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Gabe: Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody, this is Gabe at Security Baron.
Today, we're looking at the Canary all-in-one home security camera.
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Canary was founded in 2012 in New York City by a team of experts with experience in robotics,
security, design and software.
Let's look at what features the Canary team brought to the all-in-one home security camera.
They said they have intelligence and security stemming from 1080p high-definition video,
90 decibel siren and the built in climate monitoring.
In addition, they also have desktop streaming, 30 days of clouds storage and two-way audio.
Now, looking at the Canary all-in-one home camera, my initial thoughts are that well
it doesn't look unlike how from 2001 Space Odyssey.
Our version, of course, is the all-matte black, which gives it a clandestine look.
When someone walks into your home or your apartment, they don't look at it and say "Oh,
there's the security camera."
The face of the camera has a glossy finish.
The lens and the camera are actually flush with that finish.
Those are actually a bit recessed from the exterior plastic.
You have the indicator light and microphone further down on that front face.
On the top of the camera, you'll find four beams that are meant for measuring the environment
within your home.
On the bottom you'll find the speakers and an LED light that lights up when you're streaming
and recording.
On the back, you'll find a space to connect your Ethernet, micro USB and 3.5 millimeter
audio, along with this handsome Canary insignia.
In order to know whether or not the Canary all-in-one home security camera is right for
you, let's put it to the Security Baron necessary features test.
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Gabe: Here at Security Baron, we think that every camera should have stellar video, two-way
audio, night vision, cloud and local storage, smart platform integration, artificial intelligent,
value and convenience.
Unnecessary feature here at Security Baron is video quality, and the Canary has stellar
video, coming in hot at 1080p high-definition video with an impressive 147-degree field
of view and three-time digital zoom.
While the 108p and digital zoom are relatively standard for a camera like this, the 147-degree
field of view and that angle definitely puts the Canary in the upper echelon of security
cameras that we've seen.
For that, we give them full marks for video quality.
The Canary kind of comes with two-way audio.
Out of the box, you can use the two-way audio when you sign up for the premium features.
While it does have it, it's awkward to say that oh, it has this necessary feature when
the necessary feature doesn't come necessarily with the camera itself.
When it comes with two-ways audio, the Canary actually works admirably, but there's the
caveat that you must pay for it.
We still give it full marks for its two-way audio.
Here at Security Baron, there's a lot of emphasis in terms of necessary features on night vision,
for those of us who are a little bit more nocturnal.
For the Canary, it has 12 infrared LEDs, which allow for a really clear picture in that nice
black and white.
All your images will be detailed, not blurry.
For that, we give the Canary full marks on its night vision.
Security Baron necessary feature of local and cloud storage, when it comes to the Canary,
it can only really get half credit from us.
The Canary has no local storage options.
It does come with the last 24 hours of video recordings.
You have to pay a separate subscription price to get the last 30 days.
The fact that you can't plug either a USB or a microSD into the Canary only allows us
to give it half credit when it comes to the Security Baron necessary feature of local
and cloud storage.
A security Baron necessary feature is Smart platform integration, and really, the Canary
is firing on all cylinders when it comes to Smart platform integration.
It works with the two biggest players in the market, Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.
You can throw the feed of what's going on in your home to your Amazon Fire TV under
Amazon Alexa, or you can type into Google Assistant to figure out what the humidity
in any particular room, all because of the feature set built into the Canary.
When it comes to smart platform integration we have to give it full marks on the Security
Baron necessary features test.
The Security Baron necessary feature of artificial intelligence usually refers to facial recognition.
While it's not necessarily facial recognition, the Canary does come with person detection.
The AI can learn your habits over time.
In addition, Canary claims that they'll be rolling out a host of new features in the
near feature, powered by AI.
Even without considering AI features to come out in the future, we think that the person
detection and other features of the Canary definitely merits full marks under the Security
Baron necessary features test for artificial intelligence.
A Security Baron necessary feature is value.
At about $170, the Canary does bring good value.
We would actually say it's great value if you were planning on buying of subscription
with premium features to whatever camera you buy, because with 9.99 a month or 99.99 a
year, you get everything that a top of the line home security camera has in the Canary.
