Logitech Circle View Weatherproof Wired Home Security Camera TrueView Video, 180° Wide Angle, 1080p HD, Night Vision, 2-Way Audio, Tilt for Privacy, Apple HomeKit Secure Video

Every other IP camera manufacturer should take note of the Circle View. Logitech pretty much nailed it on the feature set, picture & audio quality, HomeKit integration, and overall user experience. I've set up many different kinds of devices with HomeKit, both native and through a (relatively involved) Homebridge configuration, and including several different types of cameras. This camera was, hands down, the easiest one to add to HomeKit, and the most seamlessly integrated. Most HomeKit devices require the use of their own app at some point, but the Circle View is 100% HomeKit. It's fantastic in that regard. Physically, the Circle View is a nice size, unobtrusive, and the mounting system is very clever and adaptable to virtually any type of setup. The only very minor aesthetic gripe I have is that the integrated USB cable on the black Circle View is white. The Circle View needs improvement in motion detection and overall stability. The motion detection settings allow you to select either "Specific Motion," at which point you can selectively enable detection of people, animals, and/or vehicles, or "Any Motion," which offers no additional options. The "Specific Motion" setting only works well if the camera is mounted at or near eye level, as the AI is tailored to mimic human perception. Mount the camera up high, and it often fails to recognize things, so you'll miss important motion events. Set the camera to detect "Any Motion," though, and you'll be completely inundated with motion events. It'll pick up a fly at fifty feet, for crying out loud. Even a $20 WyzeCam has a "sensitivity" adjustment for basic motion detection, and the Circle View desperately needs this type of adjustment under the "Any Motion" setting. The Circle View is reliable in the sense that it reliably follows Murphy's Law. The likelihood of it randomly going offline is directly proportional to the importance of the motion event that it needs to detect and record. Sometimes it comes back online all by itself, other times it needs a power cycle. So...overall, a very solid product, with room for improvement.

I bought 4 of these cameras for my new home in 2021. The setup was easy and the cameras seemed good to go after I added them to Apple Home and hung them around my property. But what started as occasional outages became constant within a year. The cameras would just refuse to connect. I'd power cycle them and they'd work again... for a few hours. Then they were no longer available. They would work seemingly at random, but were mostly just down. Upon investigation, I found that the tubing around the wiring had split open at the back of the cameras (ALL OF THEM). This was clearly not just a dud; I had 4 samples and none were working. About two months ago I discovered an unopened one in a drawer, and I decided to use it as an indoor camera, hoping that being out of the elements would extend its life. However, it is already starting to go out for periods of hours at a time. I also use Aqara cameras that I bought at the same time, and I have NEVER had a problem with them connecting, regardless of placement in the home. Overall, I think Logitech just put these out as a cash grab for Apple Home users, and never planned to continue support. I would discourage ANYONE from buying even one of these. If you're an Apple Home user and looking for an alternative, check out Aqara's line of cameras. Yes, a hub is needed but support and quality are unparalleled.

I don’t usually review products but I want to review this camera because it is really good, with wide view, great features, and compact size. Purchased it before learning you have to have an Apple HomeKit product to view remotely or share with others. Purchased the Apple Mini home and no matter how hard we tried including using Apple support we could not get it to work! The Apple mini was an ok speaker but would just start playing music when all we wanted was a camera connection. So frustrating we returned both products. Unfortunate the camera can’t be used without Apple home kit except for live viewing. Instead we purchased three Zeeporte wireless cameras to add to our Adorcam app and have no problems viewing remotely, sharing, and live-streaming. The field of view is less and the motion detection works better with the Logictech Circle View but we do have three cameras for the price of one Circle View not including the home kit mini which is $99. Happy with what we have for a lot less $.

So far this has been an ok camera. Not really going to knock it, but I have had some connection issues but I believe those to be more with my router then the camera. Install went pretty good. Plug it in, open the home app and add device, pretty easy set up. Connectivity issues I had though were, I believe, router related. It would disconnect quite often but I believe it is because of the ghz. It runs in the 2.4 but my router would auto switch to 5ghz from time to time and that would cause a non response message. Tweaked the router and everything seems to work now. I’ll update if there are any more drop issues but so far so good. If you do buy this, check your router settings and make sure this is set to the 2.4 and not the 5 ghz selection. Price wise these cameras are expensive, but one thing I noticed with this one vs others I have had is that I didn’t have to set up an account and I didn’t see any annoying user agreements that allow the manufacturer to have access to all of your info. Picture quality is great and sound quality is great as well.

súper fácil de emparejar con mi apple Homekit la calidad de video es buena y sin necesidad de extra trabajo para configurar o ver lo grabado. Todo directo desde la app de casa de apple

We purchased this last year and it's been running outside in Ontario for over a year now and has been rock solid. Easily the most reliable HomeKit camera we have. This is our second camera to replace a battery camera, since the motion detection range on the Logitech Circle View's is much better than battery cameras (it uses image based motion detection vs passive infrared motion detection). Very impressed with this camera. Pros - Rock solid connectivity - Crystal clear video - Reliable HKSV recording - Recording starts a few seconds before motion event, so it captures everything - Clear audio - Fast streaming time. Image appears near immediately Cons - No outdoor extension cable. This isn't a big deal for our use cases, since the length was enough; however, there's definitely some places where we would love to put one of these with an outdoor rated extension - No firmware release notes. We block this camera from the internet, so we usually manually keep track using websites to determine when new firmware for our HomeKit accessories becomes available. After talking with Logitech reps on Reddit: it appears this is not something Logitech offers for the Circle View. This means we'll just have to unblock it occasionally and let it check for updates.

se deja de ver y funcionar!!

Unlike me you should listen to all the reviews about constantly disconnecting from wireless. This security camera has amazing quality and simplicity of setup and use is top-tier. But that’s where is benefits end. I spent more time troubleshooting this than it worked. My wireless access point was on a shelf inside in front of the window where the camera was mounted outside. No more that 2-metres away from each other and on a 200mbps internet connection. Kept disconnecting, took over 30-seconds to connect to live view. And video was delayed and chopping when you could connect. Night vision with the infrared lighting is so bright that it causes the camera’s auto exposure to darken the image so nothing is viewable. It is also worth mentioning that Logitech’s app on the iOS App Store is defunct and abandoned. Hasn’t seen an update in years and currently crashes upon opening and trying to set up the camera. You can only use the Home app to set up some basic settings. I do not recommend this HomeKit security Camera.

Muy buena para integraciones con Homekit