Roku New Indoor Camera 2024 – Home Security – 2-Pack – Wired Security Camera & Pet Monitor with 1080p HD Color Night Vision, Works with Alexa & Google, Motion & Sound Detection, WDR & WiFi 6

Roku indoor camera
This product has a super simple set up and can be used anywhere with WiFi. Best part is you just download an app on your phone and you can check cameras at any time. They have voice action on them so you can talk to people along with night vision and zoom. Quality isn’t perfect when zoomed in but definitely does what it needs to do. And all for no extra added costs!

This camera is absolute junk.
My Roku camera came in today, and I was looking forward to trying it. I performed every step in the setup process, and the camera will not complete the setup. During the setup process on the Roku app, you have to scan a QR code that displays on your telephone with the Roku camera itself. I spent a better part of 5 hours at that step. Every single solitary troubleshooting step that Roku provides, was done. Yes roku, I am using 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi band, yes, the camera lens on the camera is clean, in fact it’s brand new. And the screen on my phone is clean. I tried two different Wi-Fi connections with the phone and the app and it still will not connect. I even went so far as to reset both my Wi-Fi router and my telephone. Nothing, it refuses to complete. After 5 hours of doing something that should only last maybe 5 minutes, that’s when you decide that something you just bought is a piece of junk and you regret buying it. Avoid this camera folks.So I have a $20 piece of junk sitting on my desk right now. I guess I’m just going to have to eat having my money taken away.

Good Product but needs better access control
The camera is good. I previously purchased one directly from Roku before acquiring this one. I grew weary of transferring it between the bedroom and living room to monitor my elderly father, who has dementia and is at risk of falling.The device is sufficiently functional and comes with some great features in its applications. However, it lacks a dedicated application for the Windows operating system, meaning you must manage it through your smartphone—for instance, toggling the camera(s) on and off or altering settings. Additionally, live viewing on a Windows computer isn’t possible; it requires the use of a phone or a Roku device to watch the camera feed live.You must have a Smartphone or Tablet Computer (that has a camera) to manage the camera(s).You must have a good Wi-Fi signal.You must subscribe to Roku Smart Home if you want to receive alerts and save/view cloud recordings.Each camera requires an independent subscription for alerts and recording to the Cloud.You must sign up for a Single Camera Subscription to get the 90-day free subscription.You cannot use 3rd party software to control or view your Roku Camera.You cannot give someone else access to just the camera feed, they’d need to login with same Roku credentials (your username and password).You can record to your Smartphone but not have it automatically triggered by movement or other events. This is fine and won’t cost you anything. However, if you need to record when the camera detects movement/sound, like if your 90-year-old father or 3-year-old gets up out of bed, or if someone comes in through the window, then you will need a subscription for each camera. Another reason this is an important feature is to be able to record and see exactly how a person fell, or if someone was going through your dresser drawers, or getting into your medicine cabinet.Currently, the price for a single camera subscription is $3.99 a month. If you have 2 cameras you need to be able to trigger events to record, it would be basically $8.00 a month. If you have 3 or more, it would be $9.99 a month (or $99.99 a year). 14-day video cloud recording retention, Smart detection, Event filtering.If you think about it, it is not a bad price at all.The basic cloud event recording only shows very short video clips. In order to record a full event, it won’t be stored on the cloud, it will be stored on a Micro SD Card.To enable 24/7 recording, or longer event recordings, purchasing a Micro SD Card for each camera is necessary. Viewing the FULL event recording(s) requires removing the SD card from the camera and using a computer or another device with an SD card slot. This method is disadvantageous in my opinion. While it’s beneficial during internet outages (if you have a home network), it proves too cumbersome for daily monitoring. And for security, it is not smart, because the SD card is in the camera. What if someone steals the camera? They’d also be taking off with your recording evidence.I do recommend this product, but I can currently only give it 4 stars because of the lack of a Windows 10/11 application to control or even view the camera feeds. I am on my computer most of the time and being able to monitor my elderly father is essential. I have to keep the feed running on a TV beside me in order to accomplish this. That is a minus in my book, as is the lack of 24/7 recording to the cloud. Having to remove the SD card from each camera to view full event recordings is fine if you need to check for a specific thing, but not for routine monitoring.

Works as advertised
Works great ! Subscription is worth it as well but not necessary. Setup is super easy and the video and audio quality is great as well.