When I installed Netatmo's Welcome at home, it was initially a tough sell to the family: "It's a security camera that recognises faces and detects movement, records video and sends clips to an app on demand -- you can watch and listen live too.

Competent HD security camera; Face recognition; Customisable notifications; No additional subscription costs

Face recognition training takes some time; No wall-mounting or battery power options

When I installed Netatmo's Welcome at home, it was initially a tough sell to the family: "It's a security camera that recognises faces and detects movement, records video and sends clips to an app on demand -- you can watch and listen live too.

Competent HD security camera; Face recognition; Customisable notifications; No additional subscription costs

Face recognition training takes some time; No wall-mounting or battery power options

Good wide angle, good sharpness in the dark. Bad mamering of faces in the app, since icons are extremely small, there is webgui but there is no way to manually manage users. When playing movie sequences on SD cards, this is extremely slow. Just think about retuning this.

The Netatmo Welcome camera is a reliable and easy-to-use home-security device with a convenient mobile app.

Compact; understated presence; Quick setup; User-friendly app; Useful facial recognition; Custom user profiles

Piercing alerts; Over-sensitive motion detection; Numerous false alerts initially

The days of hiding a home security camera away because it's an ugly intrusive box are gone. The Netatmo Welcome is something you'll not only be happy to put on display, but there's a good chance it'll blend in with the decor in many modern homes, so it'll do what most cams can only dream of - hide...

Beautiful design; Clever face recognition tech; No recurring fees; Easy to set up

Placement can be difficult; Faces aren't always recognized; Wi-Fi range is limited; No battery backup

Home security continues to be a hot topic with the next candidate offering a welcome

Home security continues to be a hot topic with the next candidate offering a welcome

I've only purchased to see if I have anymore coming into my house but if you want to purchase just incase of a burglary then I wouldn't bother. The quality of face image captured in videos are extremely poor. So poor other people often wouldn't be able to identify the people on the video.

Netatmo's approach to security cameras is refreshing. In a market that's filled with companies limiting what you can do with the hardware you bought just in order to get you to sign up for a monthly subscription, Netatmo asks only that you purchase its camera.

Your storage The Netatmo Cloud only saves screenshots of videos as a backup; The videos are stored on the local MicroSD card and can be uploaded to your own Dropbox or FTP server, Face recognition Netatmo recognizes people, learns with time, and knows when someone is home or has left, Privacy You...

No portability There's no backup power; Without the MicroUSB plugged in, the Netatmo camera shuts down and disconnects, Limited placement options You can connect a power bank to move it momentarily to a different location, but you're still limited by having to place it flat on a surface.

I reviewed the Netatmo Presence Outdoor Security camera a few months ago and really, REALLY enjoy using it because it uses deep learning to tell the differences between people, animals, cars, and other motions thus virtually eliminating unnecessary motion detection alerts.

Recordings are 1080p; Facial recognition fairly accurate; Records only videos we deem important; No subscription fees - records videos locally and to my Dropbox account (or personal FTP server if I had one

Did not always send notifications when one of us passed in front of the camera; One-way audio