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Pixelo Cam 2 review: a home camera that skips the subscription

A 2K indoor camera with local storage, reliable alerts and no monthly fee for the basics. Night footage is grainy.

Pixelo Cam 2 review: a home camera that skips the subscription
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The Pixelo Cam 2 records to a microSD card and sends person alerts to your phone for free. Set-up took six minutes and the app asks for only the permissions it needs.

Daytime video is crisp, and the wide lens covers a whole living room. Person detection was right 47 of 50 times in our test, ignoring a ceiling fan and a pet. Night footage is grainy and loses colour quickly.

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