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I think some demand for smart doorbells is to handle the “unknown visitor” problem: notify the homeowner that someone is at the door even when they’re away from
by e28eta 3y ago
I think some demand for smart doorbells is to handle the “unknown visitor” problem: notify the homeowner that someone is at the door even when they’re away from home, and the ability to disguise that the house is unoccupied.
- gh02t 3y agoAlso lets you tell when people approach the door but don't ring, especially if you have some kind of person detection going. My mailman drops stuff on the porch all the time and never bothers to ring the doorbell which is annoying, but I get a little beep and a thumbnail inside from my home automation platform to let me know someone was on the porch. Plus generally having a recording of your front porch area is useful for security. I've been able to pull video recordings of stuff to prove/disprove things happened, for instance when the mailman ran over a bunch of stuff in my front yard and drove off.