IMO it’s a deal breaker. I can’t believe this hasn’t been addressed. Basically if we want to share devices, we have to turn off a major set of product features.
My family uses the cameras to monitor older parents. We share a large number of cameras and we’re in different time zones.
We all use iPhones. What is the name of the app?
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FilterBox Notification Manager and buzkill
[/quote] were mentioned in this thread but both are only available on andriod devices NOT on iOS devices.
In addition to FilterBox and BuzzKill that @donhp mentioned, MacroDroid (which is what I use) is also a capable App. I believe Tasker may also be capable although I have not used it.
Unfortunately, due to strict restrictions the iOS Gestapo places on apps mucking about and fiddling with core functions such as Notifications, I believe these apps are only Android compatible.
My husband just instalked and shared a camera with me and the notifications are driving me INSANE.
Do you have any other Wyze devices that use notifications, or just this 1 camera?
You could mute all notifications from the whole app so you don’t get the notifications.
On Android, you can set all notifications to “Silent” so you still get them, but they don’t make a sound or vibrate your phone, but you can scroll and see them later if you want.
Also on Android, you can use other notification control apps to decide which notifications come in and which don’t.
This really should be fixed as it is a user experience issue that severely reduces the utility of the camera sharing “feature”. Turning off all notifications, especially when that includes your own, likely higher priority cameras, is not a solution for most users. The Multiple Users’ Permissions for Shared Users Wishlist item is tied for 6th in most likes, but seems to me like the topic is too muddled with several features (notifications, playback, SD access, etc etc). Can we carve out just this notification item and try to get it pushed through?
Agreed, i just got my mom a cam to watch a family of foxes and this was the first camera i’ve had shared to me. Not being able to kill the notifications on it makes me want to just remove it.
How is this not a thing yet… Bought my mother a camera for her to get bird feeder alerts. She like to see the birdy visitors she gets, but it also views her backyard which I like to have access to if she’s mowing the lawn or something (shes getting up there in age). But, I don’t need to have 600 alerts a day from the birds.
This has created a situation where I have to mute alerts on my phone and it makes me miss my own alerts for my cameras.
Could someone guide me to where to vote this feature up in the wishlist.
Hi Owllicks
I’ve had this same issue for years now. I had 4 cameras and 2 door cameras, 2 thermostats and more Wyze products. The lack of this one critical feature drove me to stop using all Wyze products. It’s such a basic requirement I don’t know why it’s never been fixed. Good luck.
Wow. Even old posts are helpful. Thanks.
I like @carverofchoice 's idea about buzz kill.
While some have suggested using 3rd party software to filter notifications based on the device name, even that doesn’t work if the shared device has the same name as one of your local devices.
Which has it’s root in another big issue that you can’t give a shared camera your own alias.
With common names like “Garage Camera” or “Porch Camera”, it gets confusing fast and it’s a poor solution to expect the person sharing the camera to change the name to something that’s longer, harder for them to identify, and harder to reference when using voice assistants.
The sharing feature seems to have mostly been an afterthought, and not a very well thought out or executed one at that. It has been a year and a half since I tried it, and nothing has changed with it that I’m aware of, and haven’t seen any mention of any upcoming improvements.
That being said, from what I recall with setting up sharing of Blink cams for some friends, they couldn’t customize the names of the remote cams either, though they could set different notification settings on them.
I can’t believe it’s 2025 and this hasn’t been resolved. It seems like such a simple and logical feature. Pathetic on Wyze behalf.