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Best smart home security cameras in 2024
Keep an eye on your home or the pets within it from anywhere with a well-placed camera
Gone are the days of needing specialized networking and tons of tech know-how to configure a home security system. Thanks to the advancement of smart home technology, you can easily invest in a competent smart security system or opt for a standalone camera to simplify things and save money.
How to cancel your Arlo subscription
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Arlo is one of the most popular home security brands, offering reliable security cameras, smart lighting, and doorbells for smart homes. You don't need a subscription to use Arlo's products, but signing up for one gives you access to additional perks like 24/7 professional monitoring and critical alerts for rapid response.
Ring security cameras are one of the leading options for smart home security cameras. They're known for their advanced features, ease of use, and reputation for quality and innovation. This makes them an ideal pick for a smart security camera or to bolster home security.
Do Arlo devices require a subscription?
Arlo provides comprehensive home surveillance, but at what cost?
Arlo is one of many brands offering modular security systems that are (for the most part) meant to be installed by homeowners. Its DIY approach saves users money while empowering them to manage their own systems. When it comes to indoor and outdoor home security devices, ensuring that you feel safe is a priority.
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Home security is a must-have if you want added reassurance over your household's safety. However, investing in home security solutions can get expensive, especially when you consider you might need multiple security cameras to cover all of your home. With ANNKE's latest sale, quality home protection doesn't cost you and arm and a leg.
This Arlo Essential deal brings the smart security camera to an all-time low price
Features include 1080p video, night vision, and two-way audio
How much would you pay for convenience and peace of mind? It sounds expensive, doesn't it? It's really not, though, when you're talking about something like a smart security camera. These cameras are small, inexpensive, and capable of making your life easier, and your home more secure. There are a number of great home security cameras available, but we really like the Arlo Essential Indoor Camera for a few reasons: it's packed with features like night vision and two-way audio, it has a built-in privacy shield, and right now it's on sale for just $60.
These WiZ smart lights can now double as security monitors
They'll be able to keep intruders at bay by adding motion sensing into the mix
Lights that turn on automatically when someone enters a room would be ideal in a smart home. However, without creating a routine or installing motion sensors throughout your home, this can be difficult to set up. Signify, a spin-off of Philips' lighting division, introduced its new SpaceSense technology last year, which allows motion-sensing light bulbs to turn on without this time-consuming configuration. The company is now incorporating that feature into its existing smart lights to scare off intruders, and it's paired with a new indoor camera.
Reolink E1 Zoom vs. E1 Pro: Which is right for you?
Looking for powerful subscription-free indoor security cameras? You can't go wrong with these two.
If you're looking for an easy and affordable way to keep an eye on your home while you're away at work or on vacation, an indoor security camera is just as important to have as an outdoor security camera. Both the Reolink E1 Zoom and the Reolink E1 Pro indoor Wi-Fi security cameras are fantastic options, with pan-and-tilt functionality, two-way speakers, night vision, and more. But which one best fits your home's specific needs?
The super-affordable Wyze Cam goes higher-res than ever with new $50 Pro model
Subject detection gets faster with on-board processing
Scrappy smart home startup Wyze is out with a big update to 2020's Wyze Cam v3, a $20 camera with pretty decent imaging, cloud-powered subject detection, great audio pickup, a siren and spotlight, and did we mention it was $20? It's been one of the best security cameras out there. So, what does the Wyze Cam v3 Pro do for $50? Quite a bit more and faster.
The best 15 smart home deals from Prime Early Access are still alive
From speakers to smart cameras, from backlights to locks, these are the deals to see
It doesn't have to be intimidating or expensive to break into the field of smart home devices. In fact, the entire industry has gone to lengths to make the processing of setting up your smart devices as easy as possible. Most devices support one of the three main voice assistants, and a great deal offers compatibility with third-party programming methods, including IFTTT applets. And for the rest of the day, Amazon's Prime Early Access Sale ensures you don't have to make a huge investment to get some of the best smart devices on the market.
