Aqara 2K Indoor Security Camera E1, Pan & Tilt, HomeKit Secure Video Indoor Camera, Two-Way Audio, Night Vision, Person Tracking, Wi-Fi 6, Plug-in Cam Supports HomeKit, Alexa and IFTTT

Nice camera
I was intrigued by having a camera that I can use to monitor remotely and live. This camera does just that.I tried to use it on a battery, and works great just that it won’t last as long as I wished. To be more specific, on a power bank with 2×3.7V Li-Ion batteries works for about 1.5 hours. On a noco GB40, 1000A, lasts longer, about 8 hours on a cold (-5C) night. Not bad, but also not feasible to use it this way every night.As long as the camera is registered to a network, I can use the phone to monitor from any location over the internet. I think this is the most amazing and only feature that matters. Otherwise, it does what a camera should do. It tracks people, but seems this is one of those trendy features that which will soon be forgotten.Oh, just in case you plan on using this camera to look out any glass window at night… not a great idea. The IR LEDs that you can’t see, will blow their light on the glass and the camera won’t see anything other than the reflection. Luckily, half-good street light is enough to let the camera record in regular mode decent enough. The night vision is literally for indoor use only, in extreme darkness. Other than that, regular mode is fine.I found the notifications available for automation features exciting. For example weather changes, again a novelty… I thought, imagining that they managed to get the camera to recognize snow or rain, but temperature differences… and than it was clear, it send notifications based on the weather services from their online services. Not as cool after all, but still , could be used in different scenarios. It is tempting to start buying all sorts of sensors and other devices, as not much automation can be done with a camera alone, but be realistic, do you really need all those?!?Anyways, nice product, works at -5C as tested overnight, and does what the description says it does. Plug and play type of product, works well with it’s own app, works with Apple Home too, just less features as far as I have used. It does record rather how I wanted, of course has multiple options but is a logical product, not a lot of non-sense.

Works fine. Used on homekit
HomeKit registers camera offline frequently for camera on the same room as the router. Other camera in bedroom about 30 ft from router mostly works fine though it does lose connection every few days but reconnects in its own.

Works well as described good value for money
I installed it outdoors where it’s down to -30 and it worked perfectly does not work so well on the inside of the glass because the infrared reflects off the glass at night. It works fine outside. I use the wiring off the light. The camera follows you around when you’re on the deck the Aqara motion detector turns on the lights

Disappointing Wifi and automations.
Wifi is 2.5ghz only. What’s the point of having wifi 6 if it only supports 2.5ghz. App is very cluttered and cumbersome. Could not set up an automation with multiple users leaving home.

Have purchased two Aqara cameras now. They work great with Apple HomeKit and provide good resolution streaming and recording. Connectivity is mostly good, however I did have an issue a few weeks back after a power outage where I had to reset one of my cameras as it kept going offline. For the several months we’ve had the cameras they have been great value for the price paid. Just need an outdoor camera now!

Die Aqara 2K überzeugt auf ganzer Linie durch ihre hochwertige Verarbeitung und die reibungslose Integration in Apple HomeKit. Die Bildqualität ist mit 2K-Auflösung hervorragend, und auch die Installation sowie die Einrichtung sind unkompliziert.Ein kleiner Wermutstropfen ist, dass die Drehfunktion der Kamera momentan nicht direkt über Apple HomeKit steuerbar ist. Das liegt allerdings nicht an der Kamera selbst, sondern an den derzeitigen Einschränkungen von Apple HomeKit. Mit der Aqara-App oder anderen kompatiblen Plattformen funktioniert die Drehung jedoch problemlos.Eine leistungsstarke und zuverlässige Kamera, besonders für Apple-Nutzer empfehlenswert – mit der Hoffnung, dass zukünftige Updates von Apple HomeKit die volle Funktionalität ermöglichen.

Image quality is good. But a number of options need a paid subscription for cloud storage, and those options do not accept NAS server storage.Do your homework before buying this product