The successor to last year’s YI Home Camera is here with a higher price to match upgraded specifications. YI’s Home Camera 2 is going to be available for $129.
In December 2015, YI Technology brought its popular GoPro-like device to the United States and Amazon stepped up as the exclusive seller. That device — the YI Action Camera — stands tall today with 4.5 stars on the online retailer’s site. And shortly after the YI Action Camera’s arrival, YI introduced us to the Home Camera. Now, less than four months later, we’re getting a new model. The YI Home Camera 2 brings in a refined design, better internals, and a savory price. But the best thing about this new home monitoring system could be the coverage and control given to users.
The YI Home Camera 2 appears almost identical to last year’s device, but what’s on the inside improves capabilities (and raises the price). Keeping everything in top-top shape for YI’s newest home monitoring system is a Panasonic CMOS sensor and the Ambarella S2LM HD IP camera processor. Ambarella’s specialized processor should provide clear video in any light and even with low bitrates. Fermi Wang, Ambarella CEO, said it “plays an integral part by offering Full HD video capture and a powerful platform for YI Technology’s advanced analytics.” Paired with YI’s existing imaging technology, photo and video on the YI Home Camera 2 should be pristine.
The camera itself has high dynamic range (HDR), lens distortion correction, and infrared LED night vision. More content will be seen as the YI Home Camera 2’s viewing angle has been expanded by almost 20% and the ultra-wide angle lens opens to 130-degrees. Nothing is going to missed where you position this home monitoring system.
These are the new detection features for the YI Home Camera 2:
- Gesture Detection: Anyone who enters the home can perform a gesture for the camera to record and send to the companion app.
- Human Detection: Recognize humans and filter out non-human objects that could trigger false alerts.
- Baby Crying Detection: Is a baby crying? If the home monitoring system picks up on a little one calling out for attention, an alert will be sent to the companion app.
YI is sticking it to the competition by handing over complete ownership and control of content captured to YI Home Camera 2 owners. If you want to locally store pictures or video, it’s completely free. YI even includes a microSD card with the Home Camera 2. And, in the coming months, YI will launch an option cloud storage service to view pictures and videos from anywhere on your mobile device. Other home monitoring systems require monthly fees to store content.
Both YI and Amazon are going to sell the YI Home Camera 2 for $129 with free shipping. The home monitoring system works with the YI Home Camera app from Google Play.
YI Home Camera 2™ Coming to Amazon and YITechnology.com
Advanced, smart home monitoring system offers users complete coverage and control of content
SEATTLE, WA – April 6, 2016 – YI Technology Inc. (“YI”), an international imaging technology leader and maker of world-wide best selling home monitoring systems, today announced the upcoming launch of its second generation home monitoring system. The YI Home Camera 2™ is the world’s first intelligent home video monitoring system that offers users complete coverage and control of all of their content, whether monitoring children, pets, homes or businesses. The dramatically enhanced YI Home Camera 2 features an advanced Ambarella (NASDAQ: AMBA) camera processor and will soon be available for purchase on YITechnology.com and Amazon.com.
“To learn what users truly want in a smart home monitoring system, we spent thousands of hours on research and development listening to feedback from our 3.5 million active users in 10 international markets, and closely examined the challenges with alternative solutions,” said Sean Da, co-founder and CEO of YI Technology. “We know that people are looking for three things – content, coverage and control. But until now, they have had to compromise at least one of those features in order to get the other two. People should not have to make trade-offs when it comes to achieving peace of mind about the things most important to them.”
With the YI Home Camera 2, users own all of the content captured by their device and have complete control over how it is stored and accessed. Users can view live-stream content from the YI Home app, or access their locally stored content history on the included MicroSD card. Content storage and access is free. In the future, YI will offer an optional U.S.-based cloud video service.
The YI Home Camera 2 delivers the highest quality video in the most useful and practical way. Its sleek design houses an advanced Ambarella S2LM HD IP camera SoC (System on Chip), providing clear images even in challenging lighting conditions and with very low bitrates.
“YI Technology’s Home Camera 2 addresses consumer demand for a home security camera that gives users control of their content and allows them to connect a number of cameras throughout their homes or businesses,” said Fermi Wang, president and CEO of Ambarella. “Ambarella’s S2LM IP Camera SoC plays an integral part by offering Full HD video capture and a powerful platform for YI Technology’s advanced analytics.”
Specs and Features
With the YI Home Camera 2, users will experience significant upgrades to viewing and sound quality, camera angles, and recognition features compared to the existing YI Home Camera, a number one best seller on Amazon since its launch in December 2015. Key features include:
- Smart Video Technology: The YI Home Camera 2 features cutting edge Smart Video technology, YI’s proprietary imaging and video analytics technology. This ensures that the video and audio that users want, is captured in the highest fidelity and delivered in the most useful, practical way. A full HD 1080P Panasonic™ CMOS sensor combined with Ambarella’s S2LM™ IP camera SoC deliver high quality, low bit rate H.264 video.
- Picture Quality: The YI Home Camera 2 increases the viewing angle by roughly 20 percent, further expands viewing coverage and reduces blind spots with a 130° ultra-wide angle lens. It also offers sophisticated features such as a HDR, lens distortion correction and infrared LED night vision.
- Audio / Voice Quality: YI Home Camera 2 applies the latest audio encoding technology to produce higher sound quality and eliminate environmental noise. The two-way audio feature supports a sampling rate of up to 48 KHz.
- Gesture Detection: A user in the home can automatically send a 10-second video to a remote user’s mobile device by following a simple gesture. The user raises an arm with a palm fully opened in front of the camera; the camera acknowledges presence with a voice prompt and the user closes his or her fist. Upon completing the sequence, the camera will start recording the video and send it to the accompanying app.
- Human Detection: The YI Home Camera 2 is able to recognize a human figure and filter out non-human objects or activities that generate false alerts, thus reducing irrelevant alerts triggered by environmental factors. Intelligent vision analysis algorithms only send alerts when appropriate movement is detected.
- iOS and Android App: The accompanying YI Home app provides a live view of multiple cameras and can be scaled to an unlimited number of units, rooms, homes and remote locations. Users can receive alerts on multiple devices, manage and customize preferences and securely store and manage all content.
- Baby Crying Detection: The YI Home Camera 2 will be able to detect the sound of a baby crying and will send an alert to the user’s mobile device.
The YI Home Camera 2 is one solution in YI Technology’s growing range of offerings, which also includes action cameras. It is part of the company’s mission to offer the world’s very best imaging technology at great value and to make it practical and personal for real people to use every day.
Availability
The YI Home Camera 2 will soon be available to purchase in the U.S. on YITechnology.com and Amazon.com with a 32GB Micro SD card included. For the same price as one of a competitor’s products, users can purchase multiple YI’s to cover an entire home or office. YI will begin to release the YI Home Camera 2 in other international markets throughout 2016.
About YI Technology
YI Technology is a leading, international provider of advanced, intelligent imaging technologies, products, services and platforms. Our development team consists of industry-leading experts from US, China, Japan and Israel with several decades of combined experience in imaging technology, algorithms, data analysis, cloud computing and mobile applications. We are committed to using innovative technology to make everyday life safer, richer and more fun.
We believe the very best imaging and sensing technology should be easy and accessible to everyone. With our passion, hard work and commitment to combining the highest quality technology solutions with value, we can provide millions of users of all ages from every corner of the world with peace of mind, and inspire greater connection between families, friends and communities.
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