Eve Cam (Apple Home) – Smart Indoor Camera, 1080p Resolution, Wi-Fi, 100% Privacy, HomeKit Secure Video, iPhone Notifications, Microphone & Speaker, Night Vision, Flexible Installation

I have used about 5 different security cameras with HomeKit over the years and over the past few years this one has been the most reliable of all of them. It stays connected without having to be reset even with me playing with my network. The camera quality is acceptable. It does struggle a bit if there is a bright light in the frame. The motion recognition is good. Wish Eve had a better outdoor solution than their current unit.

This is just a brief story of my experience with Eve cameras. I went through six of these cameras to get 3 that would "work". One had a pink image all the time (stuck IR filter apparently). One just clicked every 30 seconds and I could not even set it up due to this problem. And the third one spent more time showing "no response" than video (and no - this was not a wifi issue - I moved it to different locations). The outdoor cam I bought is the only one that has worked well enough to keep around. Overall the HomeKit integration works fairly well but still has room to be improved. Eve obviously has some quality control issues - and at this price point that should not be the case. Will put them on CL and try to recoup some of my money. I switched to Arlo Ultra 2 cameras - rock solid cameras that just seem to work so far.

I bought the Eve and Logitech Circle cameras at the same time and tested side by side. The Logitech may have had slightly better picture quality, but it has low FPS, lagged terribly, and the stream would randomly go pixelated. By comparison, the Eve camera has higher FPS, very little lag, and is much more stable. I recommend this camera for HSV.

Updated 01/05/25: I’m lowering my star fairing again. I’m really disappointed in these overall for how much I spent replacing my best cameras. Going to two stars total now. They are now going offline almost three times a week for no reason and again are missing recording events completely. I’ve now come to just use these for live streaming only since they are not good for anything else. Will be rethinking my choice when I can recoup some of my investment in these back.I do not recommend.Updated 12/01/2024: I’ve lowered my star rating one star (4 to 3) as I have had the camera in action for a whole month. The cameras tend to go offline once or twice a week for no obvious reason but do come back online. Most importantly they miss motion triggers a lot which means I’m missing recordings of something happening because the cameras tend just didn’t detect anything. This worries me as I might miss an important moment. At least with my Nest cameras I didn’t miss a thing since they were constantly recording. I’m pretty disappointed by this.Original review:I’m really excited to have cameras that support full native HomeKit and HomeKit secure video. No third party app required and no new login account. Best of all I already have iCloud+ so my cameras will store recordings to iCloud with no additional fees! Perfect!Setup was a breeze as is most HomeKit devices. I took down my old Nest cameras, put up the magnetic mounting plate included, and got the camera up there and connected.So let’s talk build quality compared to Nest. Given that these Eve cameras are still around $150 I expected them to be a little on par with my Nest cams. But I was wrong. They are very cheap feeling and the magnetic mounting plate is just a metal disk like one you would buy at Homedepot. Given the housing is plastic and not metal like Nest I do expect them to stay cooler and have better WiFi reception which is a plus.You can almost move the camera angles as you would the Nest cameras. Albeit one specific method, repositioning the lense housing left or right (clockwise or counter clockwise). The eve can’t do this. Not a deal breaker but just good to know.I found the cable it came with wasn’t long enough so I bought 10ft usb a to usb c cables. I’m super happy the cable is not permanently attached like on the Logitech circle view. Kudos for that Eve.Field of view or FOV is really good. A big step up from my previous Nest cameras. I was very pleased to see this.My biggest complaint and con is the night vision. My Nest cameras could light up almost a whole room and a half it seemed. Things were much brighter and it appears this is because the Eve only has four IR LED lights where the Nest had I believe 8. At $150 and in 2024 I expected the Eve cameras to have similar night vision efficacy but sadly it lacks big time here.I think the camera would be better suited at $89 or maybe $100 max. I did invest in these so I will give them a solid go for a while before making any new changes. So far everything is amazing and oh I almost forget the motion sensor in the cameras appears in HomeKit as something to trigger off of which is a huge bonus. Just wish the night vision didn’t suck.

If the image quality was better, I would buy additional cameras including the outdoor versions. Love the whole interface and seamless integration with Homekit. No need for subscription and videos are stored on my iCloud and not some general server. The motion sensor shows up in Homekit and allows automation based on motion detection. I have camera setup I'm garage and automation based on camera motion detection to turn lights on for 5 minutes and then turn off. Very handy when coming home at night. Only complaint I have is that the image quality really is pretty poor (and that is comparing to Blink cameras I have which also are not stellar themselves...)

Love how it’s place right to where I can see everything! Works well with my home system and love the name of it!

Works great and love that the app is compatible with Apple Home Hub kit.

I like the security and privacy of these cameras, they don’t need the Eve app and there is no Eve cloud service. One quibble, I wish I could see these videos in better detail in Apple Home, I would love to play the bird feeder camera feed on the basement TV.