Nest Doorbell (Wired, 3rd Gen)

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.

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

Same here. I bought two 3rd‑generation doorbells in the US, and they work perfectly fine here in France. The added value compared to devices officially sold on the EU market is that the US‑only 3rd‑gen doorbells can connect to the 5 GHz band (and not only 2.4 GHz). I believe it’s not permitted under EU regulations for outdoor IoT devices to use the 5 GHz band. The connection quality is much better as a result.

It works seamlessly; no electrician required. Just plug in an adapter and you’re good to go. There’s no need for a mechanical chime either if you have Nest Hub or Nest Mini devices in your home.

I use the Google Doorbell 3 wired. No subscription. Works perfectly - I'm impressed by how quick it sends it's notifications. Before I even put my hand on the door, my pocket rings with the vibration that "Person is at door".

First pic Nest Hello and second pic is the new 3rd gen. Pretty big rainstorm finally took out my nest hello. Figured it was a good time to upgrade with the new one just coming out. Just got it swapped. The increased FOV is great but the picture quality leaves something to be desired. Figured some people would want to see a side by side comparison. Both shots were captured at the same time of day. Don’t judge me decor haha, we are getting the house painted and everything is a mess.

It’s about the same. Don’t expect to read license plates or even good face pics unless they are up close.

Yup it’s at max. Big oof for quality.

Yeah it’s not a fantastic upgrade. I’m not an AI shill but I really do like the AI descriptions. Instead of just saying “motion at front door” it now describes “a black dog walked by” and I really dig it. I only check motion now if something weird happens. Maybe that was in previous models but I was coming from nest hello so that was new. Even coming from nest hello the quality isn’t any better besides the increased fov lmao

Make sure you have Gemini enabled for the device. I didn’t notice it in settings until I got a pop up when I opened the home app asking me to turn it on. It might be in device settings or Gemini settings.

Google home. I don’t have the Gemini app.

No I haven’t had any issues. If anything it got better. Might be worth restarting your router and then once it’s up and running reboot your doorbell so it gets a fresh IP.