An replace to the Philips Hue app this week seems to have leaked a brand new Hue Safe video doorbell, stories 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 under, 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 seems like a big button within an LED circle. As of this writing, the app nonetheless reveals it on my cellphone.
I might solely get thus far within the directions earlier than hitting a wall, however there are particulars to glean. That features that it is likely to be a wired system, due to mentions of low-voltage errors and a must “bodily set up” the digicam earlier than setup. It additionally makes use of each Bluetooth — for setup, at the very least — and Wi-Fi.
Hueblog writes that the digicam isn’t anticipated to launch till this fall, so it could possibly be some time earlier than pricing or digicam specs can be found. The easiest way to set your expectations might be to take a look at Hue’s different Safe cameras, such because the floodlight and indoor / out of doors choices launched in 2023. They every supply 1080p video, two-way speak, and end-to-end encryption of recordings, in addition to sensible alerts for folks, pets, and autos. In addition they don’t help HomeKit Safe Video, and I wouldn’t anticipate that to alter with this system.
