Logitech Circle View Apple HomeKit- Enabled Wired Doorbell TrueView Video, Face Recognition, Color Night Vision, and Head-to-Toe HD Video - Black (Renewed)

I know this camera gets a lot of mixed reviews, but after dealing with a Ring camera linked through HomeBridge to my HomeKit setup, this camera is a revelation. I refused to use a battery-powered unit, but most are dual-power, so they are giant ugly things in case you use the batteries - I love that this one is wired-only so it’s nice and small and attractive.Notifications are fast and dynamic and it uses HomeKit Secure Video which is a massive deal. Summer hasn’t hit yet, but it never gets direct sunlight, so I’m probably good there. Video quality is great, I love the portrait orientation and the built-in light. HomeKit setup was easy and I like all of the options and automations available in the Home app, as well as direct integration with my Apple TV and HomePods.The only pain was installing the chime kit. It is actually dead simple, which was revealed to me by a YouTube video, the included instructions vastly overcomplicate it and I was livid when I thought chime functionality would require running new doorbell wires. Again, once I watched a YouTube video, it took 2mins and were in business.

Does not work well. Rarely sends notices that someone is at the door. Doorbell does not ring when button is pushed. Often get notices that it is not connected to the hub. Do not recommend.

The Logitech Circle View is a good quality doorbell. It has a high quality video camera that works well in low light, and accurately detects motion to turn on the camera and record video. The doorbell is small in size, and comes with two mounting options to either mount it flat or mount at an angle. The audio quality is very good; you can clearly hear the voices of visitors at the door, and can speak to them. I don't know how well the audio works when the outdoor environment has a lot of background noise.The video is encrypted and saved in iCloud, via the Apple Secure Video feature. The video does not take away from your iCloud storage; however you do need to have a minimum of 200GB iCloud storage plan. It also works on either 2.4GHz or 5GHz WiFi networks.It is powered from a wired doorbell transformer, so it requires an installed and working doorbell system before it can be installed. It does not have an option to be battery powered.Installation is not too complicated, so most homeowners who do their own home repairs could install it. Wiring it in to ring an existing doorbell is a little more complicated, and the instructions are not very detailed or descriptive.I did experience trouble when trying to join the doorbell to my Apple Home network. It took several attempts, and I also had to factory reset it twice to finally get it to join the Apple Home. I still don't understand why it did not join the first time, because I followed the instructions EXACTLY as written. The instructions guide you to power up the doorbell via USB (using a micro USB cable that isn't provided) and a USB charger of at least 10 watts (also not provided). You join it to the Apple Home prior to installing it by the door.If you do not want to install it yourself, or do not have the skills to install it, there is a version available for $100 more that includes installation by a local professional. I did not use this option.The Logitech Circle View doorbell came out in 2022 and was the first Homekit doorbell available. It has not changed in three years, so there are now more more Homekit compatible doorbells on the market.

Getting it into HomeKit is a little tricky, I ended up using my iPad to add it since my iPhone wasn't connecting to you appropriately. Once I got it in, it has been fantastic and the 5Ghz wifi is definitely noticeable over my old Ring Pro. LOVE the HomeKit Secure Video and once the device auto-updates to the 8.12.15 firmware you are SET! Thanks to Amazon for selling the "renewed" version of this. Probably because a bunch of people got frustrated with the HomeKit setup and returned it. Their loss, my gain!

Great video quality

I have burned through two of these in about 3 years. Bought universal transformer using multimeter and verifying within range the second time. Still died. These units can't handle normal use. Stay clear.

Just make sure, you add the attachment to the doorbell or it will not work.

I bought this doorbell on January took me a day to configure figured out I needed more voltage so replace the transformer camera worked most of the time. However it was intermittent and I read some reviews found out that it overheats it has not worked for the last week or two I live in the southwest, put a temperature gauge on it was 125° I cooled it down and tried to reconnect it to my Internet and it just won’t work Glad I bought the extended warrantyUpdate call Logitech support told them my problems they asked for the serial number I gave it to them. They told me how to fix it and had it fixed in five minutes. Let’s see if it holds.