Remo+ RemoBell S
By Remo+ · Video Doorbells · Cleaning & Smart Home
- 180 deg viewing angle (vertical/horizontal)
- 1536x1536 HD video
- H.264 compression
- Weather resistance -4 to 122 deg F
- 0.29 lb body
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Summary
A wired video doorbell for homes that already have doorbell wiring and want cloud clips without a battery to swap. Check one thing before you buy: the Remo+ domains are parked or pre-launch placeholders, so make sure the app and the cloud service still work for you.
Strengths
- A conventional wired install onto existing doorbell wires, with three mounting plates for different wall angles.
- A wide 180° view from a 1,536 × 1,536 sensor, so the porch fits in one frame.
- Two-way audio came through clean in testing, with no distortion.
- Video-based motion detection worked well once sensitivity was turned down to ignore passing cars.
- IFTTT applets for a Hue light and a smart plug fired every time they were tried.
- 3 days of cloud history without a subscription, so clips are there when something happens.
Weaknesses
- Recorded clips play back in a fisheye crop instead of the full-screen live view.
- Day and night images are dimmer than you would like, even though they are sharp.
- Default motion sensitivity alerts on passing cars until you turn it down.
- Video history is cloud-only: 3 free days, then a paid plan, with no local recording to fall back on.
- It is wired only, so you need existing doorbell wiring and a working chime.
- No warranty terms, manual or model number could be confirmed, and the vendor’s support pages do not respond.
Verified specifications
| Camera | 1,536 × 1,536 pixels, 180° field of view. |
|---|---|
| Night vision | two infrared LEDs; night video is black and white. |
| Motion detection | video-based, with user-defined motion zones and a sensitivity setting. |
| Alerts | push notification on motion and on a button press, and video is recorded for both. |
| Two-way audio | microphone and speaker. |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi. |
| Integrations | Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and IFTTT. |
| Chime | app-selectable chime type, mechanical or digital. |
| Night mode | Auto, Off or On. |
| Storage | cloud recording with 3 days of rolling history included; longer retention is a paid plan. |
| Power | existing doorbell wiring, with a power kit and fuse assembly for a mechanical chime. |
| Dimensions | 5.1 × 1.8 × 0.8 in (H × W × D). |
| Finish | silver enclosure with a black faceplate, a round camera housing on top and a silver doorbell button below. |
| In the box | three mounting plates (thick, thin, wedge), quick start guide, screwdriver, drill bit, power kit, fuse assembly and mounting screws. |
Full research notes and sources
Which model this is
It runs on your existing doorbell wiring, so there is no battery version of this model. The body is a silver enclosure with a black faceplate, a round camera housing at the top and a silver button under an LED ring. No model number, serial prefix or FCC ID could be confirmed for this unit, so match on the camera and the finish rather than on a part number.
The Amazon listing for this model is ASIN B09MWPWQJ6. Don’t confuse it with the 2017 RemoBell or with the other Remo+ doorbells in the same family.
Installation and setup
Installation is a conventional wired swap: the unit sits on one of three mounting plates (thick, thin, wedge) and connects to your existing doorbell wires, with a power kit and fuse assembly supplied if you have a mechanical chime. Setup runs through the phone app: create an account, add the device, set the time zone, type the Wi-Fi password (the doorbell joins the network your phone is on), scan the QR code on the quick start guide, then join the doorbell’s own Wi-Fi from your phone’s settings and wait roughly 15 seconds for the voice prompt to confirm the connection.
The LED ring around the button is your diagnostic panel: fast blue flashing means setup mode, slow blue means it is joining your router, solid blue means connected and working, flashing red means not connected, and solid red means it is powering up. While you are in the app, set the chime type to match the chime you actually have, mechanical or digital, and set your motion zones and sensitivity.
PCMag’s reviewer called the installation easy and advised anyone uneasy around breakers and wiring to hire a professional. One thing to know: a 2024 guide, “How to Fix RemoBell S Not Connecting to WiFi”, was written for this exact model, so setup trouble is a known topic rather than a one-off.
Video, motion alerts and audio
Daytime video was crisp in testing, but the image was dimmer than the reviewer wanted, and night video was sharp black and white yet could be brighter too. The camera covers a wide 180° field of view from a 1,536 × 1,536 sensor, so the porch and the path to it fit in a single frame.
The playback quirk matters more than the brightness. Recorded clips are served in a fisheye crop rather than the full-screen live view, and the reviewer had to ask for them in normal viewing mode. Motion detection is video-based, worked well in testing, and still needed the sensitivity lowered slightly to stop alerts from passing cars.
Audio was clean in both directions with no distortion. The voice assistant integrations let you pull live video up on a TV through a screen-equipped device, and the reviewer reported no failures there. IFTTT was tested with a Philips Hue light switched on by motion and a smart plug switched on by the doorbell button, and both worked every time. That was 2019, though, and IFTTT’s platform has changed since.
Cloud recording and running costs
History is cloud-only. You get 3 days of rolling clips free, and a 30-day plan ran $3 a month or $30 a year when PCMag tested the unit in April 2019. There is no local storage, so if the service goes away your clips go with it, and nobody has confirmed the Remo+ service still runs: the support subdomain did not respond, the help-desk host refused the connection, and the product pages are parked or a “Launching Soon” placeholder. The Remo+ app is shared with the brand’s other devices, so the state of that ecosystem matters to this doorbell too.
Is it worth it?
PCMag tested the RemoBell S at $99 in April 2019 and gave it an Editors’ Choice for video doorbells, and at that level the hardware matched the feature set: 1,536 × 1,536 video at 180°, motion zones, free cloud history, voice assistant support and three mounting plates.
The catch today is the vendor, not the hardware.
For a homeowner with existing wiring who wants a cheap, wide-angle cloud camera on the door, the RemoBell S still makes sense on features alone. If you were shopping for a battery doorbell that you can mount anywhere, this is the wrong shape: the RemoBell S is wired only, and it needs a chime on the other end of the transformer.
Sources
Manufacturer:
- remoplus.com — parked domain-sale page
- remoplus.net — parked landing page
- remocam.com (also remobell.com) — parked landing page
- remo-plus.com — “Launching Soon” placeholder
- Manual search for RemoBell — no official manual page identified
Independent reviews:
Owner reports:
- No owner threads, forum posts or retailer Q&A could be read for this model, so the only hands-on account available is PCMag’s 2019 lab test.
