this is no ordinary video doorbell it
has some very sweet high-end features
like one of my favorites famously the
front door it's very cool and there's so
much more now I'm Ben from authentech
let's check it out
this is the nest hello a video doorbell
now to be honest it's been a pretty long
time since I've tested a product that
really blows me away in a few regards
and this nest hello actually does that
also connected to that I hate paying for
those monthly or yearly subscription
fees for a service that I think should
be free or included however with this
one I actually think it'll be worth
paying at that small yearly fee for the
high-end benefits that we get let me
show you what I'm talking about
setup is beautiful super easy and
straightforward I love it when the app
guides you through it step-by-step even
through all the basics so you can't miss
a thing and it's even easy for beginners
they also have an in-depth instructional
video which might be helpful I'll link
it to that down below the main steps are
download the app crear sign into your
cow and add device make sure your system
is compatible beforehand and one great
feature to note that mess hello even
works with electronic chimes which I
have just remember there's some other
video doorbells out there that do not
support this kind of lame just keep this
in mind wiring up the chime is fast and
easy they include this nest connector
which basically supplies a constant
power feed to the doorbell which is
needed
next remove your old doorbell determine
if you want to use the optional wedge
which I did I find it tilts the camera a
bit more towards the person's face for a
more clear view of who's at my door at
any time screw in the wall plate wire up
the doorbell it clicks right into place
add it to your home Wi-Fi and the rest
is setup through the app now enough with
setup let's move on to some of nest
hellos awesome features and what my
favorites are first that HDR video looks
fantastic I'm serious this is one key
area where a high dynamic range camera
is really needed under dark patios and
porches facing directly into crazy
bright skies it's the ultimate backlit
scene
and the last thing you want our dark
shadows where you can't see the person's
face at your door it's far from perfect
and there are still times it's a bit too
dark but a lot of the time day or night
all weather conditions it looks really
good on that note of camera remember
it's actually a 3 megapixel 2k color
sensor downsample 2 HD 1600 by 1200 30
frames per second if it was 4k that'd be
awesome but maybe we'll see that in the
next model at least for now it still
looks good the diagonal field of view is
a hundred and sixty degrees when you
have a camera next to your door you want
a super wide angle squeezing as much
possible in the frame this one is almost
perfect in my opinion the 180 degrees
width and height would be legit allowing
you to see packages left at the doorstep
or sneaky perps trying to peek through
the windows anyway this one is still
great and allows you to see one person
or a whole group of people that might be
up front standing close or far away now
let's go hit the doorbell and see how
fast it notifies and pulls up the feed
on our phone
now that is fast and I'm serious I've
owned a lot of these video doorbells and
security cameras and it pulls up at uber
fast which is so important I can't tell
you how many times I've been stuck on a
loading screen waiting for the video to
pull up by then it's too late the
delivery guy or whoever is long gone
massive well done done as for getting
this right the two-way HD talk and
listen sounds really good too there's
noise and echo cancellation Plus
pre-recorded messages hi there you can
just leave it Thanks just to say we'll
be right there
hi there no one can answer the door
right now we'll be notified you stopped
by once I was talking to my wife through
the doorbell as she walked across the
street and she said she heard me loud
and clear some other favorite features
of mine let's say someone's at the door
and in the settings you can determine
which activity alerts to be notified
people motion or sound whether they
press the button or not either way when
I receive one of those notifications on
my phone I slide down the drawer and it
acts
shows me a gif an animated snapshot of
the video clip this is small but crucial
and genius it allows me to determine
within seconds what course of action is
needed on my part I can ignore them or
tap on the notification to chat with
them over that two-way speaker or maybe
jump right into my smartlock app and
unlock the door another massive feature
it has facial recognition and voice
announcements so over time you tag faces
with names in the app and as it gets
smarter it won't just say someone's at
the door but I'll actually say their
name and this goes for app notifications
plus Google home announcements which is
very cool and helpful man is at the
front door I can't tell you how many
times I've missed a delivery guy at the
door because I'm Way in the back or I
can't hear the bell I'm away from my
phone this way it's announced on all my
Google homes spread throughout my house
so it'd be very hard to miss a massive
game-changing feature that some people
just don't realize nest offers 24/7 day
and night non-stop cloud recording not
just motion triggered events now yes
this takes a little bit of upload
bandwidth which you can determine the
video quality in the settings and yes it
also takes a nest aware subscription but
I'll touch on why I actually think it's
worth it in just a second so just think
about that how often does a motion
recordings start just a tad too late
missing the crucial beginnings of a
video clip or not record long enough
missing the ending or how about false
positive alerts on an aimless time line
scrubbing through too many motion Clips
nests has really nailed it here with
continuous cloud recording you never
miss the moment and I've never
experienced such smooth timeline
scrubbing before it's almost like
watching a full-on time-lapse on your
front door flicking through the timeline
as a breeze finding just the right
moment couldn't be easier the playback
speed is so fast it makes me want this
sort of technology on all my future
security cameras there's two different
timeline views and you can filter down
to just the type of events you want to
see like familiar or unfamiliar faces
doorbell rings and more you can
definitely still use this camera without
all this Nesta where fanciness but man
it sure on
some of its key best features another
helpful one is activity zones the camera
can let you know when it sees activity
in specific areas tap create zone drag
the outline markers color code and
rename and that's it easy-peasy that
familiar face feature is part of nest
aware as well okay so they offer three
different subscription tiers a 5 10 or
30 day for continuous cloud recording
plus to unlock those extra features now
yes this would start to add up very
quickly if we were to have a ton of
cameras spread throughout the home
obviously however for my rationalization
I only have one doorbell camera and a 5
day 24/7 video history plus all those
smart AI features unlocked at $50 a year
that's a little over $4 each month okay
so one buck per week I think I can swing
it if it's within your budget I
definitely recommend it
now one more very cool feature I didn't
want to forget they even offer an online
web app I'm always asking for this you
go to home nest comm log in and here you
can view the live camera feed fast and
easy playback we can even create a time
lapse and save or share our clips tweak
all your settings and here as well which
there's a lot of settings I appreciate I
think that's a consistent theme
throughout this whole process of playing
with and using the nest hello for over a
month now it's super well made and the
software engineering is some of the best
I've ever seen it's worth mentioning in
case you forget nest is owned by Google
for the pretty penny of 3.2 a billion
dollars back in 2014 and this is not
their first camera product also just
think about the software an AI and
learning that nests hello can tap into
Google for it really feels like a
premium product huge things to nest for
sending me the sample unit now it's not
super cheap it's currently 229 however
just compare that to some of its top
competitors out there like the ring pro
that's $250 so it's not that bad if you
want check it out all the links will be
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