Wyze app 3.x - Additions and changes

[Crease]

“Smart” Settings for Device Groups

The app should be smart enough to recognize when all the Devices in a Device Group share common settings and allow users to configure features for every Device in the Group at once (if desired). Examples:

• A Device Group has three Cam v4s, and the user wants each camera set up the same way. Instead of going into each camera’s individual settings and selecting the desired options (for instance, Record to MicroSD Card set to Continuous and Night Vision Mode set to Off), the user should be able to adjust these settings for all cameras within the group at once.
• A Device Group has two Cam v4s and a Cam OG, and the user wants each camera’s status light to be on and the view to be upside-down (because of how the cameras are mounted). The app should recognize that Camera Status Light and Rotate Image 180° are common settings for both cameras in the Group and allow the settings to be made within the Device Group and applied to all designated cameras.

I suggested something similar for Automations (formerly Rules) Actions back when the Ring Action still existed for some camera models:

@Crease

I’d like to add to this idea: Rules Actions should be smart enough to know the capabilities of every device in a group. What I mean by this is that every capability that is shared by all devices in a group should be available in the list of Actions for that group.

For example, if I have a camera group that contains only Cam Pan v3s and/or Cam OGs, then I should be able to select Ring as an Action for that group, because both of these camera types can act as accessory chimes and “ring” on a doorbell button press. As it is now, if I want to set a Rule that makes every one of those cameras Ring, then I have to do it per camera, because I can’t do it per group.