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REVIEWS<br />
& RATINGS<br />
The ball portion of the camera can swivel 360 degrees without losing<br />
contact with its charging base, as well as pivot up and down. It’s<br />
recommended that it remain plugged into a power outlet, but it does<br />
have an onboard battery Logitech claims is good for about three hours<br />
(12 hours in low-power mode), so surveillance will be uninterrupted in<br />
the event of a short power outage or an intruder cutting your home’s<br />
electricity.<br />
The Circle’s<br />
magnetic<br />
mount lets<br />
you place it<br />
virtually<br />
anywhere,<br />
even on a<br />
metal staircase<br />
railing.<br />
A scrolling<br />
activity log<br />
tracks motion<br />
events.<br />
As the Circle’s 135-degree lens monitors the environment, the<br />
camera streams live video to your smartphone in 720p HD resolution<br />
with 8x digital zoom capability. In low-light, the camera can switch to<br />
infrared night vision with a range of up to 15 feet. A two-way audio<br />
system lets you remotely communicate with pets, children, or anyone<br />
else in your home.<br />
When the Circle detects motion, it starts recording and pushes a<br />
notification to your phone. You then have 24 hours to review the<br />
motion event and have the option to save the event locally to your<br />
phone for later viewing. Lest you think you’re going to get an alert<br />
every time your kitchen curtains flutter or there’s a change in daylight,<br />
the Circle features a technology called Scene Intuition which extracts<br />
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