Cameras & Doorbells
HomeKit Secure Video cameras and doorbells, tested for reliability and privacy.
Tested picks, ranked
eufyCam 2 Review: Six Years On, Real Battery Life Numbers
The kit reviewed here is from 2020 and superseded. eufy is the brand I would buy again on the strength of it.
D-Link Omna 180 Review: One Year Before It Failed
A eufyCam 2 kit and a eufy plug-in indoor camera have both been good here. The only camera brand in this house with nothing failed against it.
All posts
- HomeKit Camera Longevity: Nine Years, Six Cameras, Three Failures
Dated purchase records for every HomeKit camera bought for one house since 2017, what died, what survived, and how that compares to the plugs and sensors.
- D-Link Omna 180 Review: One Year Before It Failed
A HomeKit camera bought in October 2019 that ran uncomfortably hot and stopped working roughly a year later, the third camera to fail in this house.
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Aqara Camera G100 First Look: It Pairs as HomeKit, Not Matter Unboxing Aqara's G100 camera into Apple Home: HomeKit pairing confirmed by a network scan, no power supply in the box, and a setup code you should photograph.
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eufyCam 2 Review: Six Years On, Real Battery Life Numbers A two-camera eufyCam 2 kit bought in 2020, run on HomeKit Secure Video, still working. What the 365-day battery claim meant in daily use.
- HomeKit Secure Video: 1, 5, or Unlimited Cameras by iCloud+ Tier
How HomeKit Secure Video works in 2026, what it costs, why it's private, camera limits by iCloud+ tier, and the exact setup steps.