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Nest Doorbell (Wired, Gen 2)

Google Nest Doorbell (Wired, Gen 2)

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Sentiment score49% positive
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Last updated: Sep 11, 2026

Reddit Reviews

Reddit IconArcticOrder
6 months ago

For that money you're probably better off buying the newer gen wired nest doorbell from Amazon US. It works perfectly in the UK and is much faster and quicker to load in the app compared to the battery version.

Reddit IconDekaHaze
11 months ago

Nest doorbell wired v2, n’ what model do you have

Reddit IconExtreme-Nerve3029
11 months ago

At the moment I was able to make nest doorbells work with Apple home through Starling

Reddit Iconnote2brady
11 months ago

Is the face recognition any better than the 2nd generation doorbell? I have a 2nd gen nest wired doorbell and 75% of the time it gets the identification wrong (I.E. it thinks whoever is at the door is someone else that I have in my face library). It's very disappointing because the face ID was one one of the primary reasons I switched over from Ring

11 months ago

Is the face identification any better on the 3rd gen than on the 2nd gen? My 2nd gen constantly identified just about everyone incorrectly. And that was one of the reasons I wanted to go with the nest instead of a newer ring. Also, is the FOV any wider on the 3rd gen? The difference between my old rings FOV and my nest doorbell 2nd gen is pretty big(the old ring has a much wider FOV than my nest doorbell)

Reddit IconOwn_View3337
10 months ago

The Nest stuff will obviously give you the tightest integration. When someone rings the doorbell, the video feed pops up automatically on your Google display. try the Google -Nest Doorbell (Wired, Gen 2), most users highly praised it for its displays in portrait mode and good at face recognition FWIW, my mate and I recently did an analysis on Reddit data for smart doorbells, ranking them by aggregated sentiment. Maybe you'll find it helpful (Google Redditrecs) You can filter by power source like battery or wired and get a breakdown of what ppl have said about the most often recommended ones (disclaimer some links are affiliate they help fund the analyses)

Reddit IconTerrible_Tutor
11 months ago

I was pissed how bad the gen 2 was… yeah this 2k has been great so far

10 months ago

https://preview.redd.it/ztur0eq8v0zf1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa7ded5869c2059cefac041cda3388f73a107aa8 Photo compression here, but no it feels clear looking at it the gen 2 was a DUMPSTER, just blurry as shit

6 months ago

Im loving my new 4k one (gen3?). It’s not just “b motion detected” it uses gemini to tell me LITERALLY down to like models of car, and animal types.

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