However, if you just wanted to pay your 170 and be done with it, you would actually be
missing out on some basic features like two-way audio.
Under the Security Baron necessary features test of value, we find the Canary to be a
good value without the Canary membership with premium features and a great value if you
decide to go with all of the subscription.
A Security Baron necessary feature is convenience.
The Canary was super convenient.
We basically were able to take it out and have a live stream running within about 15
minutes.
All it took was plugging in the power, downloading the app and I was ready to go with the Canary.
In terms of convenience, we have to give it full marks.
Before I turn to the app, I want to talk about a feature that is unique to the Canary home
all-in-one, which is the home health technology.
That allows you to see the humidity, temperature and air quality in the room in which your
camera is located.
All that is visible in the app.
Let's check it out.
When you turn on the app, you'll see that it's pretty tame, which is nice because we've
seen a lot of apps that just overwhelm me with everything that is immediately visible
on the screen.
We're going to start out with a timeline of what is going on.
You have events, in terms of when I've arrived, when I've left.
Below the watch live button, which is the largest thing that you'll see when you open
up the app, you'll see that there's sensory data for temperature, humidity and air quality
that comes along with Canary's proprietary home health technology.
In here, we're going to jump straight into a live stream.
In the live stream, you can adjust it with manual zoom and a digital pane.
You can look around what's happening in the room or zero in on something you want to focus
on.
Below that you'll see that there is a walkie-talkie talk button for two-way audio, a siren if
you want to scare an intruder, and a safety button that you can push if you're not feeling
safe and you can ultimately alert the authorities.
Other things that you can look at in the setting are the modes.
You've got away, home and night mode.
If you don't want to be recorded while you're in your own home, you can just set it on home
mode, where it will not record if any of the users are home.
You can setup your users and know that they can feel safe and that they're not being watched.
Of course, you can look at previous recordings and clips from earlier in the week.
That's a look at the Canary app.
It's both pleasing to the eye and intuitive.
Now you can see the 1080p high-definition video on the Canary all-in-one home camera.
You'll see that it captures a lot of what's going on in this room because it's got 147-degree
of field of view, which definitely puts it, as we said before, in the upper echelon of
home security cameras and their angles.
They also have digital zoom, so we can look in here.
Actually, let's go look and see what we get on our globe.
Oh snap, we got India over here, we got China, a little bit of Russia.
The digital zoom on this camera is not one of the highest ones we've seen.
We've seen some stronger digital zoom, but definitely enough for us to know that India
is our country of the day.
That's the video quality on the stellar Canary all-in-one home security camera.
Here's the night vision on the Canary all-in-one home security camera.
It is pretty phenomenal.
You've got 12 LED infrared lights that really provide for this detailed non-blurry image
in the dark in black and white.
If I move around, see what's going on, you can still get a very detailed image.
If I go up to the camera, look at it like so.
In fact, you can even do a little more globe action and see what's going on.
Wow yeah, Australia again, look at that.
Overall, the night vision on the Canary is one of the strongest we've seen, and we definitely
give it full marks.
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Gabe: Let's provide an overview of how the Canary all-in-one home security camera scored
on the Security Baron necessary features test.
Stellar video, full marks for the 1080p and 147-degree field of review.
Two-way audio, full marks for how well it worked, despite the fact that you have to
pay separately for it.
Night vision, full marks, with the 12 infrared LED lights.
Cloud and local storage, half marks because there's no local storage option.
Smart platform integration, full marks because it works well with the two biggest players,
Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.
Artificial intelligence, full marks because it has person detection and other AI features
along with more to come in the future.
Value, full marks because it's a good buy as is, and a great value if you're deciding
to go with the Canary membership.
Convenience, full marks because we were able to set it up and have it streaming within
15 minutes.
Ultimately, the question we're trying to answer at Security Baron today is whether or not
the Canary all-in-one home security camera is right for you.
If you really like having local storage or you don't want to have a Canary premium membership,
then you definitely want to look for a camera that has all that included from the get-go.
However, if you'd like to link with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, have 1080p high-definition
video, really great night vision, then you may want to give the Canary a look.
That's our review of the Canary all-in-one home security camera.
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As always, this is Gabe at Security Baron.
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