We saw a demo where you could get
a smart cam video link up on the screen — from a compatible smart cam — where it was streaming from a nursery.
Not exact matches
Nest currently sells three products: The flagship
smart thermostat; Protect, its smoke detector; and Nest
Cam, the home - monitoring
video successor to Dropcam.
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There's lots of cameras on the market ranging from pocket handy -
cams,
smart phones, iPhones and camcorders to digital SLR's and professional
video cameras.
It is on a mission to reduce crime in neighborhoods and empower consumers by creating a Ring of Security around homes and communities with its suite of
smart home security products: Ring
Video Doorbell, Ring
Video Doorbell Pro, Ring Stick Up
Cam, and the new Ring Floodlight
Cam.
The Cloud
Cam also has the potential to get
smarter the more you use it: Stored
video clips are reviewed using AWS cloud analytics, the company says, and over time the camera will recognize who and what are fixtures of your home and stop alerting you when your dog walks into the living room, for example.
We're also making updates to Nest Aware, the subscription service that gives your Nest
Cam smarter alerts and 24/7 continuous
video recording, so you can scan through your
video history and see what you missed.
In addition to plenty of voice - controlled features, such as monitoring other connected devices and playing music, the round, attractive
smart speaker has a screen to allow viewing of photos and
videos straight on the speaker itself, as well as your Amazon Cloud
Cam feed.
Although it was designed to be paired with the Ring
Video Doorbell, the Stick Up
Cam can work without its more famous (and highly rated) counterpart or as part of a Wink - based
smart - home system.
TP - Link's new
smart home camera, the Kasa
Cam KC120, is a small, simple, and affordable device that still packs a punch with 1080p
video, a 130 - degree lens, and Amazon Echo Show integration.
Nest
Cam is a solid
smart camera and has all the features and functionality you'd expect from a high - quality
smart home product including great quality HD
video capture, night vision mode and cloud back - up.
As we mentioned earlier,
Smart Lock Pro pairs seamlessly with the $ 199 Doorbell
Cam Pro, which lets you unlock the door from the doorbell's live -
video view.
While the August Doorbell
Cam Pro is our top pick overall for its HindSight feature and robust
smart home integration, the Ring
Video Doorbell 2 gets our nod as the most flexible.
Like the August Doorbell
Cam Pro, the Ring
video doorbells can connect to a
smart lock.
The SkyBell HD Wi - Fi
Video Doorbell is definitely worth consideration, especially if you aren't sold on August's Doorbell
Cam and its other brand - exclusive
smart home accessories.
With open APIs, developers will be able to access data from the Nest
Cam to do features like turning on
smart lightbulbs when the camera picks up motion or recording security
video if someone breaks into the house.
A few of the cooler companion devices you can look forward to are the 360
CAM, which records 360 - degree photos and
videos for a virtual reality experience; the 360 VR, a virtual reality headset accessory just like Samsung's Gear VR; the
Smart Controller, which lets users control a drone and watch its
video stream on the G5's display; and the Rolling Bot, an awesome little ball robot that rolls around and captures images and
videos with its 8 - megapixel camera.
The original Wyze
Cam burst into the
smart security camera scene last year with features such as 1080p
video recording, motion and audio sensing, night vision, and a cloud storage system.
The new Nest
Cam IQ is somewhat similar in design to the Nest
Cam Outdoor, but it's designed for the indoors and it sports
smarter features to neatly complement its high - resolution
video sensor.
Smart lock and doorbell maker August, which was acquired by Assa Abloy last October, today announced that all August Doorbell
Cam Pro and Doorbell
Cam owners will now have access to 24 hours of free
video storage under a new subscription plan.
I tested this out in the CNET
Smart Home by enabling the Nest
Cam skill in the Alexa app, then asking Alexa to show me the
video feed from the CNET
Smart Apartment 20 miles across town.
If the Nest
Cam senses motion while a home's residents are away, it will turn on Philips Hue
smart light bulbs and trigger the SkyBell
video doorbell to start recording.
A generous 130 - degree wide - angle lens and 1080p HD
video provides parity with leading competitors, while night vision, intruder detection, an integrated microphone and speaker plus dual - band Wi - Fi are all expected on a modern, indoor
smart cam.
Get the Ring Pro if you want the sleekest
video doorbell with the most customization options when it comes to alerts, but go for the August Doorbell
Cam if you want one that works with more
smart home systems.