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Wyze Cam Pan v2 review: Great but mainly for specific smart home users

September 29, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

This month Wyze introduced version two of its Wyze Cam Pan for $39.99 plus shipping. This upgraded model gains a few new features over its predecessor including a better processor. The benefit here is improved motion detection, which is very useful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: cameras, home security, smart home, webcams, Wyze, Wyze Cam, Wyze Cam Pan v2

What local alternatives are there to cloud-based Nest Cams?

September 18, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Paul called in with a question about his smart home. He currently uses indoor Nest Cams pointing outside, along with Ubiquiti UniFi routers and they work fine, as expected. However, he's thinking about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Camect, cloud services, local storage, Nest Cam, RTSP, smart home, smart home video, Synology, Ubiquity, UniFi, webcams

The number of new Wyze products has a negative impact on software updates

July 17, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Keith called in to our IoT Voicemail hotline with an observation and a question about Wyze's connected products. Keith feels that with so many new Wyze products hitting the market, the company can't keep up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: connected devices, home security, light strips, sensors, smart home, video doorbell, webcams, Wyze

Logitech Circle View camera: Secure, wide-view and HomeKit friendly

April 14, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

Circle View Camera featured

Since having a positive recent experience reviewing the Logitech Circle View Doorbell, I’ve been anxiously awaiting a loaner Circle View Camera. This $159 HomeKit-compatible security camera arrived just over a week ago, and I’m nearly as impressed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Apple HomeKit, Circle View Camera, home security, homekit, HomeKit Secure Video, Logitech, smart home, webcams

The inexpensive age of DIY smart home image detection is here if you’re up for it

February 17, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

I’ve said many times in the past that every home ought to have a Raspberry Pi computer. And that is even truer for every smart home. Aside from being relatively inexpensive, these sub-$50 computers can accept analog signals from sensors, are easy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: AI, DIY, Home Assistant, HomeBridge, image recognition, iot, machine learning, ML, MMQT, open source, person detection, raspberry pi, smart home, webcams

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