PC World – December 2015

REVIEWS
& RATINGS
p.m. when your kids usually arrive home from school. Recording
parameters for known faces are also set here: You can have an
individual recorded Always, Never, or Only On Arrival.
The camera’s included SD card can reportedly hold up to 100 clips
and delete them, starting with the oldest video, when it nears capacity.
Given that the camera only records when it detects an event, it’s
unlikely you’ll fill the card quickly;
Netatmo Welcome
AT A GLANCE
The Netatmo Welcome shows
promise with its facial recognition
and personalized security
features, but the camera and
its app need more work to
catch up to the competition.
PROS
• Easy to set up
• Able to personalize security
settings for individuals
• Strives to make the
home-surveillance
experience less creepy
CONS
• Facial recognition is
hit-and-miss
• Lacks many key security
features
• No cloud-storage option
$199
but you can always swap in a new
card if you do. Just be aware that
each time you take a card out, the
camera loses its memory of who’s
who, and you’ll need to retrain it to
recognize all those faces.
The point of face recognition is
obviously to make sure the camera
understands who should be in your
home and who shouldn’t. But the
system offers several
customization options for dealing
with the latter as well.
You can tell the Netatmo
Welcome to always record
unknown faces or only when no
one is home. You can also choose
to record and/or be notified of
motion detection Never, Always, or
Only When Nobody Is Home.
The camera’s live-feed screen is
similar to that of other home
security cameras. A video window
sits on top of a time line of motion
and face events. Pressing an event
takes you to video of the incident.
Live video is exceptionally clear
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