Hello!
Hello?
Hi, this is Katie from SafeWise
coming to you from the Indoor Camera from Cove.
Right now I'm outside using the two-way audio feature.
How do I sound?
You good?
Well, stick around and catch our full review.
I'm gonna be going through all the features
in this little camera.
This is Cove's Indoor Security Camera,
one of the company's two cameras.
It costs about $50 and works with and without a Cove System.
We finally got our hands on one to check it out
and see how it works ourselves.
Here's a quick rundown of what it can do:
1080p HD video, two-way audio,
local and cloud storage,
human recognition and playbacks,
adjustable motion zones and settings,
and baby crying detection.
So, stick around to see the pros, cons, and test footage
as we show you a quick look at the Cove Indoor Camera.
Now, we're just going through a quick list,
and if you want more details,
we have a full written review on SafeWise.com.
So check that out.
We've got that linked in the description below.
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While the camera boasts a 1080p HD video quality,
it wasn't really that stunning,
but what I really liked to see was that the video quality
was adjustable.
You can switch between high-def, standard-def,
and auto.
Now, not going full HD all the time
will save you some bandwidth and loading speeds
when you're using other devices,
and it's also a really good idea
if you have unreliable internet.
While none of these modes really blew me away
on video quality,
the field of view is pretty impressive.
This tiny camera was able to capture
all 10 feet of my living room.
So, while the picture might not be
crystal-clear 4k amazingness, that's okay.
I was still able to make out plenty of the details,
and this tiny camera was able to fit in
my entire room into the picture.
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The Cove Indoor is small, flexible,
and goes just about anywhere you want to put it.
It's got a magnetic base for mounting
and a ball joint to let you turn the head in any direction.
You can also move the lens to adjust the picture.
If you're hanging it upside down or mounting it on the wall,
you can adjust this to straighten everything
so it looks right.
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AI tech is becoming pretty common in indoor cameras,
and Cove is no exception.
But, unlike its competitors,
Cove doesn't charge for this feature.
It's not an add-on, but, instead,
it's included and you can toggle it on and off as you like.
Alerts appear below the live stream
and allow you to play back a clip
to see who that human was and what they were up to.
In this case, it was a lot of clips of me hanging out,
working at my desk or wandering around my living room.
That said, if it wasn't me,
and it was someone who didn't belong in my house,
I might not have never known.
Instead of sending push notifications, texts,
or any other alerts,
Cove sent me emails which told me
that the camera had detected a person.
So, unless you check your email or the app a lot,
you might not know that someone's there.
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Cove Security System is all about customization,
and the camera is no exception.
From the Smart Settings Menu in the Cove app,
you can adjust things like the volume it listens for
and set things like Motion Zones
to keep an eye on specific areas where the camera can see.
Cove has a unique feature called Baby Crying Detection
which is designed to detect loud noises
like glass breaking or a baby crying.
Unfortunately, I didn't have any babies around my house,
but I do have YouTube.
So I played a couple of clips of babies crying,
siren going off, glass smashing,
and probably scared my neighbors a little bit,
yet I didn't scare the camera.
I never got any notifications that anything was going on
or alerts that a baby was, in fact, crying.
So, either the AI is smart enough
to tell clips of a fake baby versus a real one,
or the feature doesn't work.
According to my tests, it didn't work.
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Despite allowing notifications on my phone,
I never got any.
Instead, Cove sent it all to my inbox.
I came back to piles of 'human detected' emails
telling me that something was going on.
But if that something wasn't me
and was someone up to no good,
it might've been too late.
Compared to the Cove Security System,
the camera's almost shy.
The system has no trouble telling you
when something is going wrong
through its siren,
through texts or the touch-screen control panel.
With the camera,
it seems that you have to check your email or the Cove app
pretty frequently to catch if anything's going on.
Despite having a few drawbacks,
the Cove Indoor Camera is still a cheap and reliable
security camera to go with your system or without.
Its video quality might not be stellar or blow you away,
but it is clear enough to see what's going on.
And, if you check the notifications and your email
or in the app, you'll be able to stay on top of those.
Is there something I didn't cover about this camera
that you want to know?
Check the description.
We have a full review on both Cove cameras,
where you can see things like tech specs,
information about storage, and plenty more.
You can also leave a comment if you have a question,
and I'll answer it the best I can.
And that's it for me this week.
Thanks for watching, and stay safe.
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