Battery-Powered HomeKit Doorbell: A Game-Changer for Smart Home Security

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I’m excited to share this innovative video about the first battery-operated HomeKit doorbell, a must-watch for all Aqara and smart home enthusiasts! This doorbell offers seamless integration with Apple’s HomeKit ecosystem, providing features like free 7-day clip recordings and the ability to upgrade to HomeKit Secure Video for extended monitoring. What truly sets it apart is its dual power capability, allowing you to use either battery or existing wiring, and the impressive 24/7 recording to a microSD card without any extra costs—a feature that stands out from competitors.

What are your thoughts on this battery-powered HomeKit doorbell? Have you considered integrating such a system into your smart home setup? How do you currently manage your doorbell security and monitoring?

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I have had this doorbell for a year now and I absolutely love it! We do get a lot of motion in our area so we opted to wire it so we weren’t changing batteries constantly. It would be great if it had a battery you could charge with the option to buy additional batteries

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Is it possible to use both? Like to have it wired, but still have batteries inserted as a backup?

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I had one of my 2 doorbells set up this way for a while. Seemed to work fine. The only problem with the batteries is that they can leak over time and I didn’t want to ruin my new doorbell. So I went with the hard-wired option only.

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I wanted to love it, but mine ate through batteries like candy.

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