Eufy Launches Advanced 4K Indoor Security Camera with AI Features and HomeKit Support

Eufy's new indoor PTZ security cam does HomeKit, color night vision

Anker's Eufy brand is back in the HomeKit game with a spotlight-equipped pan-tilt-zoom camera that boasts enhanced night vision. After years of giving the cold shoulder to Apple's HomeKit platform, Anker's Eufy has surprisingly announced its second new HomeKit security camera in just a few months. On sale now for $69.99, the Eufy Indoor Cam E30 is an indoor camera with a motorized lens that pans, tilts, and zooms around the room, and it works with Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Apple HomeKit. (Prime members can score it for just $59.99. Don't have Prime? Sign up for a 30-day free trial to snag it at this price anyway!) The Indoor Cam E30 follows Eufy's first HomeKit camera in a few years, the S3 Pro Outdoor Cam, which made its debut back in September. The new Indoor Cam E30 is essentially a revamp of an older PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) camera, the Indoor Cam 2K Pan and Tilt from 2020. While the older indoor cam was restricted to 2K video resolution, the just-announced Indoor Cam E30 ups the ante to 4K, marking a significant jump in video quality. (It's worth noting that HomeKit users will be capped at 1080p quality, though.) The new E30 also boasts an integrated spotlight, allowing it to illuminate subjects at night while delivering color night vision. The cam also offers "seamless" switching to infrared night vision when lighting conditions are too dim for color, uses on-board AI processing to detect people and pets, and can also keep an ear out for notable audio cues (like crying babies). Besides being able to spot humans and four-legged friends, the E30's panning, tilting, and zooming lens can also track their movements around the room. Finally, two-way audio allows for real-time remote chat with people (or even pets) in a monitored area. Like many of Eufy's other security cameras, the E30 supports local storage of recorded videos, meaning there's no need for a paid subscription plan -- just plug in an SD card and you're good to go. The camera also works with Eufy's HomeBase S380, a wireless base station that provides up to 16TB of storage plus "BionicMind AI" facial recognition. Besides local storage, Eufy offers subscription options if you prefer the cloud, starting at $2.99 per month (or $29.99 per year) for 30 days of video history on a single camera. The Eufy Plus plan covers up to 10 cameras for $9.99 per month (or $99.99 per year). We'll have a full review of the Eufy Indoor Cam E30 once we check out a sample unit.

Eufy Launches 4K E30 Indoor Camera With HomeKit Support

Anker brand Eufy has launched a new Apple Home-compatible 4K indoor pan-and-tilt camera, bettering its 2K offering launched back in 2020. The Eufy Indoor Cam E30 features a 4K resolution for crisp, sharp video, and it is compatible with HomeKit. However, since Apple's Home app only supports the viewing of streams up to 1080p, users will need to use the official Eufy app to see the inside of their property in all its 4K glory. The E30 connects via the 2.4GHz Wi-Fi band, and the PTZ camera provides a 360-degree view in the horizontal plane, as well as controls within the Eufy app to manually adjust the angle. The camera can also be fixed to ceilings with a mounting plate (included). The E30 also includes a built-in spotlight enabling standard night vision and color night vision. Users have the option to install an SD card for local on-device recording, minus the associated monthly fees incurred by cloud-based recording plans, but Eufy does still offer a cloud-based option. As HomeKitNews notes, Eufy has not provided information on whether the Indoor Cam E30 supports HomeKit Secure Video, so buyer beware. But given that most other Eufy models support it, there is a good chance this one does, too. HomeKit Secure Video is encrypted and stored in iCloud and footage is viewed in the Home app. All detection is also done on-device for privacy purposes, with no data sent to Eufy. This would likely be the preferable option for users who remember Eufy's camera security controversy. Thanks to improvements in AI, Eufy says that the camera can now distinguish between humans and pets, as well as different types of audio, making it better able to detect, identify, and track movement. The camera also has an integrated speaker, suggesting this model supports two-way audio like other Eufy models. The Eufy Indoor Cam E30 is available directly from the Eufy website costing $69.99, and the company is currently running a $10 promotional discount using the code WSPEV2ASHVSZ.

Eufy's new $70 security cam captures color footage at night

The Indoor Cam E30 can rotate 360 degrees horizontally and pan 75 degrees vertically, allowing it to monitor an entire room. It uses on-device AI to detect the presence of humans and pets and can also recognize and alert you to audio cues such as an infant crying. The camera can automatically track subjects in motion to keep them in frame. Its position can also be manually controlled, but only available through the Eufy mobile app, not Apple Home.