Now many small partners on the door are installed on the smart cat’s eye, so that you can effectively monitor the activities outside the door to improve the security factor, especially long-term home alone partners need to install a smart cat’s eye, Xiaomi Mijia smart cat’s eye is very good, today we will review, interested partners come together to see it!
1、Appearance design
This smart cat eye consists of two parts, respectively, the host and the outdoor camera part, both of which are black.
The host size is 133.5 * 109 * 14.5mm, with a 5-inch screen, the resolution is 480 * 854. overall for the popular minimalist design, in addition to the necessary buttons and interfaces, almost no other decoration.
In the middle of the bottom side is the interface of the camera part, next to the TF card slot.
The back side has no extra stuff besides the three fixtures.
On one side there is a charging port, a reset hole and an on/off button. There is a round HOME button in the lower center of the front.
The camera part can see the lens, there is a doorbell button below, and there is also an infrared body sensor and fill light, which means it has the function of sensing human movement and infrared fill light.
In addition, this smart cat’s eye comes with a fixed bracket, a cable holder, a charging cable, 4 sets of fixing screws of different lengths (for doors of different thicknesses from 35-110mm) and a screwdriver.
In terms of workmanship and value, it should be able to meet the needs of most users. The workmanship is still exquisite, the craftsmanship is very good, and the detailing is very good. The only thing that doesn’t give a good feeling about the appearance is that the screen looks a little small on the larger host.
2、Installation
The installation of this smart cat’s eye is very simple, more simple than the one I used before Shield Rice, because the camera part and the host is directly connected with the socket, and this socket can be fixed in the bracket.
So take off the original cat’s eye, put the camera cable into the door, and then press down the camera, the backing behind the camera will be fixed, and at this time the interface is fixed on the bracket, choose the right screw to tighten that completed the installation.
The host is installed directly to the bracket, turn on the power, and it is ready to use.
In terms of installation, this smart cat eye is very, very simple, a person can easily complete, so there is no need for you to entangle the installation.
After the hardware installation is complete, directly in the Mi Home APP in accordance with the instructions to add the device, you can use it normally.
3、Functional aspects
From a functional point of view, this smart cat’s eye basically integrates all the practical functions.
The basic video surveillance and doorbell function, the camera is 161 degrees wide angle, the resolution is 720p, using H.265 encoding. This resolution doesn’t look bright and the clarity is significantly lower than 1080p, but it’s still fine in terms of use, while having a positive effect on battery life.
The basic functions of the cat-eye are set up in the Mi Home App.
This cat eye has AI human detection function, which can reduce false alarms, and also supports WeChat push and cloud storage function. Cloud storage function can better protect the home security, however, the cloud storage function is not always free, friends with the need to consider, no such needs, insert a TF card (maximum support 32GB) on the line.
4、Sustainability
This cat eye is equipped with a 6000mAh lithium battery, with 720P video, you can achieve up to 2.5 months of battery life.
In addition, because this camera module is equipped with a body sensor and infrared fill light, the camera can be triggered by the body sensor, so that the camera can be turned off at ordinary times, and then open the camera when someone moves, significantly reducing power consumption, although the loss of the function of viewing video at any time, but in the doorbell pressed, or when someone outside the door can still achieve the video doorbell function, and at this time the battery life can The battery life can reach 7.5 months, basically charging once a year, so that no matter which way to charge, it does not seem to be a problem, which I think the biggest advantage of this cat eye.
For the voice intercom part, this cat eye also has real-time intercom and voice change intercom functions, these are considered basic functions, I will not say much here.
It is worth mentioning that this smart cat eye has the function of face recognition. In the case of not recording a face, the cat eye can roughly identify the gender and age of the person in front of the door, and if a face is recorded, the cat eye can directly push information to the Mi Home APP to inform the identity of the person in front of the door, as shown in the penultimate article below.
Of course, the current face recognition for free use for a month, later to use if you need to pay, but if you use the cloud storage, free gift face recognition, if you have this demand friends can consider.
5、Mi home linkage
As a Mijia product, this cat eye naturally has the advantage of linkage with Mijia devices.
Through the Mi Home APP to establish the automation options, you can see that this cat eye provides the following as a trigger condition.
Through these trigger conditions and executable actions, the utility of this cat’s eye is greatly enhanced, for example, it can be informed by Xiao Ai students of low battery, someone ringing the doorbell, etc. It can also determine whether the visitor is an acquaintance or a stranger by recognizing the face, etc. It can also be projected onto the Xiao Ai touch screen audio, although it cannot be linked according to the identity of the specific person yet, but it can be expected that this function is The software is a small problem, will soon come.
Summary
This Xiaomi Mijia smart cat eye, the biggest advantage is the long battery life, 6000mAh battery, normal mode can last 2.5 months, the actual test power loss is very close, and power saving mode can reach 7.5 months of life, and the utility is not much decline, or very good. Compatible with Mijia APP, rich linkage conditions, also makes it like a tiger, practicality and playability greatly improved, much more room for tossing. Face recognition function, although not yet linked according to identity, but completely available. Of course, the 720P resolution seems relatively low, and the 5-inch screen also seems a bit small, but considering the price of less than 500 yuan, this Xiaomi Mijia smart cat eye is still outstanding value for money and worth recommending.
