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I'd love to finish transforming our house to full EV now that we have a solid charging setup. Unfortunately the larger EV segment is really just the EV9 / Ioniq 9 and the ID Buzz. Can I ask if prices have dropped down to a normal level these days? In the California market. I simply can't justify $60k on a van that only has 230 miles of range, when an EV9 is significantly cheaper, charges faster, has more range, and is quicker. Or even a Toyota Sienna hybrid is thousands less. $10,000 buys a LOT of extra gas or a lot of kWh...

For a myriad of reasons, I've ditched all my Ring equipment for my outdoor / doorbell cameras in my home. I much prefer HomeKit like I use for some indoor cameras I have (Eufy 2K).

This week I've installed a G5 Pro and a G400 doorbell. I set both of these up exclusively within HomeKit and they've been working well so far.

I'm a bit sensitive to avoiding opening up cameras to external services, but I am wondering what features I am missing out on by not using Aqara app to customize them further?

For example, I am well aware of HKSV limitation to 1080p, so I will sometimes use the Eufy app to view the streams in full 2K. I assume I am also missing out on some resolution by only viewing these new cameras in HomeKit? (May change in iOS 27 w/ updates...)

I was also very frustrated by the spotlight feature on the G5 Pro, as it constantly cycles on and off at night as it detects "motion" (pixel changes). I understand if I use the Aqara app, I may be able to enable the PIR sensor to better detect motion? I tried someone's shortcut to enable a few second delay but that didn't help.

Is there anything super noteworthy I am missing out on by not using the Aqara app? Are there other folks like me using HomeKit Secure Video exclusively?