Aqara - Doorbell Camera Hub G410

I had two Logitechs, bought in 2022. One died in 2023 and Logitech sent me a replacement that was refurbished. This year both Logitech units started to have the glass face delaminate and both units overheated to the point where they would not come back online. Even when the Logitech units were working, they were slow to load video and late to notify on motion events and doorbell presses. I have no experience with the Wemo product but I cannot recommend the Logitech units. I replaced the Logitech units with the Aqara G410 doorbell and the Aqara has been great.

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.

I installed a G410 today :) I finally ditched Nest for good.

I've been happy with my G410. I use an sd card for recording video, and it works well.

I’ve had the Aqara G410 since launch and it’s been rock solid - significantly better than the G4.  My only complaint is that the battery life could be better.

I have the Aqara G410 and it integrates super easily with HomeKit. I used to have a Reolink doorbell and had to mess around with Home Assistant to get it working with HomeKit, but the G410 just works out of the box. One nice bonus is that the G410 also acts as a hub if you ever want to add more Aqara gear later. Since you already have an Apple TV, that will serve as your Thread border router, so you can still access and control everything in the Home app even when you are away from home.

Most compatible with HA replink for sure, most compatible with HomeKit, aqara g410, I switched my replink to aqara for my doorbell because I never got the 2 way audio to work, I moved the reolink doorbell to the garage, as a camera or perfect but for the rest of the family and notification and HomeKit, I prefer aqara. Is not perfect but is better

What don't you like about it? I have the same doorbell and love it. It detects my face and unlocks my front door and works great.

Aqara G4 or the new one G410 if you are able to wire it up. It’s been flawless with decent wifi. Incidentally I did the same and replaced my Ring Doorbell and removed it from my Homebridge hub.

I’m not sure if this is helpful here but I just bought the G410 and returned it after four days. I get direct sunlight in the afternoon hours and every single day without fail, it would overheat and then start working fine in the evening again. Real shame since the hub functionality worked great.

Spent the last 3 days with both the G410 and the Reolink. I could write a long boring reply as to why, but the Reolink wins if you care about image quality and more granular control of sensitivity for motion alerts. The Aqara wins if you just want a more plug and play style and don’t care if the image is a good chunk worse. The Reolink is just so much more customizable. I ran mine through Scrypted and it is performing super fast. Maybe 1 or 2 seconds behind a pure motion notification with the full HKSV video compared to Aqara’s near 12 second delay. If you’re up for a more complicated setup, the Reolink setup is a chore but the image quality is solidly better. I can’t believe how washed out the G410 is. Also, and I know this is a small thing, but the Aqara’s chime is fugly and is powered with a usb c cable and that adds to the fugliness. I like reolinks plug - chime. Oh and last thing, the Reolink feels almost half the size of the Aqara so your doorway feels much more minimalistic with the Reolink.

I love everything about it except image quality. I bought and returned 2 of them now thinking they were defective but the image quality I’ve experienced under a porch in shade looking out into the brighter section of my front yard is so shockingly blown out that I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I have a 3rd now that I got just to make sure and sure enough, the 3rd one is crazy blown out. Not sure what I’m doing wrong. Love the hub, connectivity, speed, and ease of adding, but I just can’t get past the image.

The Aqara g410 is completely HomeKit compatible. Even acts as a thread mesh extender. I’ve had mine for over a week! Love the viewing angles. Just with there was more control over the hdr feature.

I don’t get these delays with my G410, but I’m definitely not happy with the image quality as compared to my Logitech doorbell. Is the Reolink video quality that much better? Edit: I missed the dedicated section about image quality. I might give this a try.

I replaced my glitchy Logitech Circle View with the Aqara g410 and am very happy with it. Install was easy. I powered it with the existing old doorbell wiring, which entailed disconnecting/rewiring the existing old bell mechanism. This allows 24x7 recording if you use an SD card. Batteries are also an option. Plus it functions as an Aqara hub if you get more of their products.

