YI 2K 3MP Home Security Camera, Indoor Camera with Person, Vehicle, Animal Detection, Phone App for Baby, Pet, Dog, Monitoring, Compatible with Alexa

I love these cameras they were so easy to set up!
I am the slowest person when it comes to technology but these cameras were so easy to install and to set up they work great I can speak to whoever is in the room or the camera is at and I can watch live footage they don’t freeze up I just love these I paid a lot of money for other cameras I had and these were such a great price and the quality is beyond my expectations the quality is so great I am very glad I bought these I have purchased other cameras not this brand and it was garbage I couldn’t even install them or get them to work they were garbage but these cameras were the best I’m so happy I’m so so happy thank you for selling good quality at a great price!

Camera is awesome. Yi Home app is trash.
Camera is awesome. Yi Home app is trash. I have an iPhone mounted on my desk dedicated to continuously displaying the Yi 2K camera feed displaying my front porch and driveway approach. They have made software updates over the past few months that force me to reinstall the Yi Home app on my iPhone every few days to regain functionality. When first installed it streams my camera feed perfectly but over time the Live camera feed lags and sometimes freezes for up to a minute and then sluices quickly through time to catch up to current time. If inconsistent display of the Live camera feed isn’t bad enough – eventually the app crashes.If I restart the app and attempt to reconnect to my 2K camera the software hangs for approx. 20-30 seconds before it connects to the camera (if it connects). Once it crashes it crashes more and more often. After several crashes if I restart the Yi Home app it will no longer connect to the camera and one time it froze my iPhone so hard that it required power cycling. I have tried power cycling both the camera and iPhone (at the same time) and the connectivity issue persists (until I delete and reinstall the app). My iPhone is in perfect working order. The camera is functional because when the app is hosed on my desk mounted iPhone I can connect to it without issue from my other iPhone that isn’t continuously displaying the camera feed. I have tried dropping to SD quality feed with no change in behavior. My WiFi is strong and the camera is only about 20 feet and 1 stud and drywall wall away from the wireless router. My iPhone is in the same room as the router about 9 feet apart. The camera is mounted inside my front window so heat/cold/rain are not an issue.After much experimentation and cursing the *only* thing that fixes the issue is to completely delete and reinstall the Yi Home app, log back into my Yi account and it works flawlessly for a couple of days then eventually declines into crashy non-connectivity mode until I delete and reinstall the app (yet again). Is the software not proactively cleaning up it’s cache that app deletion takes care of? I wonder if I had an Android phone if clearing the app cache would fix the issue but with iPhones the only way to accomplish cache deletion is to delete the app. Why can’t the app remember my email address making logging back into the app less burdensome? Is the app queuing up ads and exhausting the resources required to consistently stream the camera feed and deleting the app clears the ads? IDK but I need it to be stable – without human intervention.Since when is having to reinstall a security app every few days an acceptable solution? I want the version of the software prior to late 2024 when it did not have this issue. This is the third model of Yi camera I have owned for 1+ year and nothing about my setup is new. This camera was purchased as a necessary security device that I depend on but the developers at Yi seem more concerned with ad revenue generation and pushing their (based on other reviewers’ opinion – crappy) cloud service than app stability. I’m seriously looking at scrapping this setup and going with Tapo cameras which would integrate nicely with my Kasa Smart switches in a single application. I would have absolutely recommended Yi cameras 4+ months ago but now my advice is to stay far far away.

Works really well!
Use it to keep an eye on my puppy and it does exactly what I need to the volume is a little lower than I’d like when I use the microphone but still a good camera the app can be a little annoying to use tho

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Its not what I am expected because either you pay the fee or used free service and cannot live view in multiple. If you want to view in live mode multiple camera, you have to pay the fee. Quality was okay, not very best.

Really love these cameras.CAMERA: Very good frame, you can choose HD quality and has a great night vision. Charging cord is long enough to set up camera high and get the biggest frame possible.SET UP: was easy : connect to your regular wifi (not 5G), scan the QR code to download the app (YiHome), plug in the camera, you’ll see the connection on the app.FREE/PAY : The free version lets you see the camera in live, so you can see the frame in the present moment but not record. To record and have access to footage you have to pay a monthly or yearly fee. There are 4options to choose from ($CAD per year) : entry 53$ (1camera, 7day history, records activity only), CVR 109$ (1camera, 7day history, always records), standard 135$ (5cameras, 15days history, records activity and AI detection), plus 175$ (5cameras, 30day history, records activity and AI detection).I tried standard but the ‘activity only recording’ never recorded video movement from my cats or my dad in the frame, it only recorded audio activity like talking. I then switched to CVR which worked perfectly, all the time recording and access to the footage, but you can’t choose to have access to the footage longer than 7days and have to buy the monthly or yearly fee for every camera you want the recording on, which can become pricey.TRAVEL: I bought these for travelling and it worked amazing, not one issue and I was 13h flight away, so i guess it works anytime anywhere.NOTIFS: you can choose to have notifications on or off for when activity is detected by the camera. There is an ‘absent mode’ which should not alert you of activity if you’re home but it didn’t work for me so I would turn off notifs when I’m home.OVERALL I recommend cause it’s a great camera and worked perfectly for my 2week trip cause I paid for 1month 2 cameras and can use it as live footage from now on. However for a 24h surveillance security system working in my entire home for an entire year I would find it too pricey overtime to pay the fee for each camera and too bothering to have to switch off notifications every time I’m home.

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I bought both cameras, as i have used this camera multiple times, so the box was open torn apart, the seller wrapped it with some cheap wrap to make it look closed, the worst part these are used cameras and they don’t even work, he choose the worst camera he has and put them both in a box, they have the yellow light that can never be fixed, i tried to return it, it says its not eligible for return, just thieves