UniFi Protect G4 Doorbell Pro - Full Review!

I was finally able to get my hands on the elusive G4 Doorbell Pro! In this video, I unbox the device, set it up with UniFi Protect, install it, and test out all of its features.

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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:52 G4 Doorbell Pro Unboxing
05:16 Adoption into UniFi Protect
06:25 G4 Doorbell Protect overview
13:27 Installation
14:18 G4 Doorbell vs. G4 Doorbell Pro size comparison
15:33 Day/Night Picture quality
16:24 Audio testing
17:36 Porch Light
17:54 Doorbell notification test
18:08 Package Detection testing
18:44 Final thoughts
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[USFmarine]

Unifi should pay you for doing a much better job explaining what's in the box than Unifi has with their terrible instructions. Thanks so much!

[jeffallred]

IT FINALLY CAME IN STOCK TODAY!!!! Ordered and excited to add this to our new home!

[islandsnow]

Should show how long it takes from doorbell press to notification (which you did) but also how long it takes to view live camera feed

[Chris_In_Texas]

Few things, make sure HDR is enabled. That helps with some back lighting issues. Also I would also suggest turning off the LDC (Lens distortion correction). It gives wider field of view for the camera.

[Doppelsoeldner]

In Germany its a whole other situation with the 2 way audio... people will actually wait, once the bell is beeing touched...
we call it "Klingelmännchen"(prank) if someone rings the bell and then runs off...
givin the circumstances, this doorbell is a pretty nice product for me :)

[aquatrax]

4:17 that black box is required so it can deliver power to the doorbell if it's connected to a chime. Doorbells chimes are designed to short the connection to ring the chime. This box changes the behaviour of the two wires going to the camera so the chime will ring and not disconnect power to the camera. If you had a rear doorbell and you wanted another camera connected, you would have to use 2 of those black boxes.

[MELL]

Wonder when they are going to release the POE adapter.

[DaveBerthiaume]

14 degrees is a non-starter here in Minnesota. It basically eliminates usage for a month or more. I'd buy one if the range was -20 to 110.

[jsclayton]

Under the doorbell settings there was a “Do not disturb” option…have they finally added that as a way to silence the indoor chime, say, while a baby is sleeping? 🤞🏼

[AdamMuhle]

It is funny you focused on the high end of the temperature range. 14F is almost considered warm for us in the middle of southern Minnesota winter.

[Joeylikecoffee]

This video took a lot of effort. Thank you for your time and explanation.

[TheBoydClan]

I have a G4 Doorbell, and do use the custom messages on the little screen managed through my Homeseer home automation hub. These scenarios are when my wife activates the scene when she is trying to get the baby to take a nap, the event disables the doorbell, and changes the message to let people know that the baby is napping and to send us a text.

In later iterations of the automation I enabled person detection and had it send me a push notification when a person is detected and the doorbell is off so I can be notified discreetly that there is someone at the door without waking the baby.

I really would love to have some kind of attention-getting animation so if a person is detected, I can have some animation occur to draw their attention to the screen so they can read the message, if not, like you said, the screen is hard to read and I doubt many even see it.

[pjmNZ]

Would be interested to see comparison with Ring doorbell

[jonr]

I'll keep my non-pro for a little while longer. Thanks for the review Chris!

[dmf]

Sad to hear about the speaker size/volume still lacking. I would not blame the form factor. Any decent smartphone has speakers that would suffice, no?
It would be great if you could add a direct comparison with the non-pro version. I've seen other reviews mentioning that it's at least greatly improved.

Another thing I wonder about is the POE adapter. Is it still possible to connect the chime wires to trigger a physical chime? I assume so, just that it won't be powered that way.

Thanks for a great channel!

[anpc]

I think we need more on how to prevent theft of the doorbell itself given what tech and materials we are putting into these doorbells,

[calculator]

The package detection camera has limited view but what some of us did was place a label within the viewable area that says "Place packages here"

[RogierYou]

I wish they had an Ethernet connection with POE

[rtbeer]

Thanks for the awesome review. I had to order that shirt!

[tabbek]

I wish UI would figure out a way to expand their operating temperature window. In MN, USA, winters very often have stretches well below 14*, and summers can definitely go over 104*. This past winter during a cold period, my older UI doorbell decided it would lag roughly 5 seconds from doorbell push to ring, and would reboot itself when the chime actually rang. UI didn't really have anything to say other than "those are the defined temps" and when pushed, just had me RMA it.