Smart Doorbell Camera (wired) | ecobee
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The smart doorbell camera that sees more at your door, for better home security. Answer your door from anywhere and get 30 day video storage.

I wonder why they chose not to integrate HomeKit Secure Video into their new wired doorbell. Maybe to force you to purchase their subscription plan? Either way, my search for a good vertical view HKSV continues!

  • ZooGuru@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 year ago

    I have it and I like it. Only thing I don’t like is that if you change the temperature in HomeKit, you can’t go back to the scheduled temperature easily. It would resume your schedule automatically at the correct times, but if you lower the temp in HomeKit to have cool air when you’re doing something active, you have to go to the ecobee app or physical thermostat to resume your current schedule. The native app works well though and I like its features also. I’d recommend it.

    • Num10ck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      interesting. i wonder if you can make a shortcut automation that runs often that is like if the ecobee isn’t ‘off’ then resume schedule?

    • robolemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      I don’t have a problem resuming schedule from HomeKit or using Siri. I just say “hey siri resume schedule” and it does it.

      • ZooGuru@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        That’s a good point. I have not used Siri to resume my schedule. I was speaking strictly from the HomeKit app interface.

                • robolemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  11·
                  1 year ago

                  I didn’t manually create the scenes. It’s been a long time since I set it up, but I think the ecobee app created the scenes for me automagically.

                  In the ecobee app, pick your thermostat, go to settings, then homekit. Scroll down to scenes and see what you see.