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Aqara knocks $30 off its AI- enabled security camera for Amazon's Prime Early Access Sale
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In-home security doesn't have to cost a fortune, especially if you use the right gadgets. For instance, the Aqara Camera Hub G3 is fairly inexpensive and comes packed with features. Even better, now that Prime Early Access Sale is here, the camera’s price point is even lower.
AI-enabled Aqara Camera Hub G3 is the only security camera you need at home
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An outdoor or indoor security camera is essential to every household. Whether you want to keep track of strangers at the main door or watch your kids playing from the kitchen, a capable security camera offers peace of mind by monitoring your home 24 hours. With several security cameras in the market with tall claims, picking one for your home can be confusing. Among them, Aqara’s Al-enabled Camera Hub G3 security camera is worth considering for several reasons.
Blink Outdoor review: A smart option to keep an eye at home
An affordable option to keep an eye on your yard
A smart security system is one of the best ways to ensure your home is safe from theft and intrusion when you're away. Sadly, many of these cost a lot and are usually associated with a mandatory subscription, which adds a financial burden that's not always justified.
Ring Indoor Camera review: A great addition to your Alexa-powered smart home
Ring offers good performance and great Alexa integration for just $60
Amazon has been a driving force behind the proliferation of smart home technology in recent years. While we’ve found that Google Assistant is largely the better virtual assistant, Alexa provides similar functionality when it comes to smart home integrations. It’s not all about Alexa, though. Other companies under the Amazon umbrella, like Ring have built out the ecosystem into a serious powerhouse for smart home technology.
Arlo Pro 4 Spotlight vs. Ring Spotlight Camera: Which should you buy?
Both are versatile cameras, but it’s the security system that you are investing in
Keeping a watchful eye on your front yard requires an outdoor security camera that always stays up and does its job. The battery-powered Arlo Pro 4 Spotlight and the Ring Spotlight Camera are two of the best options, offering a versatile set of features. Both cameras come with plug-and-play installation and offer additional benefits with a monthly subscription. Despite their close price, the Arlo Pro 4 Spotlight and the Ring Spotlight Camera differ on several fronts, ranging from video quality to subscriptions. So, only one of them will fit the bill for your smart home.
You can now register to buy Amazon's flying Ring camera robot
The Ring Always Home Cam costs $250, but you need an invitation to buy one
Wow, it's been almost exactly a year since Amazon announced its Ring Always Home Cam. It's a little bitty Wi-Fi security cam that hangs off a quadcopter drone, and roams around your house like an adorable hunter-killer robot from Terminator. Well, it's finally ready for prime time (Prime time?), at least if you're lucky enough to get an invitation to use it.
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You can’t be too careful when it comes to home security, and if you haven’t already invested in an outdoor security camera (or several of them), you’re leaving your property open to miscreants and other ne'er-do-wells. That’s why you need an ANNKE C800 bullet camera, which five of you will win in this week’s contest.
Nest's server problems will matter less with its latest cameras
The new cams can record offline and upload when service resumes
Oh, Google, you so sly. In today's announcement of the new generation of Nest cameras, the company highlighted all of the improvements that make these cams more powerful than ever, to a point where you could use them without a paid subscription. What caught our attention, though, was an unadmitted truth: Google has kind of fixed Nest servers' frequent downtime issues without really saying it did that.
Nest cameras are finally fixing one of their most glaring issues
Activity zones, smart alerts, and 3hrs of video events come for free
Google has just unveiled a whole new generation of Nest Cams for nearly every room in your home, with a series of hardware and software improvements. Chief among these are three enhancements that make these cams usable without the Aware subscription.
Nest has a new doorbell, battery-powered camera, smart floodlight, and the cheapest Nest Cam to date
A Nest Cam for every part of your house — hopefully excluding the bathroom
Though the company leaked it a bit early, the new Nest lineup of smart security cameras is now official and covers a wide spread of options, from new battery-powered cameras to the cheapest Nest Cam yet, and even a brand new floodlight. Price range from $280 down to $99. Availability for the four new models varies, with pre-orders for the new $180 battery-powered Nest Cam and $280 Nest Doorbell starting today. And if you're cheap (like me), Google's also expanding what you can do without a Nest Aware subscription.