Aqara - Doorbell Camera G400 (Wired)

I’ve had a great experience so far with my Aqara G400. Some folks seem to have trouble with it but they generally use it powered by batteries. I’ve got it hooked up to the mains and it’s been rock solid for me.

Same. I made my Reolink doorbell HKSV compatible via Scrypted, but the Reolink randomly croaked this week. Decided to try the G410 cause of native HKSV, but now the G400 seems like a more reliable option, even though it's a lower model? Who the heck makes a doorbell that's not fully weather resistant? I want an HKSV doorbell that works with my existing doorbell wiring that is reliable. That's it. Maybe Apple will make one eventually.

It says it has rtsp streams so you could record directly to an NVR. I’m just hoping it supports onvif so I can add it to Unifi Protect

Mine looks like it was produced yesterday and it’s been out in the weather for years now.

hopefully it’s a drop-in replacement to my hard-wired G400

Yeah it looks fantastic! Portrait aspect ratio makes total sense on a doorbell, I’m glad Aqara have finally come to their senses! I’ll be replacing my G4 with this. Yeah I doubt it works with existing chimes. It seems like it’ll come with a chime but I’d imagine it’ll be a simple speaker unlike the G4 and G410 chime which is where a lot of the processing is done for those doorbells. https://preview.redd.it/z4wl7hurd6nf1.jpeg?width=397&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c5afa0e07a39c28b2e7c8271521263a16cd4a77

Later this year according to Shane Whatley’s IFA 2025 video - [https://youtube.com/watch?v=LLt\_vk\_0uSk&t=90](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LLt_vk_0uSk&t=90)

Later this year according to Shane Whatley’s IFA 2025 video - [https://youtube.com/watch?v=LLt\_vk\_0uSk&t=90](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LLt_vk_0uSk&t=90)

Same here. I have these on two doors that face south and bake in the afternoon sun. Bought one in July 2023 and the other last year because my Aqara kept disconnecting.

I'm with you, hardwired to a transformer and I've really liked it (only had it for three weeks). It's worked great. I thought about the Ecobee camera but when I saw it had a subscription, I decided to pass (even though I really love my Ecobee Premium thermostat).

does the unifi doorbell stuff pop up on Apple TV? we are doing a remodel and going to be adding their wifi and cameras, was considering their doorbell but wasn't sure if it did this, and we loved it with our aqara we had before

Although you can stick with the doorbell, I really really do recommend the new Aqaura Smart doorbell. It can be wired or battery operated, and have fallen in love with it. Reason why I mentioned this, I’ve never had a good time with Logitech products specifically made for smart home use like the Apple Smart home water detect devices that they sell. I bought a Logitech circle home view camera .. worst decision of my life since they lacked on updating the software on their end, and have made the products pretty much unusable with connection losses, happening with hours or even minutes of first time on boarding… it’s been a living, nightmare, even after having them send me out a second product of it, same issue

The Logitech Circle has been great for me. Have moved it to multiple houses with no problems. Wired up to my original chime easy as well. All my HomePods including my original chime ring when pressed and alerts are quick. Had the Aqara and it went completely dead on me within a few weeks.

I'd second the recommendation to wait for the G410. My Aqara wasn't particularly reliable and finally died towards the end of its first year. The replacement provided was much better, especially after I paired it only with HomeKit, but still goes offline occasionally and randomly takes a long time for the video to appear.

Aqara. No subscription, saves to my 512gb SD cards in each ringer for front and back door (the ringer comes WITH the door bell), and then it saves those recordings from the SD cards to my local NAS, no subscription required. And works very well with my HomeKit, no subscription.

I have 3 wireless Aqara camera & their doorbell, rarely had any issues with them. If I were starting from scratch I’d have ethernets everywhere, which may change my camera choices, but in general they’ve been pretty good.

I had the Arlo doorbell cam but just moved away from them. Now have the aqara doorbell cam, very easy to install and set up. I had minimal issues with the Arlo camera doorbell. I moved away because of price increases. Good luck with your choice

I have an Aqara and I consistently have an issue view live stream in the app and HomeKit.

I have it plugged into a transformer that’s plugged into the exterior outlet. My house was not wired for a doorbell for some stupid reason. I also have batteries installed for backup.

Just switched to EcoBee from Aqara. Loved the Aqara minus 2 things: Didn’t work when it was super cold cause the batteries kept freezing, even though it was hardwired. 2: lack of portrait view. Have to pay for video recording on ecobee which sucks but the camera is better already.