If they MUST be native, For doorbells, there's the Aqara G410 and Logitech circle. Aqara works with battery or hardwired, no physical/legacy chime support. Logitech is older and has some quirks but is the only native option that can ring your home's old physical chime. Also I like how it looks better than Aqara. For locks, IMO this is easy. Schlage Encode Plus is the best all-around choice for native Apple Home integration. 12 months of battery life on thread, homekey support, robust hardware. I've had a lot of smart locks and it's by far the best I've had. For cameras, really no awesome options for native - IMO the best camera systems are ones like Ubiquiti or Amcrest or Reolink where you have a physical NVR recording 24x7 and POE runs to each camera. With homekit native solutions you're gonna have to hardwire power\*, but still deal with wifi and you do not get 24x7 recording, only motion events. If you're gonna be spending some money anyway, I'd say go with Ubiquiti and spend a little on a mini PC to run Scrypted on it, which will proxy your Ubiquiti cameras into homekit and they'll work just like native cameras on your home app - except you also get POE connection, 24x7 recording, local storage, etc. \* Technically there are some battery powered options but they're not great.

I have the g410 and the logi cle before it. So far I’m loving the g410 a little bit better, but both a pretty damn rad and super easy to install. My logi died after a few years of cleveland winter and facing dead west cooking by the sun. Still held up decently imo.

In our house it also rings in the existing doorbell chime box that is connected to the transformer, in addition to the Aqara chime box and the home pods if we want.

I just made the switch over to Aqara doorbell G410 & front door lock U100 and it was pretty seamless to set up, no issues so far. Lots of endorsements for Aqara on this sub.

It’s battery powered as you requested but can be hooked up to power for better reliability. It is HomeKit native, and I actually set mine up without the Aqara app. Confusing because I thought you needed the Aqara app, but mine went straight into HomeKit with most features working. I’ve only had it about a week but it has been super solid with motion detection and hasn’t had any connection issues yet. Picture quality is decent. I’m hooked up to my doorbell transformer though, so I can’t speak to a battery powered experience, which may mean less reliability and possibly replacing the batteries very frequently.

That means also that the G410 is within apple home not really a doorbell then just a "normal" camera? So push2 talk is working within the home app but there is no way to popup the camera screen in the app if someone is ringing neither then get the camera notification within appleTV?

I´m not getting any notification within apple home app. I can see the video feed and push to talk. But if i press the ring button I´m not getting the notification. I will only get them within the aqara app. I have the Camera within apple home as "Aqara doorbell hub" but within the settings no option to get a notify if doorbell is ringed... Anything I missed or messed up?

I tried to find these settings but Im not really able to find it. There Not within the settings of the Camera in the Home App

I have there only one Option „Show in home overviews“ nothing Else is showing up…

No Home hub. Just connected directly via the HomeKit qr Code of the chime.

Thanks for clarification. Is this really a must have? I thought at least locally it should work without appleTV/homepod?

Yeah for sure if I want remote Access and Create automations I will need the home hub. But are you sure about that the Basic doorbell Feature like detect ringing will also only appear if I add the hub?

But do you know this for sure or is it just a wild guess? Do you have a g410 and can confirm that the notification settings are available?

No dont get me wrong. There is just no clear statement that a Home hub will fix this for sure? So it would be great if you have an g410 and can confirm that the settings are available. But please let me know if you have it or not

Ok Perfect thanks. Then I know what I have to do :)

Just be aware of the limitations if you use it in HomeKit: the presence sensor doesn’t work with the camera, and you can’t get push notifications from it. Additionally, adding it to Apple He reduces 2K to sub 1080p in both Apple and Aqara. You only get 2K if it’s in Aqara and no other ecosystem.

The mmWave sensor shows in Apple Home, but it doesn’t have the normal ‘activity notifications’ option. As regards resolution, it’s different in this case; if you only install it in the Aqara ecosystem, you get 2K, but if you add it to Apple Home, not only does the resolution drop to below 1080p, you lose 2K resolution in Aqara Home too. This isn’t the case with any of their previous cameras capable of more than 1080p.

Don’t get me wrong, the G410 is a better device when you take all the pluses into account. I’m more than happy with mine. Unfortunately Shane’s review missed the points I mentioned which are going to be a disappointment for some, especially if they were expecting to get 2K recordings from Aqara after they install it in Apple Home.

Overall this is a more than decent upgrade. Unfortunately, there are couple areas is falls short where you would expect it not to. Plus points; * Dual band WiFi * Matter Controller * Thread Border Router * Zigbee Hub * 4:# aspect ratio * 2K video (also see the minus points) * mmWave Sensor (also see the minus points) Minus points; * Video quality is 2K, but only if you use it solely in the Aqara app. If you use both Aqara and Apple Home, video quality drops to less than 1080p (1600 x 1200), even in the Aqara app. * The mmWave sensor works great, but can only really be best utilised in the Aqara app. It's disregarded for video recordings in Apple Home. * Additionally, the mmWave sensor doesn't have the option to get notifications in Apple Home. Still, to me the pluses override the minuses, generally, so I'm still happy with it as it stands, despite the issues.

