Hue Launches Its First Video Doorbell

After a Philips Hue app update leaked a caller Hue video doorbell successful March, genitor institution Signify is making it charismatic this week. The $169 Hue Secure video doorbell is arriving successful October to complement Hue’s different Secure indoor and outdoor camera offerings.

The Hue Secure video doorbell looks overmuch for illustration immoderate different smart doorbell connected nan market, pinch a candy barroom style and a ample fastener for visitors to activate. It’s a wired doorbell, truthful you’ll request powerfulness astatine nan beforehand of your location alternatively of relying connected an easier battery-powered doorbell installation.

Signify is utilizing some 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi options connected nan Hue doorbell, arsenic good arsenic a Zigbee power to brace pinch Hue lights. You tin configure nan Hue doorbell to automatically move connected different Hue lights erstwhile personification approaches your beforehand door, and it besides comes pinch a plug-in chime that tin enactment arsenic a siren for nan Hue information system. The chime is besides a request arsenic nan Hue doorbell won’t activity pinch immoderate existing doorbell chime.

The Hue doorbell itself has a 2K image sensor pinch a fish-eye lens and a quadrate facet ratio. That’s amended than nan solution disposable connected Google’s Nest doorbells aliases moreover Blink’s buzzer, but it’s correct successful statement pinch TP-Link’s Tapo D225 and Ring’s celebrated artillery doorbell plus. Google is also rumored to beryllium launching a 2K video doorbell next month.

The Hue doorbell will besides activity pinch Google Home and Samsung SmartThings, arsenic good arsenic wrong nan main Hue app. Like galore different smart doorbells, you’ll get alerts erstwhile personification is astatine your doorway aliases if a package arrives, and there’s a two-way talk mode to shake hands guests aliases show transportation drivers wherever to hide your package.

One measurement Signify is hoping it will guidelines retired against nan title is pinch free video history for a afloat day. “We’re going to beryllium offering 24 hours of motion-activated video clips free for all Hue Secure products and existing users,” said George Yianni, CTO and laminitis of Philips Hue, successful an question and reply pinch The Verge’s smart location master Jennifer Pattison Tuohy. Previously, you had to bargain a subscription for 30 aliases 60 days of recorded video, truthful this is simply a bully betterment if you request a day’s worth.

Existing Hue information cameras are besides being updated to activity pinch nan Apple Home app, but nan doorbell won’t beryllium compatible astatine launch. “We are besides looking astatine Matter, but decided not to wait,” Yianni said. Camera support for Matter is slated to get successful nan autumn pinch Matter 1.5.

In October, Signify will besides motorboat a caller 2K wired camera successful Europe, priced astatine €179,99 aliases €199.99 pinch a stand. The Hue-branded camera is an update to nan original Hue information cameras from 2023 and will merge into Hue Secure features for illustration ray and sound alarms. A camera update is arriving soon that will let Hue cameras to admit if a fume siren is going disconnected and group lights to a smoke-penetrating red-light setting.