[comment] obviously "next generation" walkie-talkie "Google Nest Doorbell"-Impress Watch

"Nest Doorbell" used wirelessly with smartphones

The correct product name for Nest Doorbell is "Google Nest Doorbell (Battery Type)". In short, this is a wireless walkie-talkie with a built-in battery. This is a simple design with only a camera lens and a large call button on the longitudinal fuselage, but due to the built-in battery, the hand will feel solid weight.

Set to use the familiar "Google Home" application. Like other Google products and other corporate smart home products, Nest Doorbell is added as a new device from the "device settings" of Google's Home app. Just read the QR code of the product and follow the instructions on the screen, so it's very simple.

Working with a built-in battery, you can't use it while supplying power to the charging Type-C port (there is another way to use the power supply at the same time), so it is pre-charged and installed as a walkie-talkie where you want to set it up. The most troublesome thing is the installation job.

As a major premise, the use of Nest Doorbell is limited to places where "screws" can be used. Be sure to use the attached special base when installing, because the fixing method of the base is the screw. This is considered to be the main reason for anti-theft countermeasures. This is a structure in which the body is set on the pedestal and can only be removed with special tools.

When the battery is reduced, it is also important to bring it into the house regularly in order to recharge. Due to the use of special tools, while taking minimum anti-theft measures, there is little trouble to disassemble when charging.

However, by using screws, the fixed location will in principle be "wood". When you want to fix metal poles, such as multi-purpose doorposts, such as common in houses, or concrete walls, human labor, such as separate drilling, it becomes necessary to build the effort.

Because it is a "doorbell", it will not feel that it can not be installed on the door, but in reality it is very difficult to do so. If it is a metal door, although you want to use a magnet to load and unload, then there will be the problem of theft. Although it looks like a wooden door, but as a residential sales door, the surface is made of wood, and the interior is almost full of steel plates. This is not forced processing, or even reduce the safety performance of the front door.

Luckily, my family used sleepers on the doorpost, so just remove the existing walkie-talkie and install it there. However, you also need to pay attention to the installation height. Details will be described later, because the Nest Doorbell also has the function of identifying luggage placed on the ground, so the setting height is strictly specified to some extent in order to bring it into the camera's field of view (as a camera lens, the field of view is also broadened longitudinally). The author's home in front of the car on the road, there is no possibility of putting luggage, so with such a mood to install, in short, as long as the visitors on the line.

In addition, Nest Doobell has the drip-proof and dustproof properties of IP54, so it can also be used outdoors, but it needs to be noted that it is not completely "waterproof". The anti-drip performance is at the level of "protection against droplets" and is "not adversely affected by droplets from water from any direction". Although light rain seems to be fine, it seems to be directly affected by torrential downpours, which is disturbing. I would also like to consider ways to prevent rain to some extent.

Be careful, there's another one. As it is a product used in Wi-Fi wireless communications, of course, it is also necessary to make sure that "the setting site is within the reach of the Wi-Fi in the house". If the Wi-Fi airwaves are difficult to reach, the playback of live images may become clumsy, so in this case, you must consider improving the network environment, including changing the setting of the Wi-Fi router itself, or adding a Wi-Fi router as close to the Nest Doorbell as possible.