With the continuous improvement of smart home products, more and more manufacturers have begun to pay attention to smart home products. With people's attention to home security, home smart camera devices have gradually emerged in our vision. The purpose of installing surveillance cameras at home is to ensure the safety of the home environment, so clear images, active and intelligent monitoring functions are the most important. Now our common home cameras are basically 720p resolution, and this Netatmo Welcome camera not only has a resolution of 1080p, but also supports the facial recognition function. Let's go to the actual experience of this innovative home surveillance camera, right?

——First sight - Unpacking——

Netatmo Welcome camera is a brand new home webcam launched by Netatmo, a French smart home manufacturer. Its packaging design is also very international. The front uses Chinese, English and Japanese to tell us that this is a home surveillance camera with face recognition function.

The back of the box is in Chinese, English and Japanese. A brief introduction is given to the size, equipment requirements, wireless connection and packaging content of this camera. The side is mainly about the camera's features and functions.

Netatmo Welcome camera adopts a double-layer packaging design, and the inner packaging box design is also very simple. There is a name and physical image of Welcome camera on the front.

After opening the box, we can see the Netatmo Welcome surveillance camera lying on the top of the box, which is still firmly placed. On the lowest layer of the packing box, the accessories, instructions, power adapter and other items of the camera are placed neatly.

Netatmo Welcome surveillance camera uses 5V2A Micro USB AC power adapter. Since it is an international version, we are also equipped with four adapter plugs in the box, which have met different sockets in different countries. You can use the adapter directly by inserting the adapter.

There are a lot of accessories in the box. In addition to the power adapter, there is also an Ethernet connection cable and USB connection cable. In addition, an 8GB memory card is directly built in. After the product is received, it can be used directly as long as the power is connected. It has to be said that foreign manufacturers pay attention to some details. The addition of Ethernet cable can also enable the Netatmo Welcome surveillance camera to adapt to more network environments.

——Appreciation · Appearance——

The overall design of Netatmo Welcome surveillance camera is fashionable and simple. It adopts a metal cylinder shape. At the bottom of the front is Netatmo's brand logo. The metal surface has a matte texture, and with the color matching of Tuhaojin, it has a modern sense of technology.

Netatmo Welcome's camera is integrated at the top of the black part in the center of the body. There is a red LED indicator below the camera. When the camera enters the night vision function, the indicator will light up. There is also a microphone hole at the bottom of the black part on the front of the fuselage to record the surrounding environment.

The size of the Netatmo Welcome surveillance camera is 45mm * 45mm * 155mm, which is smaller than other brands of home smart cameras. The smaller size can easily attract people's attention when placed.

The interfaces of the camera are placed on the back of the body, with one Micro SD card slot, one Micro USB interface and one Ethernet interface. In addition to the power supply socket of the camera, the Micro USB interface can also carry out data transmission operations. With the addition of Ethernet port, Netatmo Welcome can also adapt to more network environments and be more convenient to use.

The 8GB memory card presented by Netatmo Welcome camera has been inserted into the Micro SD card slot before leaving the factory. We just need to plug the power adapter into the Micro USB interface to configure the camera.

——Experience · Installation——

First of all, we need to download the "Netatmo Welcome" mobile app on the mobile phone. Here we need to explain a little. Since this device has just come into the market, there is no "Netatmo Welcome" mobile app in the domestic Android app stores. If you use an Apple phone, you can search and download the app directly from the App Store for use; If you use an Android phone, it can only be downloaded through the Google Play store at present, which is very inconvenient at present. It is recommended that it can be launched in the domestic Android app store as soon as possible.

The first time you use "Netatmo Welcome", you need to register your account first. Currently, only email account registration is supported, and the login method is slightly simple. After registration, log in to the account to enter the main interface of the system.

The connection method of Netatmo Welcome is also very simple. We need to first place the camera upside down, and then according to the prompts on the APP side of the mobile phone, we can gradually carry out the corresponding operations. After knowing the prompt "Installation is complete!", we can start to use the camera function normally.

