I have the ring doorbell and I'm not impressed. It doesn't start recording until someone is literally 5 feet from the door and walking up the steps even thought I have the range set to max, but it will pick up every car driving by on the street which is 20 feet away. And most of the time it doesn't pick up anyone walking by on the sidewalk or anyone walking up by driveway even though both are closer that the street. I get too many false motion detections when there is no person or car anywhere. From what I understand the hello doorbell record 24 hours so you don't miss anything and it had facial recognition. I may switch to the hello bell but I think the subscription is more expensive.
Just to be clear: You almost must buy the cheapest subscription to make the doorbell worthwhile, since they put "basic" features behind the $6/month tier.
List of features you lose with no sub:
- Limit motion detection to specific areas (essentially cut out footpaths/roads/etc, so you don't get erroneous motion events).
- Intelligent motion detection (essentially expect a lot more erroneous motion events for e.g. shadows, blowing debris, animals, etc).
- Familiar face/Person speaking/Package detection alerts
- No real video history.
- Limited ability to save video clips (there are workarounds).
So TL;DR: A lot more motion event spam and a much less useful doorbell in general. The $6 gives you a fully featured doorbell and the $12 tier adds 24/7 recording.
PS - Not recommended for people with slow/bad internet or low data caps. The doorbell has a constant h.264 video stream going up to Google Cloud regardless of plan. This can use between 50 GB - 300 GB of bandwidth/month depending on quality setting (Low, Mid, or High).
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I am in the market for a smart doorbell, but it's rumored that 2nd Gen Hello doorbell is coming. This Gen 1 came out in 2019, so it's almost 3 years old...
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List of features you lose with no sub:
- Limit motion detection to specific areas (essentially cut out footpaths/roads/etc, so you don't get erroneous motion events).
- Intelligent motion detection (essentially expect a lot more erroneous motion events for e.g. shadows, blowing debris, animals, etc).
- Familiar face/Person speaking/Package detection alerts
- No real video history.
- Limited ability to save video clips (there are workarounds).
So TL;DR: A lot more motion event spam and a much less useful doorbell in general. The $6 gives you a fully featured doorbell and the $12 tier adds 24/7 recording.
PS - Not recommended for people with slow/bad internet or low data caps. The doorbell has a constant h.264 video stream going up to Google Cloud regardless of plan. This can use between 50 GB - 300 GB of bandwidth/month depending on quality setting (Low, Mid, or High).
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Right! I believe there's an option to adapt an extension as an alternative to it
Yes it has to
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Wired as in Ethernet or wired as in to the electrical ? Sorry
You'd think google would give these away for nearly free to get everyone hooked, but they don't have to… everyone blindly buys them.
Wired as electrical. The connection is wireless for internet