Logitech Circle View Doorbell With HomeKit Secure Video Launches at Apple

[Danbrown521]

My new house is being built, hopefully with good reviews it will be the doorbell for me in March

 

[YoungLay]

My new house is being built, hopefully with good reviews it will be the doorbell for me in March

Same here but my house should be done in January so I’ll be the test dummy

 

[JayBlueBird]

Will this be available in the UK/EU or is this a NA specific SKU?

 

[rillrill]

Goodbye Nest and your ******** monthly subscription. Sorry Netatmo. Yr too late.

 

[Mx34u]

That's a serious deal breaker for a product like that. Hopefully that's not the norm for most Eufy owners.

It's all dependent on motion triggers, I have one camera in an area that gets a ton of motion and before I added a solar panel I barely got a month on it. On the other end of the house where there is hardly any motion was installed in June and is down to 67%.

 

[anson42]

It's all dependent on motion triggers, I have one camera in an area that gets a ton of motion and before I added a solar panel I barely got a month on it. On the other end of the house where there is hardly any motion was installed in June and is down to 67%.

Interesting. How did adding a solar panel help? The cameras have a way to connect small panels for recharging? Good idea if that's the case, but adds to the cost.

 

[MadGoat]

When they say "10-day recording history" is this continuous, or like to lame Ring cameras that only record on activity?

 

[munpip214]

When they say "10-day recording history" is this continuous, or like to lame Ring cameras that only record on activity?

Only with motion detection

 

[btrach144]

This appears to use WiFi, not PoE, and is therefore not a “wired” doorbell.

Did you even read the article? No you didn’t

 

[ateslik]

I'm a doorbell, a floodlight, and two room cameras into Ring at this point. It would be too expensive to replace all those, but I sure do like the idea of Amazon not all up in my biz.

 

[Iconoclysm]

This appears to use WiFi, not PoE, and is therefore not a “wired” doorbell.

Uhh, aside from you totally misunderstanding the difference between a wired doorbell and one that uses batteries...how does power over ethernet fit into this equation when ethernet alone is a wire?

 

[M-Life]

Patiently waiting for Netatmo to launch their HomeKit doorbell here as I like the looks better compared to this, but would like to see some performance reviews/comparison of both...

I've been waiting for them too, I have their full weather station. But if it takes too long I'm just going to buy the Logitech one.

 

[InGen]

I'm not so gullible as to believe there is any difference between Amazon and Apple when it comes to privacy of cloud storage

 

[calimed]

So when they ring this doorbell it will have a pop-up video on Apple TV showing who’s at the door?

I think I saw that demonstrated on the Keynote correct?

Thx.

 

[StumpyBloke]

So when they ring this doorbell it will have a pop-up video on Apple TV showing who’s at the door?

I think I saw that demonstrated on the Keynote correct?

Thx.

Yes

 

[MadGoat]

Only with motion detection

Bah, I hate my Nest, but I love the 24/7 recording... That's all I want, but on homekit.

 

[supermacman1938]

and it's not available in Canada...bahhhhh!!!

 

[Beerstalker]

I'm a bit confused on the Homekit Secure Video/iCloud storage plan side of things.

According to this page at Apple you can view live and save clips without any iCloud plan, but to save video you need the 200GB plan for one camera or 2TB plan for up to 5 cameras.

Set up security cameras in Home on iPhone

In Home on iPhone, set up and use security cameras.

support.apple.com

So what clips are you able to save, and for how long? I was thinking maybe it stored the clips with motion for free for 10 days, but the iCloud plans got you full 24/7 recording for 10 days. But, looking at some of the posts above it sounds like even with an iCloud plan you never get 24/7 recording.

We are considering one of these for my mother-in-law for Christmas, but need to plan on paying for the iCloud plan too if it is going to be required to get anything other than live video streaming.

 

[Lemon Olive]

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i know, i know. you read some articles that said amazon bad, apple good. it must be true

 

[ChromeAce]

Yes its a "wired" doorbell because it uses existing low voltage doorbell wiring for power instead of a battery. This is the same phrasing used across the entire video doorbell market.

And that phrasing is both incorrect and misleading.

 

[ChromeAce]

Did you even read the article? No you didn’t

Did you even read the specs on Logitech’s website? No, you didn’t. WiFi. That’s not wired. That’s wireless.

 

[ChromeAce]

Uhh, aside from you totally misunderstanding the difference between a wired doorbell and one that uses batteries...how does power over ethernet fit into this equation when ethernet alone is a wire?

Because PoE provides the data connection over a WIRE.

 

[archer75]

Did you even read the specs on Logitech’s website? No, you didn’t. WiFi. That’s not wired. That’s wireless.

when referring to smart home products like cameras and doorbells, wired or wireless refers to power delivery. Not data. These smart home products from Logitech, eufy, arlo, netatmo, nest, abode, simplisafe, wyze, aqara, vocolinc and so on all transfer data over wireless. But are only called wireless if they use batteries. And called wired if they plug in an electrical outlet. This isn't anything new.

POE cameras are something else entirely. I'm not aware of any POE cameras in the smart home space that these other products occupy. Though I could be wrong.

 

[jzuena]

when referring to smart home products like cameras and doorbells, wired or wireless refers to power delivery. Not data. These smart home products from Logitech, eufy, arlo, netatmo, nest, abode, simplisafe, wyze, aqara, vocolinc and so on all transfer data over wireless. But are only called wireless if they use batteries. And called wired if they plug in an electrical outlet. This isn't anything new.

POE cameras are something else entirely. I'm not aware of any POE cameras in the smart home space that these other products occupy. Though I could be wrong.

Wired doorbells don't plug into an electric outlet. In Steve Job's words, that would be a bag of hurt with power cord wires running all over the place. They tap into the low voltage circuit that was already there from an old fixed doorbell. That's why they ask if you have an existing wired doorbell already.

Did you even read the specs on Logitech’s website? No, you didn’t. WiFi. That’s not wired. That’s wireless.

The doorbell IS wired. The extra notification functionality that is provided over HomeKit is wireless, but turn your Wifi router off and press the doorbell and it will still ring. Why? because it is wired.

 

[anson42]

Wired doorbells don't plug into an electric outlet. In Steve Job's words, that would be a bag of hurt with power cord wires running all over the place. They tap into the low voltage circuit that was already there from an old fixed doorbell.

You're correct in general, but the Nest Hello is a doorbell that does allow you to power it with an indoor adapter plugged into a wall socket if the in-wall wiring is not sufficient to power it. I agree, this could create a mess, but it is an option for those who don't want to mess with the electrical leading to their existing doorbell.