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Can anyone recommend a wireless doorbell that works with home assistant? (midwest.social)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I currently have a ring doorbell that I pay a yearly fee for but I want to get away from Amazon and a subscription fee. I would prefer if it used the Wi-Fi and it was able to connect with my house doorbell. Edit: I'd also like to add that I would like it to have the ability to stream and record video.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I used to have a Ring and became concerned about privacy once Amazon took over. Worse, all it used to capture was delivery people's backs - by the time it would see motion the action was almost over. That's when it captured anything at all - it used to miss a lot.

Reolink doesn't require any Internet access - even for initial setup. People detection works great with Frigate and you can tell it to start recording before motion is detected so you don't miss anything.

Full disclosure, it does take some fiddling to get it working reliably. I still don't have 2 way audio working.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm all too familiar with spending countless hours trying to get things to work so that shouldn't be a problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Surprisingly, I just got an email saying that the price for Yearly Nest subscription is going up so all the more reason to switch.