Live view when doorbell rings

Queries
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I have recently installed a wired doorbell and would like to know if it is possible to set up a command to have a live stream on the Echo show when the door bell rings.

2

Yes you can. On your Alexa app add routine.

3

I am not a tech savvy - can you please advise the routines

4

Setup a new routine in the Alexa app. For “When this happens”, select “Smart home” and select “Doorbell”. For “Add action”, select “Custom”. then type the command you want ( Alexa Show front door if that’s your bell name) for viewing the doorbell and what device you want it to occur on.
It works but mine is slow. I think that’s due to my internet connection.

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5

there’s a setting in the doorbell to optimize it for smartphones or for alexa/google home devices. try setting it to optimize for alexa/google home and see if it speeds up the view time

6

Please advise where to go in the door bell setting to optimize.

7

Go into doorbell then video quality, you will see it there

8

Cheers I will give it a go

9

Once I open the video quality, I have 4 options:
Auto
Low
Medium
High

Currently it is on auto do I choose low or else.

Thank you

10

I select low and I am able to see live view after the doorbell notification (take a few seconds) on the Echo show . Thank you for the help.

11

When you go to Video Quality, you should see “Streaming to Alexa/Google Smart displays”. By default it’s on Smartphone first. Change it to Smart display first

12

I followed all these steps and had the show 5 start pulling the live view. Setting the stream quality to low helped but I got a green screen and buffering on the show 5 instead of the live view.

13

Hi, for me, the Doorbell->Echo Show 5 live video integration is simply too slow…and not a solution. I cannot accept that the once somebody clicks in my doorbell, it takes 20secs for the live video to show up in the Echo Show, whereas I need typically less then 5 secs to reach the door…
We need a dedicated Eufy doorbell video display to display the video feed once somebody rings the bell - in no MORE than 3 seconds, otherwise it’s useless…
Thanks, Giz

14

same here, not sure how to resolve this issue. My family is very unhappy with the delay of 20 sec. @Eufy please can we get this fix ASAP