J. Barrie
28 de marzo de 2026
Superb Image-Video with a Wide Range of Configuration Choices through Google Home
For 7 years, we were very happy with our 1st Gen Nest Doorbell--until it burnt out. But this 3rd Gen is exceptional. The image is much clearer. Magnification to see detail is really easy & clear as a bell. Watch out for the Notifications settings. They're a little tricky to find & get right--but extremely simple. The notifications are sent to the email of the account you registered with Nest, but you can add family member emails as additional members. They then get the notifications as well. This provides a lot of flexibility. The person at the door, with facial recognition, & package recognition (when a package is just thrown onto your mat from a delivery person hiding around the corner), are rapid & responsive. Choosing a door chime for your Google Hub from a variety of choices is nice. I like the Westminster chimes. The doorbell is easily configured to initiate the ring on your house's mechanical chime as well (or not at all), at your preference.Because we permanently use a porch light controlled dusk to dawn by Google Home, the doorbell is configured for daylight only. Not black & white night vision is needed. This gives a brilliant & clear color picture of the vicinity whether in sunlight, or in the dead of night.Setting this up & getting to the settings isn't as simple as it was with the Nest account (you now must use Google Home only). Look in the top-right corner of your video display from the camera, & click it to find the settings icon & then options. Installation? (mine is the wired model) just follow the instructions. Turn off the circuit breaker, as instructed. For me, the rewiring of the small (capacitor) "puck" for the 3rd Gen inside my chime box on the wall was troubling, because it was significantly different from the 1st Gen. Keep it simple, the 3rd Gen puck is much easier to install then the 1st Gen was.This new 3rd Gen doorbell is sleek solid & heavily-built. It's an excellent piece of engineering, & well worth the upgrade.Ver másVer menos
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