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