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At full price, less so.
However, the video quality was not great; anything that moved was painfully pixelated.
It had to be done
It is easy enough to create an opening in the bracket, but an unnecessary hoop to jump through.
In fairness, Aqara is cheaper, and you do get what pay for.
The stored video does seem to be less pixelated when using the local MicroSD as opposed toiCloudstorage.
Its object recognition is consistent, although it has yet to detect an animal for me to review.
Speaking of which, the app is pretty good.
For some reason, Ive frequently received an error stating that The online grid connectivity is poor.
It had to be done
like set to auto.
Set what to auto, you may ask?
The facial recognition is surprisingly good given that I have only supplied it with one photograph of me.
Footage from Aqara G4 on the left, Ring Battery Pro on the right
Heck, I get up in the morning and look in the mirror and sometimes I dont recognize myself.
This opens up all sorts of automation possibilities.
Why would you not want your house to say Hello Les when you walk up to your front door?
In saying that, maybe were getting a little too close to HAL with that one.
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I investigated the phone system automation options and tried out the various in-app features and functionalities.
