Oh sure, I end up buying a Ring Doorbell 3 (and a Ring Chime to go with it) this past Friday (pretty much the only thing in the house that does not work well with Google Home/Assistant), and now they come out with this announcement. I shouldn’t be upset, who knows how or when all of that will truly be ready and available.
The Ring and Chime have only been in place for one weekend, so these thoughts may change over time. I think I still prefer the Nest Hello doorbell overall for a few reasons: continuous recording, integration with our existing stuff, facial recognition, response time for notifications and loading live video. But I do like some of the features the Ring has that the Hello does not (neighborhood info and motion verification to name a couple) and the no wiring needed is a big plus for our situation. Installation was a breeze, and I did it at night by porch light with no issues at all. I did have a little trouble connecting the Chime to my wifi network and for a good part of Saturday morning, the doorbell was struggling with wifi strength even though it’s quite close to the router. I rebooted my router and it’s purred along quite nicely since. The picture coverage is just about perfect (I had a bit of a blind spot up close to the door with the Nest Hello). I bought a second battery so when the charge is low, I can simply replace and there’s no down time while recharging.