Thanks. I think there are some things that could justify an upgrade, but if you’re still using the G4 and are happy with it (as was I) then it’s a tough call, unless you can use an additional doorbell.

Aqara G410.

Good to hear. I just installed mine last week and loving it.

No. I’ve got the G410 and it was a mistake. Just get a normal doorbell and a separate camera.

Works poorly with HomeKit, don’t think it’s mmWave can even be used by HomeKit , has like 10% detection success even when someone walks right up on my porch, but I sure does successfully detect the clouds moving in the sky. All it takes is a quick search on Google to find a lot of people have similar problems. Outside of HomeKit it seems to work fine, but the whole reason I bought it was for the HomeKit integration.

The new G410 works great for me. The new top outdoor camera is the new G5. They have a cheaper one that is also outdoor capable, but you really should’ve done this yesterday during prime day. Prices may have gone up by now or they might still be on sale. I like Aqara stuff because it has more concurrent streams. Two on the cheap ones and 4 on the better ones. Four means like two people can watch, while also showing a live video preview on the Apple TV, also while it’s recording. Logitech circle cameras only have one stream.

Second this- been a solid doorbell for us

Yes I have seen that it has the same 2 part configuration as the old one. I also know that the new one has 5 GHZ wifi and a number of nice upgrades such as 2K resolution and better aspect ratio. The only think missing is no more free 7 days of cloud storage.

Also it’s nearly the same as the G4 but it includes a hub for other Aqara devices. Hub works great

Like others said, Aqara has a security system. The G410 is both a doorbell and chime with a built in hub for a security system. Great place to start then you can add various sensors and cameras after.

I got the G410. I got it working. I am trying to figure out how to integrate it with HomeKit. Ideally, the doorbell rings. The appletv kicks the tv on and shows the video from the doorbell. Yeah if wishes were fishes.

Aqara G410 doorbell and Schlage Encode Plus door lock (until the new one actually releases). I have both, and they work great. For others cameras, I would also say Aqara. You can leverage HKSV. If you don’t want them phoning home to China, you can block internet access on your router. If you want a full home security system, you can also consider sensors. Aqara has those too. Or you can go with Abode and also get professional monitoring.

So far, so good with the new Aqara G410 doorbell. I’m using it on battery until I can extend the doorbell wire so it fits through the 20 degree angled bracket.

Aqara G410. You can pay for an Aqara subscription, but it is compatible with HomeKit Secure Video so you don’t have to pay anything extra for cloud storage. It also has a spot for an SD card for local storage.

Yup. Shame I just installed a G410 🤣

There’s nothing new from the last time you checked. Wemo is shutting down so you should stay far away from it. Aqara released the G410 which is a little better than the G4, but a lot (including the design) is the same. Not enough details about the Hue Doorbell yet, but their cameras dont support HomeKit at all

Wemo has discontinued all their products. They’ll work in HomeKit, but its impossible to know for how long. Some wont be able to be added again if you have to remove it to solve a bug. Stay FAR away from that brand. Also consider Aqara G410. Works very well. Better than Logitech from what Ive read, but havent tried Logitech myself

My Logitec has functioned fine and I got it when they were first released. It very rarely goes offline. I did not have a doorbell there previously, so I bought a transformer off of Amazon and drilled a hole. I plugged that into a smart out let and set an automation to manually cycle the power for one minute once a week. My only issue is that the front began to delaminate and its starting to look kinda cruddy. Moving into a new place and I just got the Aqara G410. Most Aqara stuff has worked well for me, so I am going to give it a try. I was originally going to relocate my Logitec, but I didn't want to keep it because of the delaminating. I thought of just buying another one, but the Aqara is cheaper and has more features.

The Aqara G410 is a good doorbell. Unfortunately, its Notifications with Homekit aren't great. You have to depend on both apps (Aqara & HK) to get the most out of it.

I went from an older nest doorbell to G410. Like you, my experiences have been positive as well. I escaped nest right before they bumped up their prices so I am glad I am not paying $10 a month for always on recording. The chime works well for me. But I agree with you on the size. It’s much bigger than the older previous gen nest doorbell.

