Hue's Secure Video Doorbell Can Turn On Hue Lights When Someone Comes To The Door

Hue is champion known for its smart lights, but precocious nan institution ventured into location information pinch its Secure lineup of cameras. Now, genitor Signify is releasing its first video doorbell, nan Hue Secure, pinch respective unsocial features it hopes will make it guidelines retired against formidable title from Nest and Amazon's Ring.

To commencement with, nan Hue doorbell comes pinch a 2K fisheye camera, much solution than Nest and immoderate of Ring's doorbell products, perchance offering much elaborate video. Hue is besides offering a 24-hour video history for free, letting you debar paying for a subscription if you only want to support a day's worthy of clips. In addition, nan camera tin activity pinch Google Home and Samsung SmartThings, on pinch Hue's ain app. It won't beryllium compatible pinch Apple Home astatine launch, but will beryllium updated to activity pinch it later. Signify will besides adhd Matter support sometime this fall.

Along pinch 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi compatibility, nan Hue Secure video doorbell travel pinch a Zigbee radio. That lets it brace pinch Hue lights, truthful you tin group it up to automatically move connected different Hue lights (inside your foyer aliases extracurricular nan door, for instance) erstwhile personification approaches nan beforehand door. However, if you want a chime to compliment nan Hue Secure by providing sound alerts erstwhile nan doorbell rings, you'll request to bargain nan $60 Hue Smart Chime that's sold separately — arsenic nan caller doorbell doesn't activity pinch immoderate third-party chimes for now.

Hue's Security video doorbell arrives successful October successful North America, Europe and nan UK for $170 (£140). Signify will besides merchandise a caller 2K wired camera successful Europe that's an update to nan original Hue information cameras. That exemplary will costs €180 aliases €200 pinch a stand, pinch nary connection yet connected US availability.