Watch your stuff while you’re away from home with these connected cameras. Nifty cams keep track of your pets, kids, your prized possessions — and intruders, of course, giving you live feeds and updates straight to your mobile devices. Metro rounds up the best of the bunch. See your house from afar in HD
Video quality is massively important when it comesto monitoring your home remotely; poor surveillance footage means you can’t distinguish some details. The Nest Cam allows you to record everything that happens at home with a crisp 1080p HD resolution, a night vision feature, activity alerts to your phone, plus the option of built-in voice commands for your pets.Available at nest.com, $199. Most home cams only look in one direction — not the Branto Orb, which can view a room in 360 degrees. The slick ball of tech boasts a full HD motorized video camera that rotates 360 degrees, as well as a built-in two-way communication with your mobile device so you can chat with whoever’s at home. Available at branto.co, $299.
5 smart cams to monitor your home
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