Flood sensors - SMS notifications via Smart Life app

Question

I have purchased flooding sensors as shown in the picture:

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I connected them to the Smart Life app. As it turned out, the app only sends notifications of flooding if the app is running - this is a bit pointless as I may not find out that my house is flooding, which is the point of these sensors after all.

The question is whether it is somehow possible to use these types of sensors to receive SMS notifications?

gkwiatkowski · Answer

And doesn't the app have an option to accept PUSH notifications? What is the symbol of this sensor? Nothing is clear from the photo.

daniel93 · Answer

The app has this option, but it only works when the app is running in the background and power saving is not enabled

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Nothing else is written on the sensors unfortunately - can I check this somewhere?

gkwiatkowski · Answer

. On another type of smartphone is the same symptom? Added after 1 [minute]: . Is this a purchase from Aliexpres?

TvWidget · Answer

Probably there is no GSM modem or SIM card slot in the sensor. There are probably simple sensors with a BLE interface. You can receive data from them from a short distance. This is taken care of by an application on the smartphone. The smartphone is therefore a key component of the system.

daniel93 · Answer

These are wifi sensors that communicate with the cloud - they are not Bluetooth sensors. So the question is whether there is a cloud that can send sms notifications?

TvWidget · Answer

Sending an SMS is often associated with charges. It is therefore not a common feature. Email can be sent at no cost.
Often the cloud is an MQTT server. The application must be active to receive information from it.

daniel93 · Answer

. So what's the point of a notification alarm and flood sensors if the notification won't come when the app is not running? After all, the app could send SMS via the phone on which it is installed

gkwiatkowski · Answer

. This is a question for the manufacturer of this sensor, why the app is not listening all the time. It should work like this: Added after 44 : . . Send an SMS to yourself?

TvWidget · Answer

In smartphones, the operating system is battling with applications running in the background. It is all about power saving and privacy issues.
Sending push notifications is a surefire way out but comes with a number of restrictions. This functionality is entirely dependent on Google. Here, as with SMS, there is the aspect of charging for the service.

daniel93 · Answer

OK, I managed to get push notifications working in the smartlive app. Are there any apps that can send SMS? With permission to charge?

Ricorro · Answer

Information for readers I have several smoke detectors and in the Smart life app on 18.09.2023 I see SMS and phone options as part of the notification in case of W. There are options when such notification available to choose from the options are several . I do not know how much the subscription costs as someone something please write how much ....

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