I got one the day it released and it’s my first ‘smart’ doorbell of any kind. I’ve been.. a bit underwhelmed to say the least. A couple issues: 1) The thing has been giving overheating issues in like 20C if it’s in direct sunlight on a nice day. Minor inconvenience as it’s happened only a few times. 2) The big one. The notifications have been.. all over the map. What are your detection settings? I don’t think I can use the ‘any motion is detected’. My neighbour has a flag that’s in view so I assume that’s why but I just get non stop notifications of motion. I have all of the ‘specific motion detected’ options selected. But I’ll still get random notifications. Like 3 am I’ll get a package detected but obviously nothing came. My driveway is partially obstructed by a post and some railing / spindles on the porch, but it will never detect a vehicle on the driveway, only on the road. I can’t use the select an area feature because if I crop out the road, then it cuts off at knee height on the porch. But when someone comes to deliver a package, I often won’t get a notification at all or it will just come in late. If I start scrolling through the recording clips I have so many clips of the Doppler diamond or whatever where literally nothing happens. Mostly during the night. Maybe it’s the bugs that fly by? If I try to use the Aqara app, I have all sorts of issues with notifications as well. I can’t even use the lingerer detection cause it basically always thinks there’s a lingerer at night time. TL;DR: it works great as a doorbell and when someone presses the button. All other notifications have been basically a crapshoot and I can’t properly block out notifications from the road without the ability to use the mmWave sensor in HomeKit as it would cut out the ability to detect half the person. Maybe I had unrealistic expectations but I was hoping to reliably get notifications when someone drove onto my driveway or walked onto my porch but I can’t figure out any settings that work for that.

The listing just showed back up on Amazon. It was taken down a few days ago after pre-orders. I’m ordering mine. The improvement on the field of view looks pretty substantial. The new sensor won’t hurt either. If I didn’t already have a hub then that’d be a great sales point as well.

You can’t get them at all or you can’t get them through HomeKit? I know the Aqara app already has more features than HomeKit and sometimes I have to use the Aqara app over the home app. Yeah 1080 isn’t fantastic but it’s a limitation of HomeKit. I’m mostly excited about being able to see things like packages better. The wider angle lense will see more of my porch and I’ll settle for that.

Both are unfortunate but things I can live with. I find that the Aqara app provides better notifications so I use it anyways and that’s where the sensor should make the biggest difference. 1080 isn’t great but I’m not chasing resolution, just the wider angle lense that shows more of my porch. The G4 doesn’t show much ground and can even cut off faces up close. The wider lense shows more of the ground and faces. Thanks for the info.

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

I got the same. I did have a weird issue where it sat there loading the video on HomeKit forever, reset it and thus far no issues.

Hello! I figured to give a quick 1 month update on the G410. I bought it to replace my aged and now defunct Nest Hello doorbell (screw you Google). I needed a hardwired doorbell with HomeKit support and quick notifications. So the G410 meet all of those requirements, so I took the plunge. 1 month later, no regrets whatsoever! If someone rings the doorbell, the notifications are near realtime! Shows up on all of my devices at once and the Apple TV pop up is clear and the live video is amazing! Setup and installation was a breeze. Took no more than 20 minutes to remove the old Nest, install the G410 and setup to HomeKit. No connectivity issues, other than one after a software update (YMMV). I had to reset everything and add the doorbell back but no issues after that. I was expecting some ‘new model teething issues’ so I wasn’t surprised it happened. Regardless, it connects via 5ghz to, weirdly enough, to the furthest mesh node, which is on the second story and the other side of the house, but it shows a 100% signal rate…so take that as you may. My only ‘issues’ are more nitpicking. First, my hardwired chime doesn’t work BUT the wireless chime that comes with it is just as good if not better and a lot louder. Second, it’s HUGE compared to my old Nest Hello, which was sleek and blended seamlessly to the front of the house. The G410, is like screwing a black brick to the front of your home. Is it big enough for me to completely dislike it? No, not really. I’m just glad it works well from a functionality point of view. Now, if Apple ever released their supposed Doorbell and if it’s smaller than this unit, would I switch? Yup.

I have the g410 and I’m not massively impressed with it so far tbh. The range is piss poor and constantly drops. Wonder if it would be the same with a different brand but want the hksv

I have recently purchased a G410 doorbell and U200 lock. The camera install went good and facial recognition worked pretty well. Adding the U200 lock was problematic. Had issues all around. I finally got it online, and as per instructions I needed to add these to my existing matter network. Again this was difficult as the lock did not want to participate. After I was able to get it all connected, the G410 facial recognition no longer worked. I am pulling my hair out, and about ready to move on to Lockly.

