Aqara’s successor to the favored G4 video doorbell is now available to buy. The $129.99 G410, announced in January, stays one of many few (solely?) doorbells to assist Apple’s HomeKit Safe Video and each wi-fi and hardwired installations, whereas including an absolute ton of latest options to make it some of the succesful video doorbells in the marketplace that doesn’t require a subscription. It additionally features as a multi-protocol hub that may assist sensible properties simply transition to Matter.
The Aqara G410 provides 2K video in a 4:3 facet ratio with a large, 175-degree area of view and end-to-end encryption of dwell and recorded movies. It’s fitted with dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and Thread radios. Which means it will probably operate as an Aqara hub, Thread border router, and Matter controller that helps Aqara’s full vary of Zigbee equipment and the more and more lengthy checklist of third-party Matter-over-Thread and Matter-over-Wi-Fi gadgets sold by Aqara and even Ikea soon.
It’s additionally one of many first doorbells to characteristic a mmWave sensor to extra precisely establish the presence of individuals, with on-device facial recognition to set off notifications or automations. Superior Matter Bridging permits it to share facial recognition with Matter platforms like Dwelling Assistant for much more automation potentialities.
You possibly can ship the G410’s video feed over your native community to platforms like Dwelling Assistant that assist the Actual-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP). It may well additionally stream to Amazon Alexa, Google Dwelling, and Samsung SmartThing shows, or Aqara’s seven-inch Panel Hub S1 Plus, after all.
Aqara doesn’t push recurring charges on its doorbell customers which is among the causes for his or her recognition. Notably, hardwired G410 installations assist steady 24/7 recording to 512GB (max) microSD playing cards inserted into the 95dB indoor chime hub that comes with the digicam. Video may also sync to NAS storage situated on your property community, when you want. Aqara does supply a subscription to unlock superior options, however most individuals can ignore it, as I do at present with my outdated G4 doorbell.
The Aqara G410 video doorbell may be bought now immediately from Aqara for $129.99 or by means of on-line retailers like Amazon.