream never goes down, the only time there is a limit to the viewing time is when I ask Alexa to show me the front door on aan echo Show,Fire TV…etc it then goes back to the home screen after 10 minutes. So I am thinking that it is a limit of the Alexa API and not Wyze themselves.

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its funny that if “they are” limiting the streaming why this is not the case with all NON Alexa devices, I am able to and do stream 24/7 to an android tablet that is plugged in. without the stream stopping after an period of time.

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My fire TV cuts off after 10 minutes but I have a fire tablet With the wyze app on it, And it never shuts off Viewing a Cam or Multiple cams with the wyze app

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side load?

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Downloaded files and put the Play Store on the fire Tablet, installed wyze app

EDIT found it
instructions that I used and it was pretty easy

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Agreed that a longer timeout would be nice. I don’t think 24 hours is necessary for me, but 60-90 min would be nice.

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I bought Amazon Echo Show thinking it will be used as a baby monitor with Wyze cams but I was not aware of this timeout issue. Wyze should not add it as a feature if its not allowed to use for more than 10 mins viewing. Wyze team please look into it.

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The timeout is controlled by Amazon there is nothing WYZE can do about it

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Currently, my wyze cams only stream for 10 minutes when I tell Alexa to show me one. For this reason, I had to replace my wyze with an amazon cloud cam ($200) so that I could watch my baby overnight on the new Echo Show 5 bedside device. Is it possible to program this time out be opted out of or altered in some way. After extensive research, I found that the amazon cloud cam was the only camera that could stream non stop without timing out. Thanks! I love my cameras and plan to invest a lot more money in these amazing wyze products!

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They obviously lock everyone else into the 10 minutes to promote sales of their cams

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That isn’t what an Amazon rep told me. They said it was in the Wyze programming. But I don’t know any better, I was just making a suggestion.

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You could have just used a back up Android phone or not a cheap tablet to stream wyzecam for baby monitoring purposes. Just remember to plug it in overnight. I’ve only had the wyzecam freeze up a few times in the past.

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Does anybody know the minimum os required to run the Wyze app? I have two 7in Google tabs i don’t use anymore. They are the original tablets Google sold, from like 2012. They’re just collecting dust.

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The minimum os versions are:

The Wyze App requires Android 5.0+ and iOS 8.0+.

It will run but it may not run well depending on the processor speed and available memory etc.

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I have an old Google Nexus 7 tablet with android 6 on it , runs wyze app good

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Thanks. I actually have two. They’re both running 5 point something. I stopped using them partially because they got too slow to use, but maybe i can use them strictly as monitors!

Lee Bosset

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I stopped using mine because I got a bigger Samsung tab , I got tired of that size screen so I bought a 13 inch , 3 in 1 laptop.
You should do a factory reset on the tablets it will probably speed them up some

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i called Amazon they said the time out is contelled by Wyze. Wyze confirmed that they dont allow continuous streamong on anything other than their aown app.

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Good to know, Thank you

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