My aqara g410 has been solid since I got it a month ago. It also has better reviews than the Logitech Circle and the G4, which was the previous iteration. For the price, the G4 is $89.99 right now and it is a very good price for what it offers. But the 410 is definitely an improvement.

I’ve got my G410 four a few months now, pretty much since launch it’s been working flawlessly. It is hardwired though. The more you try to rely on batteries the worse your results. HomeKit doorbells unfortunately perform pretty bad with batteries, this is not just Aqara. The indoor camera E1 that I got for my living room seems to also be working pretty well. Haven’t had any major issues with it. That being said, the only subscription you will require with HomeKit will be the iCloud for the HKSV, the $9.99 subscription which I think it’s 2 TB will give you cloud storage for an unlimiteD number of cameras for up to 10 days. This perk you also Get if you have the Apple one premiere subscription. You can also just not get HKSV and just get the live feed on the Home app, and get the videos stored on the SD card. Something to say though, is that the Alexa skill for aqara is extremely broken so if you wanted to get the doorbell feed on an Amazon echo show or something like that, it probably won’t work really well. It didn’t work for me. I had to get an iPad 9 too repurpose as a smart display. Much better in my opinion and the connection is much more stable.

Warning that it’s apparently a one-time code per account on Amazon. I placed the order on the wrong card so I instantly canceled and tried to re-order but it won’t let me use the code now.

Yup, got excited about seeing this released before my second cup of coffee kicked in and I was worried it might sell out like some of these things have in the past. Amazon customer service got me sorted, just kind of a pain.

I absolutely hated my ecobee doorbell. It would constantly drop connection, turn off, miss events, etc. I sold it and got an Aqara g410 and it’s been rock solid, so much happier with it.

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Here is a transcription & translation from the audio. Sorry if IA make some mistakes.. " Today, we are introducing the G410 doorbell from Lixiang's New Year collection. What are the differences between it and the previous G4 doorbell? What upgrades have been made? Let's evaluate them in detail. To make it easier to distinguish, we specifically chose a gray G410 doorbell for comparison with the previous G4 model. First, the size and dimensions of both are the same. The C10 button on the G410 has an indicator light that automatically turns on when someone approaches, prompting the stranger to press the doorbell directly to call the indoor central screen. When I made the preview earlier, some fans specifically asked us whether the base of the new and old G4 doorbells is compatible. We were also a bit worried because when we installed it before, we stuck the base firmly. After receiving the new sample, we tried it and found that the base has completely the same opening. As long as you install it normally, you can complete the upgrade. The G410 has six very obvious upgrades compared to the G4. First, the resolution of the camera has been improved. The previous G4 doorbell had a 1080P resolution, while the new G410 has been upgraded to 2K resolution. Second, its field of view has been upgraded. The G4 doorbell had a 162-degree wide-angle view, now upgraded to a 175-degree wide-angle view, providing a broader visible range. Now, when we compare the clarity and field of view of the two doorbells, we can see that the field of view on the left and right sides of the G4 doorbell is relatively narrow. The left side reaches exactly the edge of the packaging, and the right side reaches exactly the edge of our flower pot. Now, let's look at the effect of the G410. The left side of the packaging exceeds the edge by about six to seven centimeters, and after passing the edge of the flower pot, you can still see a bit more, so its field of view is broader. In terms of clarity, the G410 is also clearer than the G4, with a sharper image. Third, its sensing technology. The old G4 doorbell used PIR human body sensing plus infrared lighting. The new G410 has added millimeter-wave presence sensing, making it more accurate in detecting people. In terms of network connectivity, the old G4 could only support a single-screen 2.4G WiFi signal. The new G410 can support 2.4G, 5G, and Matter bridging functions simultaneously, making the connection signal more stable. According to the official data, the repeater of this doorbell can have a transmission distance of ten meters between the doorbell and the repeater, previously five meters, doubling the previous range. The fifth upgrade is that the repeater of the G410 this time has a storage card installation port, allowing local storage. The sixth upgrade point is that, in addition to the HomeKit ecosystem, this time it has also added the Matter upgrade, allowing it to be connected to the HomeKit ecosystem as well as Samsung's Smart Home. That's it for today's new product introduction. If you want to know more about smart home reviews, please follow us. "

Mine is amazing on HomeKit. There are quite a few settings to toggle in order to get the response you’re looking for. Most of those google gripes are from folks who haven’t gotten the setting correct.

I also upgraded to the G410 from the Wemo doorbell. It was super easy to set up and get into the Apple HomeKit (just need to scan the HomeKit label). If I didn’t have hardwiring, would have totally used the battery set up. 10/10 would recommend over alternatives

I have this and so far it’s nice. Have had it for two months so far.

