Google Nest Doorbell 720p (Wired, 2nd Gen) – Ash: Video Security Camera for Enhanced Home Protection

Video de buena calidad compatible con todos los dispositivos Google y avisos en tiempo real así que un 10

Apenas llevo unos días usándolo pero me ha gustado mucho, es muy preciso y la cámara funciona super bien!

I’m really impressed with this doorbell. It’s not flawless, but it does everything I need it to do very well. It was easy to install and setup. The picture and audio quality are excellent and I don’t need 4k quality for a doorbell. Person detection is great. I haven’t had any false alerts or missed detections. Video starts recording early, so nothing is missed. Package detection is good, but not perfect. You’ll get an alert once the package is removed, as well. I haven’t tried the pet or other motion alerts. Event alerting happens almost instantly. The only minus is the “cool down” between alerts is long and I’m not sure what the exact interval is, but it seems like it’s more than 5 minutes. Video events are only kept for three hours–it’s not three hours’ worth of recording. If a person is detected at 1 pm, the video is gone at 4:01 pm. If you want the video kept for longer, you’ll need a subscription, or you can just download the event you want to save. The three-hour limit hasn’t been an issue. The doorbell integrates well with smart switches, so now my porch light turns on automatically when a person is detected between dusk and dawn. Night vision is a little lacking without lights, but still good enough to identify someone. I think this is a great doorbell for the price with all the features you get.

I have had a Nest Hello doorbell for a few years, but recently it developed the symptom that my indoor electronic chime would only sound two notes, no matter what I set the duration to in the Nest app. The camera itself was working well, though the field of view didn’t extend as far down as I would like. I also noticed that the plastic on the faceplate was blistering, so I decided to replace it with the Gen 2 Wired.

The Gen 2 is a bit taller than the Hello (the battery version is even taller), which meant that the spacer I had 3D printed to bring it past the door molding needed to be redone. Luckily, the screw holes are the same distance apart. Installing was straightforward, and I used the included 20-degree wedge plus the printed spacer. Due to the way the Gen 2 mounts, I had to swap out the #10 long screws I had used for some thinner ones, as the screw heads blocked the camera from mounting properly. The Google Home app leads you through the install, but the URL shown for a web video leads to the old Nest Hello instructions!

The chime adapter, while it looks like that of the Hello, is different and connects in parallel to the chime wires rather than in series.

Once installed, I was delighted that the indoor chime worked properly again. I was also happy to see that the vertical field of view was considerably taller than that of the Hello, so that I could see almost all of my front steps without a wedge angling down. Image quality is better than the Hello, and at night the picture is still in color!

Another advantage I had not anticipated is that I get notifications of people at the door almost instantaneously, whereas with the Nest Hello it was typically 20-30 seconds later. I attribute this to the local processing of images, rather than sending them to the cloud for recognition.

Right now, my major gripe is that there is not a fully functional web interface, unlike the older camera. There is a beta interface, but it shows a live view only and tends to crash a lot. I hope this gets improved. The Google Home app isn’t bad, but I like to use a web browser on my PC. A minor gripe is that email notification is no longer available, just push notifications from the app.