I wish you could have a customizable NOTIFICATION zone for activities. So for example if at night you want a certain area covered that then you only get notified if someone crosses that threshold etc while still recording activity in a wider view.
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I have a V3 camera looking over my whole cul de sac (my house is at the top of it) with Cam Plus. Iād like to have a detection zone that is used to determine what events are tagged and listed in the events list for the camera. Iād also like to have a separate notification zone that determines what area results in phone notifications. So my camera would silently log motion events in the cul de sac all night, but only notify me if Cam Plus detects a person on my driveway, for example.
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Iām a day one Wyze Cam client. The first version of the camera had the person detection build in into the firmware by another company. Back in that day, person detection was working like this:
Fast forward to nowā¦ this doesnāt work like that anymore. The smart object (person, carā¦) must be found in the detection zone area only or itās not detected as person. This lead (for my use case at least) to having to make the detection zone take almost all the screen because smart object arenāt detected if its not part off the detection zone area. 80% of notifications sent to Wyze cloud are useless since its only vehicle that are detected because I have to make the zone so big the street must be included.
Hereās my feature request:
I would create 2 ādetection zoneā for Cam Plus users. The first one is the actual ātrigger zoneā if something move in this part of the image, trigger a recording. The twist would be, we should also have a āsmart objectā detection zone. So once the trigger zone start the recording, you use the smart object detection zone to determine what kind of smart object this video contains. I can guarantee you this feature will pay itself by the qty of useless detections you will avoid.
Dual detection zones
It would be great to be able to choose separate detection zones for recording and notifications. In a single cam, I might want to record everything that happens in my front yard, but only get notified if anyone steps up near my door.
Notification field vs detection field
Please switch to a notification based, rather than a detection based selectable field.
Usage:
I want to record and tag every smart motion event (person, vehicle, pet/animal, etc), but i only want NOTIFIED if they come into a certain area. I donāt want to ignore them, totally, if they are outside that selected field, but I only want notifications inside the selected area.
Another potential is changing notification texts, so that it says outside or inside your selected range (or something like that) so using software like macrodroid, I can preemptively ignore or allow such notifications as I like.
I am requesting the ability to set independent detection zones for different camera actions (Recording, Motion Warning, Spotlight, and Siren). Currently, the detection zone applies to everything globally, but users need more flexibility to customize how their camera reacts to different areas of the frame.
For example: I would like to set my camera to Record everything within its full field of view (including the sidewalk/street for context), but only trigger the Motion Warning or Siren when someone enters a specific āInner Zoneā on my actual property. Similarly, Iād love to have the Spotlight trigger only when motion is detected near my driveway, without it flashing every time a car drives by in the background of the recording zone. Providing separate āAction Zonesā would significantly reduce false alarms and noise complaints while maintaining full security coverage.
Why this matters:
ā¢ Reduced Nuisance: Prevents the āMotion Warningā from barking at neighbors walking their dogs on the sidewalk.
ā¢ Battery/Efficiency: Saves power by only triggering high-energy actions (lights/siren) in critical areas.
ā¢ Better Context: You get the full video of an event without the camera being overly aggressive to passersby.
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