I’ve been through this and was desperate to get the Aqara (or any native HomeKit doorbell) to work. I bought the G410 and to be fair I think I got a faulty device as it stopped working after an hour and wouldn’t connect to a network or show a video feed at all. I tried everything and ended up returning it. In the short time it was working, it wasn’t a particularly hot day but it was overheating a lot (common issue reported by others), notifications weren’t reliable (another common issue reported by others). I’m a big fan of Aqara and have almost all their sensors, but I ended up getting the Reolink WiFi doorbell hard-wired and it’s night and day difference. Much better quality, instant notifications. And the PoE should be even better than that. I use home assistant to expose the video feed of it into HomeKit, so I don’t have access to Apple home notifications but I prefer the reolink app for that anyway as the native app will deliver them faster

Use Aqara for sensors. Very reliable and long lasting. I know people are not comfortable with hub but trust me that is a total add-on value. Especially all those custom scenes and automations that can be imported/bridged into HomeKit. Also their DIY home security system is also pretty much stable and easy to use. You can still have mix of Eve or other brand sensors too but Aqara ones have been pretty reliable and stable for me. Just one suggestion since you have a start over option and you are with HA. Add integrations very early to avoid re-doing later. Door lock Schlage, aqara ones are frequently heard among HomeKit circles. Doorbell again aqara g410 is the latest one that has good reception. I personally use Logitech circle(as long as it works it is rock solid but many complain about frequent cutoffs and inability to add into HomeKit and bad support) Across home automation community if you ask about switches Lutron is the single resounding answer from everyone. I personally use meross and kasa ones. Chesper but WiFi.

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’m hoping for next week 😂. What’s the current aspect ratio for the g410? I have it now and can’t see packages BUT I got it to replace my Logitech circle and that couldn’t see packages either. Maybe I just have them too high

Aqara G410 is decent for the money, improvement over the original since the firmware updates to fix some niggles. Better camera angle and RTSP are good improvements to have, wish the video wasn’t downgraded as much but I tend to view via Apple Home anyway so reduced to 1080.

Only in the Aqara app, 1080 in Homekit annoyingly

got a aqara g410

Is your G410 background white washed like mine?

Aqara employees will do their best to down vote the problem. My G410 is over exposed / white washed. DO NOT BUY!!! https://preview.redd.it/v714trstbcff1.jpeg?width=1751&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32c25cc39e057625a39f6c06e4687f771eefdcb8

I had the ecobee for about 8 months. It missed a lot of events. It would often start recording when the delivery person was already leaving. I switched the the Aqara g410 and get a lot more accurate recordings, it also supports continuous recording to an sd card so if hksv misses an alert or you need to see longer before/after you can do that with the sd card. Also I think you can fit the Aqara in your space, you just install the bracket on an angle not completely flat. That’s how have mine and it works perfectly fine and is very secure.

I just removed my ecobee. Had it for a year. I’m here in Canada so it handled cold fine. However, it would constantly miss events. If someone delivers a package it would pick them up once they were at the end of my entrance and only show the back. It was borderline useless for that. It worked well as the doorbell, to answer etc. the speaker/mic were good. The concept of seeing who was at the door in my ecobee thermostat was cool. But the event detection was really bad. I also paid the monthly subscription through them and wasnt any better through their app either. I’ve switched to the Aqara G410, had it for about a month and it’s great. Picks up everything right as you’d expect, and even supports continuous recording onto an sd card as well as HomeKit secure video. My only complaints with the Aqara: - doesn’t connect to the built in home chime. Have to only use the provided chime box - the aspect ratio is 4:3, so for my situation it can’t see the package placed in front of the door. The extra bee was 3:4 so it would show more vertically. Otherwise it’s been perfect.

I went with grey, so people actually see the damn button and know to press it

I had the same issue but the recent firmware update seemed to fix it (overheat warnings were specifically called out in the release notes). We just had some of the hottest days of the year and my front door is SW facing so it gets blasted and feels like the surface of the sun in the summer. It didn’t yell at me once after the firmware update and it was yelling at me constantly on much cooler days before.

Yeah - I have the Aqara one, which is battery powered and works through HKSV. So that’ll do for now

The Aqara battery one and drilled it in to mount.

Native HomeKit: Aqara G4/G410 More involved: UniFi G4 doorbell -> Scrypted UniFi Plugin -> HKSV

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).

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 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.