The Eufy S330 Video Doorbell earned high marks for its unique two-camera configuration for visitors and packages, as well as its free local storage, smart motion alerts, and easy wire-free installation, but we griped about its lofty price, middling third-party device support, and need for a hub. The new E340 offers everything that we liked about the E330, but it works without a hub. That said, its third-party support is still meager, and at $179.99, it's not exactly cheap. You can save around $100 with the single-lens Arlo Video Doorbell 2nd Generation, our Editors' Choice winner for video doorbells, but the Eufy E340 is a compelling alternative that lets you avoid recurring subscription fees to access recorded video and smart detection features.
No Hub or Subscription Needed
The E340 doorbell looks very similar to the E330 doorbell but with sharp angled edges instead of rounded ones. At 6.0 by 1.9 by 1.2 inches (HWD), the black enclosure is a bit smaller than the E330 (6.5 by 2.2 by 1.1 inches) but it has the same IP65 weather-resistant rating.
The front of the doorbell holds the primary camera, which captures video at 2K resolution (2,048 by 1,536 pixels) and is meant to focus on visitors. A white LED light bar on the top of the enclosure helps illuminate faces at night. The other components here include four infrared LEDs, a motion sensor, an ambient light sensor, a microphone, and a doorbell button surrounded by an LED ring that flashes blue during setup, and glows blue when the button is pressed or when motion has been detected.
Embedded in the bottom edge of the enclosure is a 1,600-by-1,200-pixel camera that provides a view of the floor of your doorstep where packages are typically placed. Here you’ll also find a speaker and a pair of white LEDs that illuminate the doorstep. Both the top and bottom lights can be configured to light up when motion is detected. The cameras will capture color video at night if the LED lights are illuminated or if there is enough ambient light. Otherwise, the infrared LEDs allow for black-and-white night vision.
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The E340 is powered by a removable battery pack that is rated to last up to four months between charges depending on usage. You can alternatively connect it to your existing doorbell wiring for constant power. There are two wiring terminals on the back, along with a Sync button for pairing the device with the mobile app, and a battery compartment.
An embedded 2.4GHz Wi-Fi radio allows you to connect the doorbell to your home network and control it using Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant voice commands. It doesn’t support Apple HomeKit or Matter, and it doesn’t work with IFTTT applets. The Arlo Video Doorbell offers more third-party integration options with the addition of IFTTT and Samsung SmartThings support.
Motion and doorbell events are recorded and stored locally using the doorbell's 8GB of eMMC memory, or you can purchase a Eufy S380 HomeBase 3 that lets you add up to 16TB of additional storage and enable Cross Camera Tracking, a feature that lets you splice together videos of the same event (or person) captured by other Eufy cameras.
Eufy offers several free features for the E340 that many competitors require a paid subscription to access, including intelligent alerts, face recognition, and Delivery Guard. Intelligent alerts differentiate between motion caused by people, packages, or other objects. Face recognition will search your library of Familiar Faces and tell you if there’s a known person or a stranger at the door. Delivery Guard records package deliveries and notifies you when they have arrived. To further thwart porch pirates, you can configure the doorbell to play a preset voice message and turn on the light when someone approaches a package left at your door, and you can have it send an alert when a package has been left uncollected after a specified period of time.
Additionally, a button in the app lets you enable and disable the Package Live Check Assistance feature. When enabled, the camera will mark your package with a blue outline in the Live View, tell you what time it was delivered, and how many visitors have approached it since it arrived.
The E340 uses the same Eufy Security mobile app (available for Android and iOS) as other cameras from the brand, and appears in its own panel on the Devices screen. The panel displays the last captured image (from the top and bottom cameras), along with the number of daily visitors and deliveries.
Tap the play button on the panel to view a live stream from the cameras. By default, the video is displayed in two separate vertically positioned panels for the top and bottom cameras, but you can change it to a picture-in-picture view in the video settings menu. At the bottom of the video screen are buttons to manually record a video, capture a snapshot, initiate two-way talk, play a Quick Response message, mute the sound, and turn the spotlights on and off.
A gear button takes you to the Settings screen with tiles for configuring motion detection, accessing power management options, registering Familiar Faces, and connecting the doorbell to a HomeBase 3. Here, you can also access Delivery Guard settings to create a custom Quick Response, set up Ignored Activity Zones, and enable Package Guarding, Uncollected Package Alerts, and Package Live Check Assistance. Other settings let you configure video quality and the dual-cam view, set up privacy zones, configure notifications and Wi-Fi, and view local storage statistics.
Stress-Free Installation, Solid Performance
Installing the E340 is a breeze. To get started, I charged the battery, snapped it into place, and opened the Eufy Security app on my phone. If you're new to the brand, you'll first need to download the app, create an account, and set up a Home.
I then tapped the plus button on the Devices screen, selected Video Doorbell from the list of devices, and selected the E340 from the list of doorbell models. After selecting my Home, I tapped Next and used my phone’s camera to scan a QR code on the box. Next, I selected my Wi-Fi SSID, entered my password, and pressed the Sync button on the back of the device when prompted. When the doorbell LED began flashing blue, I tapped Next and used the doorbell camera to scan the QR code that appeared on my phone. A voice prompt informed me that the doorbell was connecting to my network, and after a few seconds, it told me that the doorbell was connected. I tapped Next, gave the doorbell a name, and updated the firmware.
At this point, you can watch an installation tutorial video or skip it. I took the doorbell outside and attached it to my door frame using the included mounting plate and screws. After scrolling through a few screens that explain the doorbell's features, the installation was complete.
The E340 is a solid performer. The top camera delivered sharp 2K video with well-saturated colors during the day and crisp, equally sharp black-and-white video at night. The bottom camera provided a clear view of my steps and any packages that were delivered. Doorbell press and motion alerts arrived instantly and two-way communications were clean and loud.
The top and bottom spotlights provided adequate light at night and face recognition worked as intended, as did my prerecorded package guard voice message. Delivery Guard and Uncollected Package Alerts arrived swiftly and the Package Live Check feature worked without issue. I had no trouble streaming video to a Google Nest Hub display and my Alexa routine to have a Nanoleaf BR30 bulb turn on when the doorbell button was pressed worked perfectly.
Doorstep Monitoring Without Monthly Fees
With the Eufy Video Doorbell E340, you get the benefit of two cameras: one that displays visitors to your doorstep, and a second to keep tabs on the ground where packages are delivered. Both cameras delivered sharp video in testing and the E340’s Delivery Guard, Package Detection, and Face Recognition features worked like a charm. While not the most expensive wireless doorbell we've tested, its $179.99 price puts it near the top. That said, it offers free video storage and smart alerts, features many competitors charge extra for. If you can live without color night vision and don’t mind paying a monthly fee for cloud video storage and smart detection, the second-generation Arlo Video Doorbell is a more affordable single-lens solution that shows your full doorstep and works with more third-party devices, earning it our Editors' Choice award.
The Eufy E340 is a dual-camera wireless video doorbell that provides a full view of your doorstep and smart motion alerts without ongoing fees.
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