I personally like wired versions of such devices, but if you don’t live in a place where it gets really cold like it does up here in Northwestern British Columbia you are probably fine with a battery-powered model. Having said this, if you have a traditional doorbell right now chances are it would be a relatively simple thing to get a wired Ring doorbell hooked up. The app is fine but has a few issues, one is that if you switch to live view Voiceover speech moves to the Earpiece, makes it difficult to deal with and a situation where using a headset comes in handy. It also definitely takes practice if you want to be able to answer a doorbell press quickly enough so the persojn at your door hasn’t walked away. I always thought it must be an Apple limitation which doesn’t allow you to answer a Ring notification like a phone call evben from the lock screen where as soon as you tap on the notification it connects you to your doorbell.
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