This is kind of a sarcastic post, but I have a newer google nest video doorbell and I swear, every time someone is at the door, it would take like a full minute to load the live feed. Like, what’s even the point by then?!
Does yours pull up faster? Do I have a dud?
this is why i stay away from anything that requires cloud to work.
my amcrest ad410 is all local so it loads pretty fast. works great with Home Assistant hub as seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leGsc11h5aw
I just ask them to go away and come back in 5 minutes.
What do you have now? I’m guessing it’s cloud based and I won’t be at all surprised by your issue. Need a local solution.
Yes. Google nest and it pops right up on my Google home device. It will also pop up on my Alexa like 40 second later lol
My nest will give me the notification quickly but it takes forever to load the video. Doesn’t matter if I’m on cellular or wifi. Video just loads slow.
The nest is slow on some days and fast on others. Several times having deliveries that need to be signed for and can’t get the driver before he’s walking to his truck
UniFi doorbell is basically instant. Stored locally, but you need hardware.
It definitely took a while for them to work out the kinks. The problems with the app were pretty terrible for a while.
My Nest pulls up in about 2 seconds.
No.
I have Nest Doorbell (or whatever it’s called now).
I also have 500meg fibre broadband. The Hello is 2 meters from the broadband router.
It always alerts me AFTER someone has arrived / pressed the doorbell. By the time I open the app and view the video it’s 30 seconds to 60 seconds after they have pressed the doorbell. By then they have typically left.
this my issue with it too.
I can walk outside to take the trash out, come back in and sit down, and then i get the alert showing i was at the front door
We have had Ring and Nest. Nest hands down works immediately. Love that it records 24/7.
Unifi is nearly instant. Notifications are nearly instant. If you don’t want the Unifi app, which isn’t bad, then Home Assistant has integration that lets you get all the features you would typically need.
my lorex takes a while to load if i use the lorex app, so i just open blue iris, which is near instant. i also display the live feed on my tablets which are wall moumted in my house, i use this more than i’d have ever thought
This is a great question, I’ve noticed the same thing. I’ll get the alert instantly, but when I try to open it and communicate with the person at the door it takes a long ass time to load.
I mean… between my amcrest door camera, and my reolink RLC520s combined with frigate-
I have verbal notifications given before someone is at my door. I also use my door camera for triggering my porch lights at night. It works pretty good. Not instantly, but, within a few seconds. Not bad for waiting on AI to analyze the stream.
Ring camera live views seem to load pretty fast.
I have Arlo. It’s useless for answering someone who rang it. Even worse, 20% of the time it’ll crash all of my Arlo security cameras.
I have an IT and AV/Automation Company. I have personal properties using Savant, Ring, Nest, Dahua, Ubiquiti, and Doorbird. They all respond immediately and are usable.
The only time I really see latency issues has been on installs where the internet connection is weak to the device or site in general, specifically low upload speeds.