Ecobee has introduced an replace to its Smart Doorbell Camera that lastly provides integration with Google’s Home app and sensible shows. The firm’s video doorbell debuted with assist for each Apple Home and Amazon Alexa when it launched in late 2023, however integration with Google’s sensible residence ecosystem was promised as a future replace arriving someday in 2024. Although its Google integration arrives a 12 months later, it provides to the distinctive performance of Ecobee’s sensible doorbell, which might use the corporate’s sensible thermostat as a video intercom.
The replace allows dwell video from Ecobee’s doorbell digital camera to be seen by the Google Home cell app or sensible shows just like the Google Nest Hub and accessed utilizing voice instructions by Google Assistant. The app and units may also be used to remotely converse to guests by the sensible doorbell’s speaker, whereas alerts can be delivered to Google Home units when the doorbell is pressed.
The new performance doubtlessly makes Ecobee’s $160 Smart Doorbell Camera a less expensive various to the $180 wired Nest Doorbell. But whereas Google’s doorbell provides three hours of free occasion recording, Ecobee’s doesn’t embrace any recorded video free of charge — both within the cloud or saved domestically. You’ll have to pay $5 monthly or $50 per 12 months to retailer motion-activated video clips within the cloud for 30 days.
