From Optus website:
The Nest Doorbell is the battery-powered video doorbell that works with any home. Built-in intelligent alerts tell you what’s happening at your door from anywhere. And it’s easy to install yourself.
Based on OzBargain history it generally hasn't gone any cheaper than this.
Yeah was going to mention about it being a wider sale but I'm really only familiar with the doorbell and hub prices. Hub deal is on elsewhere so didn't really want to add that to the post.
What companies are backing away from smart devices?
Google killed support for third party smart displays and reorganised Google Assistant to focus on their Bard AI tool. They haven't released a new product themselves since 2021.
Amazon killed their health tracker, Halo and apparently gutted the Alexa and hardware team
This is what I think too. The whole "smart home" never really took off and it will go the way of 3d TVs where the idea was amazing but the reality was so-so
New google range incoming soon. Not sure if that includes the doorbell
Yeah definitely been reading on a new smart display which I'm keen for. Probably a new doorbell but unsure how much will change feature-wise.
Where did you see this info? Im struggling to find anything (doorbell and cameras)
Hmmm this or the Ring 4. Or the EUFY. Or the Arlo.
Decisions decisions.
Don’t buy EUFY. It doesn’t do live stream either on Google Nest Hub or Amazon Echo Show. Go for Google or Ring.
Wow interesting and yeah that rules it out for me.
I don't need an actual Google Nest to use the Google Nest bell do I? Can just view on phone?
Yes. But its handy to have a Google display around to immediately see who is at the door
Not true. It works when you ask Google to show you the doorbell. It just doesn't auto stream on doorbell press for some weird reason
Thats what I meant. It doesn’t show live stream when someone rings the bell. Only shows live stream if you ask it to. Kind of kills the whole purpose of a video door bell.
Have you compared subscription (Arlo, Ring 4) vs non sub (Eufy and limited functions with Nest).
I looked into replacing my doorbell.
I ended up with a Ring 3, got it when it was on sale at Costco.
I think the Eufy dual looked good, and didn't require cloud subscription, but was very pricey.
Google has a very strong track record of doing an "end of life" to any product at any time.
I would imagine the Google Nest doorbell might be good for a few years and then bye bye, and I personally feel the Ring has a better chance of being around longer.
YMMV.
oh, and check out youtube videos showing that the Nest can easily be wrenched from the holder.
Does Ring doorbells show automatic livestream on Google Hub or Echo show displays whenever someone rings the bell?
EUFY doesn't support that I know.
I successfully price matched it at JB Hifi in case anyone wants to purchase directly from JB Hifi using any discounted cards
Just got this from officeworks through their price beat guarantee, brought it down to $217.55 for anyone interested
I wonder if Optus is giving up on this stuff, whole lot of home smart things on sale.
Considering all the companies that are backing away from smart speakers and such, it wouldn't surprise me.