If you use Netatmo Welcome for the first time, you need to enter the information of the camera first, and then the system will prompt you to enable GPS positioning. After setting, you will enter the main page of the camera.

The system interface of "Netatmo Welcome" on the mobile terminal is very simple. The upper part of the interface is the "at home" and "not at home" option interface, and the lower part is the real-time monitoring screen. There are more options in the upper left corner of the main interface of the system. After entering, you can switch and set the camera accordingly; The icon in the upper right corner is the highest alert on option, which can be manually switched to the highest alert level.

We can make some simple settings on the Netatmo Welcome camera on the mobile phone, adjust the interval of "not at home" for familiar people, and adjust the way to recognize unfamiliar faces and motion detection.

——In depth · Test——

The biggest feature of Netatmo Welcome camera is that it has face recognition function. However, to use this function, you need to register facial information first. Just stand in front of the camera for a few seconds and wait for the device to automatically capture the face. After the capture is successful, a head image with a question mark will be seen in the phone or Web application. Long press the head image icon to authenticate it.

In the main interface of the system, click the member's avatar icon to enter the detailed list interface of the member, where the person's activity track is listed in the form of a timeline, and the corresponding video can be viewed here.

The Netatmo Welcome camera's face recognition ability is very good, especially with its 1080p resolution. Even when trying to play the movie again, you can capture the face image on the TV. However, the Netatmo Welcome camera has a disadvantage that it is too slow to start up, and it takes about 5 seconds to automatically switch to 720p resolution, Therefore, the face images detected at the beginning are relatively fuzzy, and they will be better after running for a period of time. By turning on the "SMART NOTIFICATIONS" switch on the camera setting interface, you can integrate the monitored face images, which will look more beautiful.

When the Netatmo Welcome camera performs real-time viewing, it does not display 1080p resolution video at the beginning. It needs to go through 360p, then transition to 720p, and finally reach 1080p. The whole process takes at least 10 seconds, and the resolution does not support manual adjustment, which is not very user-friendly.

Finally, a simple comparison is made between the shooting quality of Netatmo Welcome camera and that of Xiaoyi camera and fluorite C2C camera. After practical experience, it is obvious that the shooting angle of Netatmo Welcome is larger than that of the ant smart camera. In the daytime, the image of the ant is clearer than that of Netatmo Welcome when the resolution is 720p. The color of the object in the Netatmo Welcome camera is closer to what we really see, but if we switch to 1080p, Then Netatmo Welcome will be a little clearer.

Since the little ant camera in my hand does not have night vision function, I can only use fluorite C2C to test the next night's pictures. From the actual shooting pictures, we can see that although fluorite C2C also has night vision function, it supports 720p sub resolution. Compared with the general Netatmo Welcome, which has night vision function and supports 1080p resolution, it is obvious that the night shooting quality of Netatmo Welcome is better.

——Conclusion——

Netatmo Welcome camera has 1080P full HD video shooting function, 130 degree wide-angle lens, night vision function, and face recognition function. Compared with most 720p household smart cameras on the market, it has obvious advantages. However, it is also an innovative product, so there are still many shortcomings, I look forward to further improvement in the future.

advantage: The surface is made of metal material, which is fashionable and simple; The lens is 130 degrees wide, which can cover a wider range; Support 1080p full HD video capture, with clearer picture; With face recognition function, it can accurately recognize family faces; Support wireless WiFi connection and Ethernet access, which can adapt to more different network environments; With night vision function, you can also see the situation at home in the dark.

Shortcomings&Suggestions: At present, there is no "Netatmo Welcome" mobile app in domestic Android app stores, which is inconvenient to use; Only video recording function is available, and two-way voice function is not supported. It is recommended to add this function; The camera shooting will be slightly delayed, always more than 10 seconds slower than the actual time; The video resolution can only be adjusted automatically by the system, and manual resolution adjustment is not supported, which is a little inconvenient to use; The accuracy of face recognition needs to be optimized, and the face information of the same person will be repeatedly collected; The price is a little expensive, and the cost performance ratio is not high. I don't know whether the price will be adjusted when entering China.