An replace to the Philips Hue app this week seems to have leaked a brand new Hue Secure video doorbell, stories Hueblog. The unannounced product reveals up in a piece providing directions for including gadgets that you don’t have any QR code for.
From the screenshots beneath, taken within the iOS Hue app by my colleague Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, the Hue Secure doorbell is a simple video doorbell — tall, rectangular, and with what appears like a big button within an LED circle. As of this writing, the app nonetheless reveals it on my telephone.
I might solely get up to now within the directions earlier than hitting a wall, however there are particulars to glean. That contains that it is likely to be a wired machine, because of mentions of low-voltage errors and a must “bodily set up” the digicam earlier than setup. It additionally makes use of each Bluetooth — for setup, a minimum of — and Wi-Fi.
Hueblog writes that the digicam isn’t anticipated to launch till this fall, so it might be some time earlier than pricing or digicam specs can be found. The finest technique to set your expectations might be to have a look at Hue’s different Secure cameras, such because the floodlight and indoor / out of doors choices launched in 2023. They every provide 1080p video, two-way discuss, and end-to-end encryption of recordings, in addition to sensible alerts for individuals, pets, and automobiles. They additionally don’t assist HomeKit Secure Video, and I wouldn’t count on that to vary with this machine.
