WYZE App Questions

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@bstoddard

Is there a simple way (push of a button) in the WYZE App to be able to turn on all of our cameras to send motion and sound detection notifications when we leave home and then off when we arrive back?

You can do this with rules. Take a look here:

Using Rules in the Wyze app

You can also do it with location and IFTTT.

On/off applet IFTTT for 2 out of 4 Wyze cams?

Create a trigger using the location service in IFTTT. Select “when I enter” or “when I leave” [image] Then find your area. You can also pinch on the circle to make the area bigger or smaller. [image] image|382x500 Next create an action using Wyze. [image] Then select “turn off device” or “turn on device”. and select the camera. [image] [image] Do this for the on and off function of each camera.

There’s a Wishlist item for location triggers in Wyze rules here:

Multiple User Geofencing Geolocation (incl. Home Monitoring)

We have two people living at my house and would like to geofence so that if either/both of us is home, automatic recording and notifications are disabled. If all associated people are gone, notifications and recording are enabled. It’s possible to do this in a really hacky way with IFTTT and Nest home/away status, but I don’t like the multiple cross-platform dependencies. Someone else suggested this in https://forums.wyze.com/t/geo-locations-notifications/3351, but I think it needs to be on a…

@bstoddard

I’ve been having numerous issues with our WYZE sensors going offline frequently.

This has been reported by many other users. I’d try power cycling the camera(s) that the bridge(s) are connected to. You can also set a plug (Wyze or other brand) to do this automatically.
Wyze will be coming out with a V2 Sense soon (no official date has been announced yet) that will have a stand-alone hub. That should be more reliable.