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SwannBuddy4K review: a video doorbell with its own voice assistant

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Summary
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61% Informative

The SwannBuddy 4 K Video Doorbell has built in built-in MicroSD storage.

It can be used as a standard security camera, recording footage as soon as the motion detection sensor is triggered.

Currently available online for around 129 (about 99), but with a price of 169 ( about 169 ).

Made in China , the Swannbuddy 4K is similar in looks to other video doorbells we’ve tested.

Water resistant (IP65 rating), it’s certainly quite a sturdy unit solid in the hand.

Video quality of the video camera was extremely poor, until I realised the device had defaulted to low quality mode.

In high quality 4 K the image is excellent even when recording at night .

Yale Smart Video Doorbell and Chime is a solidly-built camera from a well-respected name in the security industry.

We particularly like the fittings provided with the camera for easy installation.

Despite being responsive to movement and recording plenty of footage, it still had 50% charge left on the battery after three weeks .

VR Score

37

Informative language

20

Neutral language

54

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

45

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

Source diversity

1

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