The cameras are solid, they work, the app works really well to connect and setup devices so major points on the app, functional use is good, but not stellar. The cameras seem to have decent enough picture quality. Not stellar, but the quality is decent enough. Could use controls for brightness and color. Minor changes to that could improve the quality of the images dramatically which is essential for proper face detection. Google Home integration is also present as well as Alexa (See PS note below).
One of my cameras however did have something loose inside it, despite that it appears to work.
For any future iterations of this camera, sealing in the SDcard with a screw on cap should be a thing . Easy for someone to just walk up and pop the SDcard if it’s within reach. I had to get creative for that.
SDcard AND cloud support (this is optional), the service is $$$ compared to competitors, this is better for SDcard use mainly IMO. I like that manual recording is possible and saved to the device recorded on (phone) and SDcard I presume. Freemium cloud alerts
For the price it’s a good deal and worth the buy. The four stars is due to the loose bit inside the camera, that’s a QA issue. Also for the lack of even basic image controls.
PS Doesn’t connect well to Google Home app works just fine through Yi IOT app, BUT this seems to be an issue with Google Home as I have other 3rd party IOT devices that don’t connect to Google Home. Amazon integration seems to work just fine tho.
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