Netatmo Welcome

usability, price

70% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Easy to set up ; Able to personalize security settings for individuals ; Strives to make the home-surveillance experience less creepy

Facial recognition is hit-and-miss ; Lacks many key security features ; No cloud-storage option

The Netatmo Welcome shows promise with its facial recognition and personalized security features, but the camera and its app need more work to catch up to the competition.

The theory behind Welcome’s approach to home security is a solid one, but it’s muddied by inconsistent performance of its ability to recognize faces. That’s presumably something Netatmo’s algorithms will improve over time, and I certainly had no...

It may take some time to build up your user profile, along with a library of those individuals you want the camera to recognize, but once you do, the Welcome will be a helpful home-monitoring tool.

You'll be happy to display the Welcome anywhere in your home thanks to its sleek, understated design. ; Welcome detects faces like a champ and learns the ones you identify pretty quickly. ; No subscription fees; having all your video clips saved...

Image quality is significantly reduced when your mobile device and the Welcome are not connected to the same network at the same time. ; Removing false or unwanted faces from the detected pool is a time-consuming process. ; Lag time in live video...

Netatmo succeeded with the Welcome camera in the sense that it makes knowing who is in your home at any given time much easier. Its facial recognition is accurate and doesn't take a long time to familiarize itself with members of your household. If an...

Simple app and setup ; IFTTT integration ; Possible HomeKit compatibility

Not 100% accurate (yet) ; Champagne gold...

Beautiful design, clever facial recognition technology, customisable individual profiles, less intrusive than competitors, smart and customisable notifications, no monthly fees, good picture and sound quality

No cloud backup, delay between event and showing in feed, no pan or zoom capability, facial recognition takes time to teach in order to gain accuracy and can falter, power restricts positioning

The Netatmo Welcome is among the best smarthome cameras we have had the pleasure of spying on us. It has a beautiful design that integrates well into the home, but it's the facial recognition technology that really won us over.

At £199, the Welcome is relatively expensive for an indoor camera. But unlike the new Nest Cam IQ, it doesn’t require a subscription. The facial recognition isn't 100 percent accurate (neither is the IQ's) but at least the app lets you configure...

The Netatmo Welcome successfully implements facial recognition in a consumer product for the first time. It has cleverly customizable notifications based around that feature and the specs to keep up with the competition as a connected camera

In practice, it doesn't keep up with the competition as a webcam or a security cam. The camera is slow at everything. The live feed lags, the notifications are delayed, and it takes awhile to learn faces

Netatmo still needs work, but it breaks new ground with facial recognition and shows enough prowess with that feature to be worth a look for anyone interested in cutting edge camera tech.