Just got my doorbell pre-order the other day! Really excited and already installed it. One thing I noticed is that on Alexa the type shows as “doorbell” compared to “camera” in the case of the Ring doorbell.
As a result (I think) you can’t really watch the doorbell video on the echo show. You can still enable announcements on Alexa but that will just act as a chime without video feed. There is no way to manually view the doorbell either (all the other wyze cameras are working fine on the echo show using Alexa)
Is this a known issue at the moment? It doesn’t seem like you can modify the device type on Alexa btw.
p.s. Couldn’t find any existing topics on this so I hope this is not a duplicate.
I’m not sure, I don’t have a Alexa video device, I have a Google Home. I’ve seen several other people state they can view the doorbell on their echo and it’s sideways, which I see the same on the Google Home.
Just bought a Wyze doorbell. I don’t like the chime. A rep told me that I could use echo devices as the chime but I can’t figure it out. Also when I ask Alexa to show my doorbell camera, it comes up sideways?? It’s seems like these would be easy fixes. So please help me fix these. Thanks
In the alexa app go to devices - > all devices(on top right)->press on your door bell.
In the settings there is a switch called “Doorbell Press Announcements”
That is…
Nope. No response? I thought when they said echo compatible, you would be able to look at camera without have to break you neck. Why else would you need it to be eco compatible?