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Home security cameras can keep you and your
kids safe from intruders, but did you also

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know they’re great for
spying on your dog?

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(whimpers)

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Wireless cameras are more affordable and
more feature-packed than ever before.

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That means it’s frightfully easy to keep
an eye on what’s happening in your house

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at all times, all through the convenience
of a simple smartphone app.

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But it’s seemingly impossible to figure
out which camera is the best.

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So we looked at the design, quality, and AI
features of the best cameras we could find:

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the Nest Cam IQ, the Logitech Circle 2, the Amazon
Cloud Cam, the Honeywell Lyric C2,

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the Canary All-in-One, the Lighthouse AI, 
and the Guardzilla 360 HD.

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That’s 7 contenders facing off in 3 battles,
but as always, there can only be one winner.

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If your security camera doesn’t work,
you shouldn’t even bother buying one.

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The Guardzilla has a noticeably crappy app.

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And we couldn’t even get the
Amazon Cloud Cam to work.

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So we’re gonna eliminate those completely.

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The rest of the cameras have sturdy builds,
and they all have 1080p resolution.

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But what really sets them apart is the app experience.

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The Lyric app stinks.

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It sends you a million emails by default, hard to use,
so much so that we have to eliminate it.

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The Nest app is pretty good, but you have
to sign up for the Nest Aware service to get

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the recording features.

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The Lighthouse and the Canary both work really
well, but the Logitech Circle 2 really sets itself

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apart because it's the easiest
to use out of all of them.

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That means the Logitech Circle 2
wins this battle.

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The Circle 2 and its app are not only elegant
and easy to use—you can also view everything

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that’s happened in the
last 24 hours for free.

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The app will even make it into
a 30-second timelapse.

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A lot of security cameras look the same: 
white, eyeball-like.

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And that’s what you want—you want them
to disappear wherever they’re placed.

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So we have to eliminate one
wacky outlier right away.

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Goodbye Canary.

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What’s left?

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The Logitech Circle 2, the Nest Cam IQ, 
and the Lighthouse.

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So let's talk about versatility.

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The Lighthouse is indoor only.

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The Nest Cam IQ offers a special outdoor version,
but you have to buy it separately.

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So only one of these works
both indoors and outdoors.

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It also happens to be the sleekest in my opinion.

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Logitech Circle 2 wins this battle.

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The future of security is artificial intelligence.

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This means features like facial recognition and object
recognition, which enable your camera not

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only to know if something’s moving in your
house, but also what it is, or who it is.

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Kind of creepy, right?

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The Logitech Circle 2 doesn't have any AI
features, so it's out of the running in this battle.

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The Nest Cam IQ and the Lighthouse cameras
both have the ability to detect people, animals,

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and even familiar faces.

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However, just like you have to buy storage,
you also have to pay for the familiar face

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detection feature on the Nest Cam IQ.

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That makes the Lighthouse camera
the  smartest right out of the box.

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So the Lighthouse camera wins this battle.

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The winner of this Battlemodo may
or may not be obvious.

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The Lighthouse AI and the Nest Cam IQ
 are both great cameras.

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Feature-wise, they are the
smartest of the bunch.

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But both also cost $300.

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And you might have to pay an additional subscription
fee for recording and facial recognition features.

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That’s why the $180 Logitech
Circle 2 is the overall winner.

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Not only is it cheaper, it also offers great features
like the daily digest, which you can use for free

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without paying for a subscription.

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And frankly, it’s the
coolest-looking camera we tested—

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like a little alien that’s also your best friend.