Wyze said they were working on this, and even testing it (I assume internally?), but they want to make sure the connectivity reporting is a lot more stable for the cameras first. Some people have reported cameras showing offline in the app, even though the cameras were actually working and not really offline. I suspect that part of this may have to do with some people’s firewalls blocking the IP addresses they might be using as an online ping. There are probably other things related to why the cams may sometimes say they are offline when they aren’t. Wyze said they wanted to resolve those situations first though. It is showing as something in development though:
The way it works is that when the Wyze servers do not hear back from the device after a certain period of time, they will send a push notification to the app that the device is offline. If you have a phone or iPad that has mobile data that is still functioning, then you will still get that push notification. Say you’re at work and someone jams your home WiFi, you’ll still get notified that your cameras went offline because the Wyze server will recognize that the Camera didn’t check in when it should have. Even at home, if someone just deauth’s your WiFi, your mobile data will still send you a notification. In theory, someone could try to jam your mobile data too, but if this is a concern for you, then it makes sense to share your cameras to a loved one who is outside your home, and those people will be notified when your cams (or sense hub) go offline. They can then contact you, and if they can’t get ahold of you, they can take proper action, including contacting law enforcement if they believe it is warranted or that is something you have discussed and asked them to do in these situations. That’s between you and your emergency contacts. The point is that there are or will be ways for people to know when this happens and they can then decide how that is handled.