Yi Home Camera 3 AI Analytics Tested

By Rob Kilpatrick, Published Sep 10, 2019, 10:41am EDT (Research)

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Comments (3)

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Ross Vander Klok

IPVMU Certified | 09/10/19 03:47pm

Not too shabby for $50!

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IPVMU Certified | 09/10/19 06:38pm

so do I get continuous alerts every 3 minutes just because i’m home?

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Rob Kilpatrick

IPVM | IPVMU Certified | In reply to Undisclosed #1 | 09/10/19 07:16pm

If you are moving around in front of the camera, yes you would get alerts every 3 minutes. You can change the cooldown to ten minutes to reduce the amount of alerts, turn detection off manually, or set a schedule to turn off detection at times you are home.

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