Eufy's new video doorbell has two cameras for people and package detection

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(Pocket-lint) - Ankers astute location brand, Eufy, is astatine CES 2022 successful Las Vegas introducing its unsocial instrumentality connected video doorbells: A caller dual-camera doorbell.

Called the Eufy Security Video Doorbell Dual, it's dissimilar astir video doorbells disposable close present due to the fact that it has 2 cameras alternatively of one. It packs a 2K camera up apical to seizure the look and assemblage of your visitant and a 2nd 1080p camera astatine the bottommost to presumption immoderate packages near astatine your door.

The downward-facing 1080p camera has a 120-degree tract of view, portion the 2K camera tin spot arsenic wide arsenic 160 degrees.

The doorbell has dual question detection, which uses radar and PIR exertion successful bid to accurately observe radical implicit question and perchance forestall mendacious alerts. It besides sports artificial quality capabilities specifically for detecting packages and recognising your friends and family. 

The thought is, with 2 cameras, determination should beryllium little of a unsighted spot, allowing you to person a wider presumption truthful you tin spot not lone radical but their surroundings. The battery-powered doorbell costs $260 and includes the required Homebase 2, though Eufy said a standalone mentation is coming for those who already ain the hub. Eufy besides has a hardwired dual-camera doorbell successful development.

There is nary required monthly subscription interest to usage the Eufy Security Video Doorbell Dual. In fact, erstwhile paired with a Eufy hub (HomeBase 2), you get 16GB of section storage, which Eufy said should supply up to 90 days of video recording. The doorbell itself should past six months connected a charge.

Finally, it volition enactment with Amazon Alexa and Google Home astute location platforms. It's scheduled to merchandise adjacent period connected 8 February 2022.

While astatine CES 2022, Eufy besides announced a caller Eufy Security Garage-Control Cam and the Cam Plus. These are all-in-one store doorway controller and camera solutions designed to surveil your store and apical remotely unfastened and adjacent your store door. The Garage-Control Cam offers 1080p video and tin power 1 door, portion the Cam Plus has 2K video and tin power up to 2 doors.

They some request to beryllium hardwired.

They tin brace with doorway sensors to observe your doorway and tin nonstop an alert if you hide to adjacent it erstwhile you permission home. Eufy besides offers geofencing, truthful you tin acceptable your store doorway to unfastened oregon adjacent arsenic you travel and go. Both models tin archer the quality betwixt humans, vehicles, and question utilizing on-device AI, and they don’t necessitate a Eufy hub. They some connection 32GB of section retention utilizing an SD card.

There are nary monthly unreality retention fees, and you get 24/7 continuous recording. If immoderate of that interests you, the Garage-Control Cam volition outgo $99 erstwhile it releases, portion and the Garage-Control Cam Plus volition beryllium $129.

Both are acceptable to motorboat successful March 2022.

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Originally published connected 6 January 2022.

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