Philips Hue Secure Battery-Powered Smart Home Security Camera, Black - 1 Pack - 1080P HD Video - Night Vision - Motion Detection - Two-Way Talk - Indoor/Outdoor - Weatherproof - Works with Hue App

1. Battery life is a joke. I charged it to 100% the other day only to find it had gone to zero the following day. I’ve reduced all settings to lowest possible to preserve battery life, compromising features in the process. Longest I’ve gotten is 3 weeks, not 3 months as claimed in the documentation. 2. Rarely can connect over cellular. Even when battery life and WiFi signal strength shows as 100% and Excellent. Connection over WiFi is better, but not 100%. Not helpful when you’re trying to monitor from a remote location. 3. When I can connect on live view, audio doesn’t play sound from the room where the camera is installed but, rather, simply plays whatever happens to be playing recently on my phone (podcasts, Spotify, etc.) 4. Doesn’t work, even when it’s “working.” I bought these for use at a seasonal cabin I own. Even when battery life and signal strength were both good, it failed to register when a contractor visited my property while I was away, or when I arrived at the property on my last few visits. Who knows what else it’s missed. 5. Bottom line: don’t bother. For the extremely expensive up front price combined with the not insignificant subscription fees for enhanced functionality, this camera isn’t worth it. At all. A shame, too, as I’m a big fan and extensive user of the Hue lighting products.

Nice design, love the integration with my other Hue products within the Hue App, and a very promising direction for Philips to go in. However, I did not find this product to be effective at its primary role of being a security camera. Issues: 1. It does not buffer and record enough video prior to the event. When I go back to watch recordings the person who walked into the frame and triggered the camera is already mostly out of frame before the beginning of the saved video, making it next to impossible to ID anyone or anything. 2. The Hue server that saves video and relays it to my Hue App is extremely slow. This is common with home security products, but in this case it is so slow that I am unable to watch videos 1/2 of the times I try. Most of the times I try I am on 5G trying to view an event that triggered the camera at home while I am away on trips. 3. Not receiving notifications of events. This might be a setting I need to adjust, and I have been trying to find what it could be, but my Hue motion detector works fine. It’s just the camera that is not generating notifications when it is triggered. 4. The battery does not last as long as advertised. I am getting 2weeks to 1 month per charge and I decided to just permanently plug it in. However, the one I purchased from here was refurbished, and I can easily plug mine in, so not the end of the world. Overall I am going to keep it and support hue in the direction they are going with this line of products. All of the issues I am having can be fixed in software and server side. I like the hardware. I don’t currently find it reliable the software reliable.