YI Home Security Camera, 1080p 2.4G WiFi IP Indoor Surveillance Camera with Night Vision, Motion Detection, Phone App, Pet Cat Dog Cam Compatible with Alexa and Google Assistance

The HD camera itself works really well—clear picture quality and great coverage for my living room. Setup was easy, and the app used to be fantastic. Unfortunately, the recent updates have made it pretty annoying with nonstop ads popping up. Still a solid camera, but I wish the app experience was as smooth as it used to be.

I have only had this camera for a couple of days and there are some kinks to work, but once I read the instructions or reach out to someone I am sure I can resolve the minor issues.PROS1. The set up was very easy. Took me less than 10 minutes. The app told me exactly what to do and when I turned the camera on it started talking to me and told me exactly what to do!! :) Compared to the first camera I purchased, which took me three tries and even then I couldn't get it to connect when I wasn't home.2. This one works when you are away from home, you either use your phones data or you connect to secure wifi.3. After I figured out the activity screen it is awesome, just zoom in on the area you want it to watch so you aren't picking up cars driving by on a distant road.4. The notification is very quick, so if you want to see what is going on you can sign on and probably catch the person/animal still in the act.5. You can change the sensitivity too, that way you aren't picking up flies. After I changed it to low I was able to still pick up a squirrel, cat and my children.CONS1. It only does a short 6 second video, wish I could get a bit longer, but it works to notify me if someone is driving in my driveway when I'm not there.2. I am not sure how long it sits before it picks up more activity but right now I believe it is about 4 - 6 minutes. Not bad, but it would be nice to have the option to increase the video length. Maybe there is but I haven't asked yet.3. I need to figure out how to get the activity frame to stay and not reset at night. It keeps moving, so I reset it in the morning. But for $30 some dollars, that is minor.All in all, this camera is awesome and does the job I need it to do. When my kids are getting off the bus I can watch and make sure they safely get in the house. I am thinking of adding more camera's to the house.

EDIT: I can no longer recommend these products to anyone. The company is really pushing for people to purchase the cloud packages. So much so that anytime you ask for support, the first thing they say is, you should upgrade to the premium plan, or have you upgraded to the cloud service.Now they are pushing ads when you launch the app and you cannot turn them off without, you guessed it, purchasing a premium plan.So please, before you purchase anything from Yi, check up the community forums and look at how many people are complaining about different things and the canned responses they get back. It is sad, I used to like these cheap little cameras and I would promote them and show them to people, now I will steer them awayOriginal review below:I'll start off with I have purchased 4 of these cameras over the last few years. I had the old black 720p, the newer 720p that only came in white for some reason and then 2 of the 1080p versions. My older ones have worked great. I switched out the black base (720p) with the newer 1080p camera so that I could mount it in my front window to watch the porch area. I had to purchase a 10 foot usb cable to reach the outlet and to route it along the outside of the window frame, but it was cheap, and isn't really visible.So my take-Pros:1. Cheap - The cameras are inexpensive and you don't have to use the cloud service when you use the SD card option. I see some of the reviews complaining that they can't see longer videos, but I haven't had that problem and all my cameras have the latest updates.2. Easy to install - The app (Android in my case) was easy to install, then scan the back of the camera, identify your 2.4 Ghz WiFi (it doesn't work on 5Ghz yet), type in your password, point your phone at the camera and wait. Camera connects and you are good to go. I was even able to share one of my cameras with someone else so she could check in as well. She could make changes, but she could view it on her phone and on the desktop app.3. Desktop app - You can install a PC software, which I use when I worked late so no one could sneak off the elevator at work and scare the &*^% out of me.4. Motion record - It works pretty well and you can change the amount of movement needed for activation and how frequent it sends you the notice.5. Mounting - you can pop off the vertical piece and there are 3 small screw holes in the base. I used these to mount the cam upside down in the front window.6. Support (sorta)- The few times I've had to contact support for something they got back to me within 24 hours. I realize that they are not US based, so there is a time difference. I will also say that I had a camera that stopped connecting to my network and they sent a replacement right away.Cons -1. Night shots - Night vision isn't very good, but that is probably more to do with the fact I'm shooting through a window. I have the cams angled to help, but still get some IR reflection. If a car drives by the headlights wipe out the video as well before it can shutter the lens.2. Connections - I wouldn't have to mention this on the older cameras, but I did have a camera that stopped connecting to my network. I tried resetting the camera (SOOO many times), I tried it on other networks (I even setup a new dedicated network) and when it wouldn't work, tech support sent me a new 1080p camera.3. Connections part deux - The new camera connects to the network well, but will go offline every so often. At first I thought one of my animals was unplugging it because that was how the camera seemed. I couldn't ping it, no connection or anything. I have now plugged it into a remote switching outlet that I can then power cycle the camera to get it to reconnect. Sometimes it will go 5 days before it needs to be 'rebooted', but I had to reboot at 6:30 last night and again at 7:30 this morning. Hopefully this one isn't getting ready to die too.4. Audio - They advertise this as 2-way audio, which it is, but don't plan on using it as an intercom device. My voice would come out 'tinny' from the camera, which you should expect from a speaker that small. I have had some times where the audio didn't match the video, but it would only be off a fraction of a second upto a full second. It is more annoying really.