Problem with doorbell

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The V8S doorbell is connected to my Amazon Echo Show via a skill. This actually works well, but every time the doorbell rings you have to confirm the incoming stream with ‘Accept’ via a pop-up on your mobile phone. This is quite annoying in the long run, so I’ve been trying to get round this obstacle for a while now. Does anyone have any ideas or a solution on how to solve this problem?
I have already bought the Tasker app from the Google Store. However, I don’t have any useful instructions. I am currently very disappointed, as the doorbell and the app together make a good impression on me.

Achim

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This is due to the fact that Amazon does not officially allow this confirmation step to be bypassed completely for privacy reasons.
Perhaps here are a few possible ideas for a solution (for Android users):

The steps are roughly as follows:
:white_check_mark: Option 1: Automatically click the ‘Accept’ button using Tasker + AutoInput
Scenario: You are using an Android phone and have installed the Tasker and AutoInput plugins.

The steps are roughly as follows:

  1. Install the AutoInput plugin and grant accessibility permissions

Open Tasker → Plugins → AutoInput → Set accessibility permissions.

  1. Create Tasker Profile
    Trigger condition:

Event → UI → Notification → package named your doorbell app (or Alexa app)

Keywords like ‘Incoming call’ or ‘Doorbell is ringing’.

  1. Create Task (action)

Insert AutoInput → Action → click on the button ‘Accept’ or ‘Answer’.

You can use AutoInput’s UI testing feature to capture the button name on the actual popup window.

  1. Testing and Optimisation

You can add a delay to avoid early execution

Add a log to debug whether the button is recognised successfully or not.

:pushpin: **Note: **AutoInput’s click simulation behaviour is not 100% stable and may have compatibility issues especially after Android updates.

:white_check_mark:Option 2: Use Alexa Routines to pre-broadcast + voice confirmation instead of clicks
Although you can’t automatically access video streams, you can set up Alexa Routines:

1.Trigger: Doorbell rings (from Skill)

2.ACTION: Alexa broadcasts, ‘Someone rings the doorbell at the door, do you want to turn on video?’

Then you can say:

‘Alexa, answer the doorbell.’

This reduces the number of times you have to move your phone and is slightly smoother than a pop-up confirmation.

:pushpin: For third-party (e.g. V8S) doorbells: manual confirmation is currently required, which is an Amazon security policy restriction.I hope the above helps.

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