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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.
I have a google next doorbell integrated via Starling hub. It works well enough. But don’t go buy a google product because of that.
Nest doorbell wired v2, n’ what model do you have
At the moment I was able to make nest doorbells work with Apple home through Starling
I have a few Wyze cams (NOT a doorbell), and can confirm that although they will display on Google/Nest hubs when commanded to, they take ages to hook up. I also have a 2nd Gen Wired Nest Doorbell. It's great, and displays in portrait mode, unlike the 1st Gen that's landscape from memory. There's still a few seconds latency with it but it's usable. The 2nd Gen is good at face recognition and is pretty much an all round good device, except for the wifi hookup which is poor. I have mine displayed permanently on a tablet on my desk, and it drops out and can't load the feed several times a day. I should also point out that I replaced the 1st Gen because that was also patchy on the wifi. I'd be happy to change it for something more reliable but I don't know of anything else that works with the Google/Nest hubs
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
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)
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)
I was pissed how bad the gen 2 was… yeah this 2k has been great so far
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
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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