Stand alone monitors for Wyze doorbell cam

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What are some options for a stand alone monitor for Wyze video doorbell? I want to use it like a peep hole, so the device will be dedicated. Something similar would be a brilliant smart home control. Thanks for your help in advance.

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I would like to do the same, maybe with an inexpensive tablet?

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I bought an Android tablet (Lenovo Smart Tab 10) just for this purpose but the Wyze app needs to support a “dedicated monitor mode”

  1. Support Landscape display (the tablet came with a dock which is landscape)
  2. Have an option so the app opens automatically to the doorbell camera when the doorbell is rung
  3. Provide an option to have audio turned on automatically when the doorbell is run so I can answer the door (talk to the person) without having to walk over to the tablet and click on the “answer” button

Without these features I’m looking for another solution.

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I want the same thing. House is already wired for this with cat5. Old system was 24v and I am about to install Wyze doorbell with a 12v transformer
Don’t want to always have to go find my phone and click through buttons and wait for connection… while someone is standing outside

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Note how old this thread is, and how long people have wanted this

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@alacrity,

I’m not aware of any Wyze camera that can do this.

I am getting up in years and am mobility challenged. Getting up, wait 5 seconds for bp to stabilize, walk to door 10ft away, look out peephole, determine if I want to answer, move back to recliner, sit down. Elapsed time 20 seconds.

Or setup a routine in Alexa that when the doorbell is pressed Alexa will route the camera feed to our Samsung TV. From doorbell press to camera image on TV takes about 8 seconds. I do not have to get out of the recliner unless I want to answer the door. And that is rare.

Caveats

Doorbell is a v2.

You need Alexa. I do not know if this works with the Google Home Assistant.

It has only been tested on a 4 year old 55" Samsung tv. When I get around to it I want to test against our 2 fire TV’s.

If the Samsung TV is turned off then it must boot and that adds 15 seconds to viewing the camera. I’m a bit nervous about the fire tv’s as their boot takes about 30 seconds.

I have never tested if sound comes through. But it works great just to see who is at the door. If I need to talk to them I’ll get off my duff and open the door.

Anyway, food for thought

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I use my Alexa that has a screen. It’s okay. Works for all the cameras. It takes a while to load the camera.

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I just want a doorbell that auto answers when someone rings it, then texts me what they want. If anyone has the ability to post this request, please do so.