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Best Video Calling Bell for Home without Subscription

Nekinsan's "Smart Wireless Video Doorbell" is not a traditional doorbell with a built-in camera that continuously records or streams video. Instead, Nekinsan's "Smart Wireless Video Doorbell" is a QR code sticker.

Here's how it works and why there isn't a traditional "subscription" for cloud storage like with other video doorbells:

• QR Code Based: When a visitor arrives, they scan the QR code on the sticker using the Nekinsan app or any standard QR code scanner (like Google Pay or Paytm).

• Visitor's Camera is Used: For video calls, the video stream comes from the visitor's smartphone camera, not a camera installed at your door.

• Homeowner Privacy: The homeowner's camera remains off by default during these calls for privacy.

• Communication:

  • If the homeowner has internet, it initiates a video call to their Nekinsan app.

  • If the homeowner is offline, it automatically switches to an audio call via a virtual number (protecting the homeowner's actual phone number).

  • If the visitor doesn't have a smartphone or internet, they can call a helpline number on the sticker, and the system connects them via an IVR.

• No Continuous Recording or Motion Detection: Because there's no physical camera unit at your door, there's no continuous recording, live viewing, or traditional motion detection features that would require cloud storage.

• Logging: The Nekinsan app logs interactions, including a photo of the visitor (captured when they scan the QR), date, time, and location. This data is part of the app's functionality.

What Nekinsan offers are primarily the QR code stickers themselves, which you purchase. The functionality of connecting visitors to you via video/audio calls and logging their interactions is inherent to the system and the Nekinsan app.

You won't find traditional "subscription plans" for video storage or features like with Ring, Arlo, or other typical video doorbell brands, because the Nekinsan system operates on a different principle, focusing on privacy and leveraging existing smartphone technology rather than a fixed, recording camera at your door.

Our website lists the "SMART DOORBELL (Pack of 2)" for a price (e.g., ₹699, discounted from ₹1398), which is the cost of the stickers that enable this system. The features like unlimited masked/private calling and logging are included with the use of their product and app.