Arlo has launched two new versions of its video doorbell, the battery-powered Video Doorbell (3rd Gen) and the Wired Video Doorbell (3rd Gen). Both cost $80 and, besides how they’re powered, are identical to one another. They’re available for preorder now and officially go on sale starting Nov. 25.
The two doorbells are pretty similar to their predecessor, the Video Doorbell (2nd Gen), except that they come in more colors—white, black, “Greystone,” and “Sand “Dune”—rather than just white, and Arlo says the new battery model can go six months on a single charge, up from four months in the 2nd-gen version. Arlo also says the updated models detect motion up to 25 feet away (up from 10 feet before) and now have 5GHz Wi-Fi, which should mean they can transmit higher quality video faster if you have them close enough to a router. The old version only uses the slower, longer-range 2.4GHz Wi-Fi band.
The other big difference is a little more buried: according to an FAQ at the bottom of the pages for the new doorbells, unlike the Video Doorbell (2nd Gen), the new 3rd-gen models “are not currently compatible” with any of Arlo’s SmartHub or Base Station devices.
