How to Stop the Flood of Notifications from Your Ezviz Camera
An Ezviz security camera is an excellent tool for keeping your property safe, but its effectiveness is diminished if it bombards you with constant, unnecessary alerts. When your phone buzzes every few minutes because of a passing car or a swaying bush, you can become desensitised and may eventually ignore a critical notification.
This guide will provide you with a clear, step-by-step process to take back control of your Ezviz camera's settings. By making a few simple adjustments in the Ezviz app, you can significantly reduce the number of alerts you receive, ensuring that you are only notified of events that truly matter.
## Understanding the Cause of Too Many Ezviz Alerts
Before diving into the solution, it's important to understand the problem. The issue is rarely a fault with the camera itself, but rather how it's been configured to interpret its environment.
- Detection Sensitivity is Too High: This is the most common reason. If the sensitivity is maxed out, the slightest movement—from shadows, rain, or insects—will trigger an alert.
- Monitoring a Busy Area: If your camera's view includes a public footpath, a road, or even just a tree that moves a lot in the wind, you are guaranteed to get a high volume of notifications.
- No Custom Detection Area: Without a specific area defined, the camera analyses every pixel in its entire view for motion, much of which is irrelevant to your security.
- Generic Motion Detection: Basic motion detection alerts you to any movement. More advanced features like human detection are often available but may need to be enabled.
## Your Guide to Reducing Ezviz Camera Alerts
Work through these solutions in your Ezviz app to bring peace and quiet back to your phone.
### 1. Adjust the Detection Sensitivity
This is your first and most effective line of defence.
- Open the Ezviz app and select the camera you wish to configure.
- Tap the gear icon in the top-right corner to open Settings.
- Select Alarm Notification.
- Tap on Detection Sensitivity. You will see a slider with levels (e.g., 1 to 6).
- If it's set to a high level, lower it by one or two steps.
- Save the setting and observe the camera's behaviour. The aim is to find a balance where it ignores trivial motion but still catches important events.
### 2. Set a Customised Detection Area
Tell your camera exactly where to look.
- In the Alarm Notification menu, find and tap on Detection Area or Customized Area.
- You'll see the camera's view. Tap on 'Drawing Area'.
- Draw one or more zones to cover only the specific areas you want to monitor, such as your doorway, garden gate, or parked car.
- Crucially, ensure the zones do not cover areas with constant motion, like public roads or your neighbour's property.
- Save the area. The camera will now completely ignore any movement outside this defined zone.
### 3. Enable AI-Powered Human Shape Detection
Use smart technology to get smarter alerts. This feature is available on many newer Ezviz models.
- In the Alarm Notification settings, look for an option called Human Shape Detection or similar AI features.
- Enable this feature.
- When active, the camera's onboard AI will analyse movement to determine if it has the shape of a person. It will then only send you a notification for these specific events, dramatically reducing alerts from other sources.
### 4. Set a Notification Schedule
Control when you get alerted.
- Within the Alarm Notification menu, look for Notification Schedule.
- This allows you to create a timetable for receiving alerts.
- You can, for example, schedule the camera to only send notifications when you are typically away from home or during the night, preventing you from being disturbed by your own movements.
By implementing these straightforward adjustments, you can transform your Ezviz camera from a source of constant noise into a precise and intelligent security device.