Posted 7th Jan 2020
Thinking of buying an Echo Show 8 - with one of the major uses being to view my Yi cameras. The Yi skill has very poor reviews and can't see any Youtube videos of it working - hence asking if anyone has attempted this and for their thoughts. TIA
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sorted byThanks for that - a 10 second or so delay makes it not worth if for the use I intended. I've read other comments on the review of the skill that also mention lag/buffering - so think I'll pass for now.
BUT the latency (lag) is horrible. 3-5 seconds. There is no delay between camera and Yi Cam App, so the delay is on the Amazon Show side.
My yi is 3 years old now and its very handy
Really struggling to get Alexa to find any of my Yi cameras. Any tips?
I have mine showing on the new Echo Show 8 although it does seem a little hit & miss.
Which device do you have?
Have you enabled the Yi Skill?
Show 8. But I’m in Europe as the user mentions above... does that make a difference?
amazon.com/%E4…89M
Not sure tbh. Mine set up fine but I'm in the UK.
Sorry meant I’m in the UK too. I’ll have a read of that link. Thanks for your help. What camera are you successfully connecting to?
Yi Outdoor Camera 1080p. This one.
amazon.co.uk/YI-…Q==
That’s what I have too. How bizarre! Will keep playing.
On my Yi account I also can see two other camera's Yi cameras that have been "shared" with me - but these are not shown as visible on the list of Alexa cameras.
I just enabled the skill then linked the yi account. Camera's appeared immediately but not able to test that it works as I don't have a Show.
Did you ever get this working?
I have it working
Mine was. Now it won't find any of the cameras. Re enabled the skill on both Alexa and Google home neither find the cameras.
Reenabled as in removed it then re logged in to yi and changing the country to uk?
Yeah tried all that
I managed to get it working on my TV using a Fire TV device - agree re. the latency, I have a 7 second lag and occasioal buffering,
Was this through a web browser or is there a fire tv app? I'd like to say "alexa show my camera" and have my fire tv just show it