GIMME: Close the security circle with Logi Circle
We review Logitech's Logi Circle - a Wi-Fi-enabled streaming camera designed for remote home surveillance
The Logi Circle from Logitech is a Wi-Fi-enabled streaming camera designed for remote home surveillance. It’s pint-sized and, frankly, rather cute in design, with a round "eye" and base that fits in your hand. Hooked up to the app, it streams up to 1080p video to a device of your preference (iOS and Android, or via a desktop Web app) so you can see what’s going on in your home when you’re away, through a 135° wide-angle view. Like most smart home devices, connectivity for the Circle is via your home Wi-Fi. The, ahem, net effect of this is that it is not "data-lite" and is best suited to homes with high-cap or uncapped ADSL and fibre Internet. From a usability perspective, a top selling point is how simple the set-up is. You can be up-and-streaming in a couple of minutes. The device can be placed anywhere inside your home that has decent Wi-Fi-coverage, and will last for a number of hours (dependent on settings) on battery power (up to 12 hours on power-saving mode). With this in min...
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