Google - Nest Doorbell (Wired, 3rd Gen)

I have the same problem, the night field of view is terrible due to the IR reflecting off the sides. I wish the new 3rd Gen had the higher quality, but the same aspect ratio as the 2nd Gen. Plus, with the square field of view, you cant see the packages as well.

I'm having a frustrating problem with my 3rd Gen doorbell install. I can't get the doorbell to mount to the plate. The screw holes align, but once I start tightening it, it just doesn't make the connection. Any pointers?

Big thanks! I was able to get it installed today. A bit more trouble than my (now dead) gen 1 was, but I got it. Thanks!

Number 2 has three variants. One still rings the original doorbell, and the other two variants does not. Google is in the former category, and as far as I know, everyone else is in the other categories. Those categories have a local doorbell one plugs into an outlet, and are wirelessly activated (not dependent on WiFi), and those without a local doorbell other than the app. One surprise to me is that in the transition from Nest to Home, one can configure the local doorbell to chime or not, and it defaults to not. I guess this is good for the sleeping baby case.

1: Picture quality improvement is negligible because of the wider field of view. 2: I preferred the color saturations on the hello, in comparison to the 2k 3rd generation. 3: The video quality leaves a lot to be desired. They should’ve went with a 4K resolution sensor. 4: Colors seam washed out. My Nest Hello was mounted using the wedge. I opted not to use it on the 3rd generation. The image above is an overlay of the images from each doorbell.

The wider field of view is the 3rd Gen.

Slightly distorted as they get towards the edge of the lens.

Overall happy with it, sharper image and can still the same coverage in the distance, but get a better up close view for packages put close to the door. Night doesn't seem to be as good though (that's not a light on the right, it's a nest outdoor cam)

pretty much, I kept the same module in the chime, and had to drill one new hole for the different bracket spacing

I did exactly that - a straight swap with an original Nest Hello. No issues so far…

Mine’s joined to 5ghz with no issues, with a significantly better connection than the Nest Hello it replaced. No drops or disconnections so far.

Not to mention the notifications are lightning quick now! I went from an early Nest hello to this new 3rd gen 2k and it’s amazing.

Hey \*maybe\* you'll need to replace the chime puck but I did not need to. The chime works perfectly fine on my new 3rd Gen with the puck from my old 1st gen Hello doorbell.

I don't know about OP but we can \*finally\* have conversations between the "porch person" and indoor person. With our previous gen 1, "porch person" could hear the inside person but not vice versa. And now when we have the camera showing the live view, we can hear the birds chirping. :-)

Agreed. Mine also takes ages to load now that it's in Google. Kinda defeats the point.

I replace a gen 1 for a gen 3 since the camera was peeling, I like the 2k though, I also noticed it catching more events and describe them accurately. We have to see how will be with Gemini