I’ve come to the conclusion it’s simply a YMMV situation. Aqara works perfectly for me (not close to, not ok-ish, actually perfectly), but then other people says it’s a pile of trash that never worked properly.

I don’t like the Aqara doorbell purely because the chime needs to be within 5m of the doorbell which is not great for my use case. Not sure why it has to be linked to the chime in that fashion

I use a Aquara. Couldn’t recommend highly enough.

Aqara has a good one. Battery or hardwire.

We had a Logitech circle doorbell but it was really unreliable and we replaced it with the Aquara, which has been pretty good. Both overheat in the sun but the aquara drops off the network far less.

Aqara do some good HomeKit compatible gear. Their doorbell and hubs work really well. Best to hard wire the doorbell as it’s a hungry beast and chews through the batteries. For lighting, heating and shading control I would go wired over wireless for reliability. KNX is best if you can get it, and don’t want to be locked into one of a myriad of proprietary systems out there. Good luck!

My Aqara is awesome. Being able to wear gloves and still use home key is awesome

Use Aqara, it’s amazing

The Aqara doorbell is 1080p not 2K but I’ve had it for over a year and been 90% happy with it. The 24/7 recording is great to have on a doorbell in a prime position but the annoying bugs here and there can be frustrating with Aqaras slow support or software roll out.

I really like the Aqara doorbell, powers off existing cable. Has a doorbell chime/hub. I have Reolink for all my other exterior cameras. Aqara integrated easy into Apple home so it’s convenient for my wife.

How far is Aqara doorbell from the Aqara chime? They need to be pretty close to work well. On the app, choose doorbell > ... > Device Settings > Doorbell Signal. Is it reporting "Strong"? How about Network Information > Wi-Fi Strength? My only complaints are (1) the video quality isn't great and (2) landscape orientation (doorbell cameras should be portrait).

My only gripe with the Aqara is that it’s got really poor visibility for packages. It’s been reliable and seems fairly priced.

Go with Aqara, no regrets.

Another vote for the Aqara doorbell. The HomeKit integration is great and I love that it comes up on my AppleTV when it rings. I have it hardwired to a transformer/chime.

I have the Eufy T8213 integrated with Homebridge, which allows me to receive notifications on my Apple TVs and HomePods. I also get notifications on my Echo Shows, when the TV is off. The Google Home app integration works well on Android, but unfortunately, it does not work on iOS. I briefly had the Aqara doorbell, which worked great with HomeKit, but it performed poorly with Amazon and Google.

Having great luck with an Aqara doorbell and Aqara door locks. For cameras I use Eufy wireless (make sure to get the pros to get HomeKit integration). Run all of that without Homebridge and was pretty easy to setup.

Well I’ve tried 2. Netatmo, which I liked the premium design of, but they never released HKSV support Aqara, which doesn’t look so nice as the Netatmo, but works well, especially when used with a U200 door lock. Aqara had lots of issues when it first came out, but I think is pretty good now. This is typical Aqara, which is to release before really ready and treat what is really beta software as a v1.0

Rumour is new HomePods are coming which are more powerful for Apple Intelligence. I’d wait a while. The Aqara doorbell is pretty good.

Same experience, been using my Aqara Doorbell just on batteries and works surprisingly well.

Aqara has been rock solid for me. Sometimes it is a little slow to respond when attempting to watch the feed. I blame that on all of my household all trying to view the feed at once.

I’ve had 2; Logitech and Aqara. Aqara, if it wasn’t for the aspect ratio I’d have 0 complaints. Logitech ; if it wasn’t for the simplicity of connecting via HomeKit I’d have only complaints.

I am very happy with my aqara doorbell

Simply Aqara. They have quite a number of devices that you might want to get in the future, their devices work great in their app, play nice with Apple Home, no Subscription.

How do you like the Aqura? I have this and the switchbot trying to figure out which works better for my situation. (Euro cylinder)

Bought one today. Tomorrow installation process. I am a little worry with some mixed reviews, hope the major bugs are already fixed and I don’t suffer with intermittent connectivity. I will get back to share impressions

So, after 5 days all good. HomeKit integration looks perfect and the notifications works perfect. My wife, who as in the household on Apple Home just start to get notifications. “Just works”

Aqara doorbell is by far the best. I’ve tried almost all of them

Been great. It’s not in direct sunlight for more than a hour or two a day though. But never had it overheat like the Logitech did

Everything I have is native HomeKit and HKSV. I didn’t want to need homebridge or scripted or anything. The Aqara doorbell has been dependable.