Aqara 2K Security Indoor Camera Hub G3, AI Facial and Gesture Recognition, Infrared Remote Control, 360° Viewing Angle via Pan and Tilt, Works with Alexa, HomeKit Secure Video, Google Assistant, IFTTT

Buy this
EDIT: Lol I immediately purchased a 3rd camera after I wrote the previous review…..annnd of course the third one DID NOT work right out of the box. I think this has something to do with Apple and not the camera itself but I’m not quite certain.Basically it dropped out while pairing, and HomeKit decided it wasn’t going to let me add it after resetting it. It kept saying the device was already added. After talking with Apple it was determined that it could potentially be a faulty unit and not truly resetting to factory settings, so I returned. Other 2 cams are still working great off my HomePod Mini***This could also have something to do with the 3rd camera since I’m just running a mini…will update once I get 3rd and have time to set up.TLDR; If you have an AppleTV/Homepod/Ipad already (required to work with HomeKit without anything else) and you’re looking for a HomeKit camera without 3rd party apps; do yourself a favor and just click buy now. This simply works.This is the third camera I’ve landed on and it is absolutely the best by far and large.I initially started with eufy, because it was, well, cheap. I ended up having to download a third party app, then jump through what felt like countless additional hoops, and ultimately ended returning because it was the opposite of seamless, and knowing I would need additional cameras, it was not a process I wanted to repeat.After the eufy experience, I decided I’d give Blink a try and skip Homekit altogether because the third party app experience was so terrible with eufy, I figured why not give our guys and gals at amazon a shot. Also, because it was cheap.This experience was notably better at first. App was easy enough. First camera connected quickly. Second and third camera however we’re a different story…I started running into an error were the app was swearing up and down that I was entering my wi-fi password incorrectly. However, It was showing me the password I entered so I know that it was accurate. Long story short, 15 power cycles and camera resets later, ended up not being able to hook up the last camera, returned, which brings us to this cute little camera here.Now, the reason I mention these previous experiences is because it is critical in understanding exactly why this camera is worth every single penny.Aqara’s arrived, I unboxed, plugged in, hit the + icon in Homekit, scanned QR code, and it worked.That simple. Nothing else required. It simply worked. The entire process took me maybe 5 minutes for both cameras. In comparison, the previous 2 experiences mentioned were both 30+ minutes with negative results.The camera quality is great. Very sturdy and well built.Do yourself a favor and stop looking and buy this. It’s worth it, and it even comes with adorable little ears on the camera…common now, what more could you want?

Unknown face detection trigger does not work meaning can’t be used for security
It partially works. Face detection does work and trigger but unknown face does not so for security it’s useless.1. Unknown face detection trigger won’t work2. No chat support or phone support only email.Upgraded to 4 stars as they offered a replacement or refund since it appears to be an app issue. BTW I got support faster here at Amazon than I did at the site itself so if you do have an issue contact the seller directly here from Amazon. As long as you do not require unknown face and just person detection this will do it for half the price as Eufy since you have to buy the home base to do the same thing as what this can do. Also Eufy does not have unknown face at all either this one did and hopefully in a future app update they will fix it now that they are aware it’s detecting unknown face as person detection instead.

Works well after frustrating setup
I like the camera. It’s replacing an old Eufy camera. I always received camera offline notifications in Apple HomeKit with the Eufy camera. So far the Aqara has been solid. It seems faster to load when I want to view videos and also I receive notifications faster.My problem was with setup. I want to have the camera connected to both the Aqara Home app and Homekit. I’d prefer to only use HomeKit but there is functionality (like pan and tilt, human tracking etc) not available in HomeKit. I went through the factory reset process so many times before I found an order of operations that worked.First, connect your phone to the WiFi network you want to use. I have a separate IoT network I use for my cameras etc.Second, power on the camera and add to HomeKit FIRST.Finally, open the Aqara home app and it should automatically detect the camera. Add it to the app when prompted.For the first 20 attempts I always connected it to the Aqara app first. But after a while, the camera would go offline permanently in HomeKit but still work in the Aqara app. It was frustrating.I bought another Aqara camera now that I have the first one working great. I love the pan and tilt and human tracking. It’s very snappy to respond in Apple home.

two thumbs wayyyyyy upppppp
Just…. get it.

Todo me gustó. No hubo publicidad engañosa, es realmente de la Marca Aqara

I’ve been using to monitor my room when I’m in vacation or to baby sit my cat to make sure he’s eating. It’s doing its job well and the night vision camera works better than you would think. You can see everything.I like that it can track what it sees. The cat like ears are cute too. When the device is powered off, it hides the camera, so you know for sure it’s not recording… not only that but sleeping eyes will show, it’s really cute.