LogitechCircle View Apple HomeKit- enabled Wired Doorbell with Logitech TrueView Video, Face Recognition, Color Night Vision, and Head-to-toe HD Video - Black

I bought one of these and like it a lot, so I bought another. I use them for outdoor monitoring using Apple HomeKit, so there was almost no setup required—I didn’t even have to install a separate app. The Person/Car/Animal notifications work well, and I love how the footage is automatically stored to iCloud. Night vision works well, resolution is good, I’ll probably buy more of these cameras.

*Update - I’m up updating my review since there are serious overheating and disconnecting issue. The camera is no longer working as expected and actually lightly burned my sons finder when ringing the doorbell. This doorbell is not safe especially when used why children. I will be removing it prior to Halloween.Absolutely perfect device for HomeKit users! However, a completa lack of thought went into the engineering of hardware design for installation instructions. Clearly these two departments do not speak with each other at Logitech and it shows. If you can get over the installation hump I recommend the doorbell.Once installed however the device works marvelously with the Apple HomeKit software. Fast video loads, Apple TV clips when someone is at the door (my favorite) easy to subscribe on any apple device to iCloud service (only required for video recording, doorbell still works without subscription but streaming can only be done from home). I am actually excited to see what if anything Apple upgrade to HomeKit going forward now.Let me start explaining my disappointment in the installation process by saying I am a DIYer homeowner and have worked in the construction field for a few years when attending college (years ago) and I have installed 6 nest doorbells, 4 rings & 10 normal doorbell installations. As for the installation for this Logitech doorbell I am very disappointed in the engineering/design department at Logitech for 2 major flaws (this explains the poor reviews).First, Logitech decided to add 8 cables inside the ringer in addition to a small white box where other companies where able to accomplish the same with 3 cables and a small round disk that is about 1/4 of the size in volume. Is that the best Logitech engineering department could muster? The wiring instructions aren’t terrible (although it needs better visuals one can follow) but in order to follow along the steps it requires opening pop-ups. This would be fine if there wasn’t 4 steps then 4 more steps within the pop-ups and every time you close a pop-up it takes you back and you need to find your place on the website again for the step you were on. If that was hard to read it’s even harder to follow when working with so many unnecessary wires (8).My second complaint looks like Logitech’s attempt at engendering that failed most likely do to cost savings on Logitech’s part. Of which I mean the cheep plastics black base that is wired to the home and is screwed to the wall. It took me 45 minutes after the install was supposedly complete to realize that when attaching the camera to the base one needs to install it from the bottom first then push the top in to hear a click. If this is not done properly (for example what I initially did was install the top then pushed the bottom in until it clicked)the cheep plastic base will warp slightly and prevent the power connectors in the back from fully engaging. Again this step was included in the instructions via a pop-up (very easy to miss and overlook for something so important based on the design of the base). This could easily be fixed by spending a few more cents on reinforcing the bracket, making it out of a thicker plastic or do what others have and make it out of aluminum! Or make the instructing bold and not in a pop-up where it can be easily missed!Anyways I digress now that I have a working doorbell and am very happy with how it is working now. I will update after a few months of using it.

If you're an Apple HomeKit user and want to use HomeKit Secure Video there aren't many cams to choose from. This is a good choice as far as the available options are concerned but its tech is getting stale when compared to other cameras. It operates solely on 2.4Ghz and its resolution is good but not great. The picture looks fine but details are missing and when you zoom in it pixilates and loses all detail and clarity. The resolution is a limitation of HomeKit. Video quality is limited to 1080p. This wasn’t such a big deal when Apple first rolled HSV out, but 2K and 4K cameras are common now. Even if your chosen camera supports a higher resolution, your video will be limited to 1080p if you use it with HSV. When you are squinting to recognize someone with a hat on or pick out a number plate, the extra resolution helps. On the other hand, you need a lot of internet bandwidth if you want to upload and stream 4K videos.You can review camera footage in the Home app on your iPhone, but HSV cameras can’t record video continuously. They only record motion events based on your chosen triggers and activity zones. You can scroll back through the timeline, and events are marked with icons, such as a person or package, but there’s no easy way to search or filter the recorded clips. All your videos are uploaded to iCloud, and there’s no option to keep local copies on a memory card or hard drive.Apple is falling far behind the competition on the home security front but on the other hand they aren't charging huge fees for the service. You will have to step up your iCloud storage subscription to at least 200Gb if you have more than 5 cameras.One thing to note: I had one camera come in with the most recent firmware preinstalled and the other two had older firmware. Upon initial installation to HomeKit the ones with the old firmware immediately started to update. You don't get any real indication that the update is happening so be prepared to let them finish. It only took a few minutes to complete. I returned one camera to Amazon for replacement because I wasn't aware that it was in the middle of an update and I unplugged it to move it to it's new location. Basically I bricked the camera because it didn't finish the update process and therefore would not boot up properly when powered on. The LED blinks a certain way to let you know what it's doing but being new to these cameras I didn't know what to look for. Just add it to HomeKit and leave it on for 30 minutes just to be sure. The latest firmware is 8.2.64 and that can be found by opening the camera view in HomeKit, tapping the gear icon on upper left and then scroll down to the bottom. You can also setup the camera's options from this page as well.