Doorbell (wired)

This doorbell must be hardwired to your home's electrical system.

Wired doorbells require drilling as part of their installation.

Nest allows you to view the most recent 3 hours of recordings on the cloud for free, but you must purchase a Nest Aware subscription for 30-60 days of video storage.

This doorbell does not have overhead view capabilities.

Pre-recording shows you several seconds before the start of a motion event so you can see what set off the motion detector.

This doorbell streams and records video in 960x1280 resolution.

This doorbell gets its power from your home’s electrical system and does not need recharging. It can be set up with a plug-in adaptor (sold separately) if you don't have existing wiring.

Nest doorbells can notify you from a Google Nest/Home or Amazon Echo speaker if someone rings the bell.

This doorbell is compatible with most existing chimes.

This doorbell can tell the difference between people and other types of motion and send notifications accordingly.

This doorbell can be paired with the Wasserstein Wireless Chime for Nest Doorbell (sold separately).

This doorbell does not come bundled with a chime device

This doorbell is wired and does not have a battery.

The Google Home app will provide the best experience when managing Nest doorbells. They are not compatible with the Nest app.

This doorbell can tell if a package has been left at your door and will notify you.

Nest doorbells can be linked to Alexa, allowing you to use Alexa voice commands and stream doorbell video to Alexa-enabled devices. You may not have access to all the features you would if you used the Google Home platform and devices.

You can use Alexa voice commands to control your Nest doorbell.

This doorbell is natively compatible with Google Home.

This doorbell records head-to-toe video in a 3:4 aspect ratio.

You can use Google Assistant voice commands to control your Nest doorbell.

The Nest doorbell is not compatible with Apple Homekit.

With a Nest subscription, this doorbell can recognize specific faces that you've trained it to recognize, such as family and friends. This feature is called familiar face detection

This doorbell can tell the difference between animals and other types of motion and send notifications accordingly.

This doorbell can tell the difference between vehicles and other types of motion and send notifications accordingly.

The Nest doorbell is not compatible with Siri.

This doorbell does not have color night vision — videos in low-light conditions will be in black and white.

It's possible to add this product as a device in the SmartThings platform, but functionality is extremely limited.

This product supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi bands.

Continuous recording records non-stop video and can be enabled if you purchase a Nest Aware Plus subscription.

There is no bridge device involved with managing this product.

This doorbell does not have a siren.

This doorbell does not have a nightlight.

Nest quick replies, called Quick Responses, are pre-recorded audio messages that you can trigger if you can't come to the door.

This doorbell doesn't support power over ethernet (PoE).