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Tech support helped me fix a small problem with signing up for a service plan and they were great too. No customer support number, which is inconvenient, but live chat worked for me. The only thing I'd change is the lights on the bottom. They should include a bottom cap if you don't want anyone to notice it. I put black tape over the light and told everyone it was a wifi booster.
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Setup
As with Arlo and Dropcam, there are no controls to limit bandwidth use. We were low on Canary’s reviewer list, so I purchased mine at BestBuy. I’ll be returning it and didn’t want to take it apart, so relied on web searches and the FCC ID pictures to get a look inside. Information on the web was scarce and the FCC pictures weren’t too revealing. The photo below shows the top side of the Canary board, but you can’t make out much about the components used.
Considering what my options are because this is not acceptable. But I had a heck of a time getting Canary to pick up my motion when I wanted it to. So for the videos below, I actually turned manual recording on.
Easy to Use
But they all seem to be lacking key security camera features like adjustable motion detection sensitivity and zone control and pre-trigger event capture. I feel all these are key, and all seem to be missing from the many cloud-based cams. It has a great picture in light and still clear in the dark. It will record in complete darkness but it's very clear just is in black n white.
As an example, the image below shows where I had the Canary set up at home. Notice my dog in the bottom left corner; every time my dog moved his head I got a notification. It would have been really nice to adjust the sensitivity of motion detection, or even not include that area, as you can do with many IP cameras. The Canary records remarkably crisp, 1080p HD video and audio with automatic night vision and a wide-angle lens. The viewing radius ensures your living room, nursery, kitchen or basement is entirely visible with vivid clarity.
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I tried to combat this issue by tagging aggressively, marking each and every clip as "Shadows" and telling the system that everything was fine. I wanted my Canary to calm down and stop flooding me with irrelevant alerts that might ultimately drown out a legitimate one. Over the course of my tests, though, it never got any better and never learned to auto-tag anything.
From time to time, the Canary auto-mode switching feature may briefly access your GPS in order to have high confidence in your location. Battery life is very important to us and we do many things to ensure we use it sparingly. Please be aware that continued use of GPS services running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Canary is an interesting product, still in its early days, with many features on the "to-do" list. Given its crowd-funded startup status, my spider-sense starts tingling when I hear "coming in a future release", because we’ve all been down that road before.
Watch Live
Once set up, live and recorded video, as well as home air quality and temperature, can be accessed via the Canary apps. On the cloud side, all communication happens over an HTTPS connection and video and audio are AES-256 encrypted. (Read the Security FAQ for the full poop.) At the moment, you are not able to access Canary via web browser, but the company said they’re workin’ on it. That said, today we’re going to be looking at Canary.
The developer provided this information and may update it over time. Since 2015, Canary users have saved more than an estimated $5,000,000 on insurance premiums just by owning a Canary security camera. Download videos from the Canary app directly to your phone. Watch live or sound the Canary Pro’s 90 decibel siren or connect with local police right from the Canary app with Premium Service.
Just two of the 22 times Canary was triggered in this overnight test. You can also tap on the home screen's temperature and humidity readings to access "Homehealth" graphs of the conditions in your home. Testing them out at the office, they offered spot-on readings of the temperature and humidity. Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age.
You can see the night vision with motion is also fairly good with both cameras. The scene is lit up well and motion is not blurred on either one. For night vision, I took one static image with the Canary camera, with me standing 25 feet away.
They haven't, and now that I've spent more time testing the thing out, I understand why. An obvious answer here might seem to be integration with the Nest Learning Thermostat, which could likely put Canary's temperature and humidity sensors to good work. If I were a shopper currently in the market for a home security system, I'd be giving Canary a good, close look.
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