![]() ![]() If you’ve already jumped on the Google Nest bandwagon this is an excellent camera that should fit seamlessly into your setup. There’s no siren or floodlight, but the two-way audio was decent enough to be able to hold a conversation with the window cleaner. Strong facial recognition and a low false positive count add to the camera’s desirability and there’s customisation with zonal coverage set by the user through the app. However, it does have its advantages in terms of not alerting intruders to the presence of the cam because of the absence of bright light. Again, this may be considered by some to be the poorer (quality) cousin to new bright white light colour cameras because you just get a black and white image. Meanwhile, the night vision is delivered through a series of infrared LED sensors. The Nest gives you the option of reviewing the last three hours of clip history or you can pay for the Nest Aware subscription, which for £5 per month enables you to go back and review events that the cam has recorded for up to 30 days. In fact, the lower resolution can be a good option for anyone with slightly patchy Internet, as it means there is less lag when livestreaming and recording to the cloud. The video quality has now been surpassed by several other brands, but the 1080p HD video is decent enough to recognise who’s outside. ![]() Set up was very quick and the magnetic mount was strong to make positioning easy. Continue reading.Īs you’d expect from google, there is a lot to like about the nest cam, especially if you’ve already committed to the ecosystem. It did lose a few points however for its slightly patchy performance in low light levels, so you’ll really need to adjust your motion settings so that the spotlight comes on to boost performance. The solar panels were efficient in keeping charge levels up, even during the winter which is a massive bonus and a feature that we’d like to see in more cameras. This takes a bit of investment but is well worth it as we experienced very few false positives after just a week of the install. Like all AI it needs to be trained (by inputting facial images into the app, for example from your camera roll), but it also learns on the job which faces you’re happy to have around your home. This means you’re not constantly checking your phone and only have to take a look at it when the app tells you it doesn’t recognise a person at your property. We were impressed with Eufy’s on-board AI which boosts the facial recognition abilities of the camera so that you can tag friendly faces in the app so that the camera only alerts you to strange faces when they pitch up at your doorstep. Set up was simple and the 135-degree angle camera gives plenty of coverage, and the respectable 8x zoom meant we could pick out details in the environment when we needed to. So, if you need a device to watch over your place when you’re not there, look no further than these candid cams that can.Įufy’s new cam ups the pixel count with a crisp 4k video feed, but rather than store this in the cloud, it’s kept locally on a 16GB Hub, which offers enough usable storage for three months’ worth of clips so you won’t have to fork out for a separate subscription. ![]() Some cameras will be able to go further and have facial recognition capabilities to not only notify you about motion in a particular area, but also whether that motion is caused by a human and when that human is someone that the camera’s software doesn’t recognise.īasically, a good camera will minimise the false positives, so your day isn’t constantly being interrupted by alerts and you’re only bothered when it’s something that you need to be bothered by. It’s also helpful if a camera has the AI to differentiate between a person, an animal, a vehicle or an inquisitive magpie and notify you accordingly. Or, it’s uploaded to the cloud via a paid monthly subscription some brands will also offer a mix between free livestreaming and some charged storage. It will either be stored natively (usually on a memory card) so there are no other costs involved. What happens to that footage, depends on the device. We were looking for crisp, detailed, true-to-life images and footage (both day and night) that avoided the distorted fish-eye effect of older cams that can make it difficult to identify a visitor. The advent of wifi has revolutionised home surveillance with the emergence of affordable, functional and user-friendly electronic eyes in the sky (well, on an eave) which are motion sensitive and allow a level of interaction with whoever is in view and in earshot. From the postie who’s just arrived to deliver your parcel, to your next-door neighbour who’s finally returned the lawnmower. ![]() Having access to an outdoor camera isn’t just about deterring unfriendly faces, it’s also about updating you on the friendly ones too. ![]()
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