Agara offers a solid doorbell that is one of the few on the market that can handle Apple's "HomeKit Secure Video". Video and voice quality are perfectly fine. The notifications differentiate between familiar and unfamiliar faces, for example. The G4 saves recordings on a memory card in the supplied chime ("Chime"), in the cloud at Agara or directly at Apple.

Aqara succeeds in standing out positively in the now dense jungle of smart doorbells. This begins with the pleasingly generous scope of delivery, which even includes a suitable chime module for the user. Furthermore, the manufacturer leaves a lot of freedom of choice to the customer...

With the smart video doorbell G4, Aqara offers an interesting product that, especially in combination with Homekit or an Aqara Hub, offers possibilities for integration into a smart home, including the use of the speaker as a siren and for automation, which no other video doorbell can offer. But even without a Smart Home, the G4 is convincing: the flexibility of the power connection with battery operation...