An replace to the Philips Hue app this week seems to have leaked a brand new Hue Safe video doorbell, reviews Hueblog. The unannounced product reveals up in a piece providing directions for including units that you don’t have any QR code for.
From the screenshots beneath, taken within the iOS Hue app by my colleague Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, the Hue Safe doorbell is an easy video doorbell — tall, rectangular, and with what appears to be like like a big button inside an LED circle. As of this writing, the app nonetheless reveals it on my telephone.
I might solely get up to now within the directions earlier than hitting a wall, however there are particulars to glean. That features that it could be a wired gadget, due to mentions of low-voltage errors and a have to “bodily set up” the digicam earlier than setup. It additionally makes use of each Bluetooth — for setup, at the least — and Wi-Fi.
Hueblog writes that the digicam isn’t anticipated to launch till this fall, so it may very well be some time earlier than pricing or digicam specs can be found. One of the best ways to set your expectations might be to have a look at Hue’s different Safe cameras, such because the floodlight and indoor / outside choices launched in 2023. They every supply 1080p video, two-way speak, and end-to-end encryption of recordings, in addition to good alerts for folks, pets, and autos. Additionally they don’t help HomeKit Safe Video, and I wouldn’t count on that to alter with this gadget.
