Aqara Smart Doorbell Camera G410 with Chime, 2K, HomeKit Secure Video, 2-Way Audio, Built-in Matter Hub, Wireless/Wired, Supports Apple Home, Alexa, Google, Home Assistant, 2.4G/5GHz Wi-Fi, Black

At last, a doorbell camera not designed by pirates (talkin’ to you, Amazon)
The Aqara Doorbell Camera Hub G410 is a doorbell camera plus IoT hub that provides a doorbell, two-way audio, face detection, and reports if a person is lingering at the door. It is similar in general capability to the Amazon Ring battery doorbell, but offers better overall value. I hated my Ring doorbell. It seemed to be designed by pirates, a $99 advertisement for costly monthly services to make the Ring do what the ad promised.The G410s mechanical design is solid. It has a high quality video camera and uses millimeter wave radar to detect motion. It comes standard with flexible mounting options you have to pay extra for with a Ring. The doorbell unit communicates wirelessly using the Matter IoT protocol to the hub, which talks to your local wi-fi network. All services operate locally, and don’t send data to distant servers to be hoovered up for unknowable purposes like the Ring does. The hub can control other IoT devices, and is also an indoor annunciator for the doorbell, another feature that costs extra with the Ring.The G410 software for Android is less solid. The user interface is powerful but not super obvious until you have used it for awhile. The software requires a firm press on the phone’s screen to push buttons, and the virtual keyboard is more finicky than the default Android keyboard. Much of the text is displayed in a very small font. I’m going to have to learn about the Matter protocol before attempting to connect any other IoT devices.Mechanical installation was easy. Software installation was a different matter. The Android app must be paired to the hub, which the app rather opaquely calls an “accessory.” The app can also connect (the hub) to a “device” so the process is confusing. You connect the app to the hub initially as a Bluetooth device. The app needs to scan a QR code on the hub to get the Bluetooth passkey, but there are three different QR code stickers on the hub, two of which are on the same surface, making it hard to isolate just one. Fortunately the hub comes factory paired to the doorbell device. If you try to set up the hub and doorbell on your desk before mounting the doorbell on the door, you discover that the doorbell has a tamper switch. Doorbell and hub both begin shrieking. So, for Android, I believe the correct installation sequence is: (1) Mount the hardware backplate on the door frame; (2) Download the Aqara app to your phone; (3) Use the app to install the hub as an accessory; (4) Put batteries in the doorbell and hang it on the backplate.You have to provide a USB wall wart to power the hub, but you may already have one. You will want a micro SD card to make the timeline feature work, but again, you may already have one. The Doorbell eats batteries unless you use the battery-saver mode, or you can find a 24v power source, maybe the ringer of your old doorbell if you didn’t drop the wires down the hole like I did.Four stars because the app is confusing and the documentation could be more extensive, but overall a satisfactory product.

Bought this as a replacement for my Aqara G4 that failed after a couple of years. Really impressed, a few improvements to speed of notification to my phone, and the mm wave detector is more accurate than the video based detection of the old model. Very pleased. Things to note is that it isn’t fully waterproof, but it should be ok in general rain, and you can buy a rain cover for it. Easy to set up, I run it on mains, so no need to worry about battery life. Nice quality and about to start using it’s built in smart home features to integrate to my smart lights

Die Aqara Smart Türklingel G410 hat mich auf ganzer Linie überzeugt. Die Bildqualität ist sehr gut, die Verarbeitung wirkt hochwertig und die Einrichtung war erfreulich unkompliziert.Besonders hervorzuheben ist die nahtlose Integration in Apple HomeKit – alles funktioniert zuverlässig und ohne Verzögerung. Benachrichtigungen, Live-Ansicht und Interaktion über das Apple-Ökosystem laufen stabil und flüssig.Wer auf der Suche nach einer smarten Türklingel mit HomeKit-Unterstützung ist, wird hier fündig. Insgesamt ein durchdachtes Produkt, das genau das hält, was es verspricht.

Excelente producto, fácil de instalar y aunque aún estoy afinando su configuración, estoy muy contento con el.