I'm writing to make two related suggestions:

There should be text message and app notifications of a Secret Alert. (Right now, those alerts appear in the SimpliSafe Timeline, but they're easy to overlook if you don't review your Timeline frequently, since the "Overview" screen only shows the most recent event.)
I would like more filter options on the Timeline so that I can more easily check for specific types of activity, e.g. motion alerts for specific motion sensors. (It already filters for alerts from specific cameras. I want the same option for other sensors.)

For context, we have had two false motion alarms in the last year, so we put those sensors into Secret Alert mode for a while in case they sent a false alarm again. However, it's hard to tell whether we've missed any Secret Alerts without the monitoring features suggested above.

P.S. – I'm actually wondering if this is a bug because I just noticed that the description of the Secret Alert settings claims there will be "an SMS/Email alert or push notification to registered devices," but neither my wife nor I have ever received such a notification for a Secret Alert. (See screenshot.) We are both using the SimpliSafe app on current versions of Android with T-Mobile as our cell phone service provider.

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