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Here’s how it works. The doorbell camera connects to your house’s existing doorbell system and your home’s Wi-Fi connection. When someone pushes the doorbell, a chime goes off, just like with a regular doorbell. But even before they reach the doorway to ring the bell, the person is recorded.
Video doorbell cameras are considered smart doorbells because they don’t just chime. They do a number of useful things to keep you safe: Send push notifications to your phone when someone’s at your door. Notify you when someone is stealing your packages. Provide two-way communication with people at your door.
Doorbell cameras (sometimes called video doorbells) are a type of doorbell with a built-in camera that provides a video feed to a suitable monitor (such as a smartphone) when pressed. With certain doorbell cameras, you can communicate via a speaker on the doorbell.
That’s starting to change; here’s a look at some of the leading video doorbell cameras and their aspect ratios. The ones closer to a 1:1 ratio will generally show more of your front door, but...
How do doorbell cameras work? While all doorbell cameras differ somewhat based on brand and features, they all serve the same purpose and work in a similar way. The camera, which is either hard-wired or battery-powered, is mounted near your front door and typically replaces a current doorbell.
Video doorbells work the same way as security cameras, capturing video, either during the day or at night via infrared LED sensors or a spotlight, and audio through a speaker and microphone. The footage is stored either locally in a built-in micro-SD card, or remotely through a cloud server.
Video doorbells work in the same way as the best home security cameras; by using Wi-Fi to send a notification to your phone whenever motion is detected in the doorbell’s field of view, or the...