These cameras are good and the software is not too bad compared to some competitors.
The installation from a recent smartphone however is a royal pain in the neck.
The wifi connectivity of the cameras is working on 2.4ghz. Most recent wifi routers use both 2.4ghz and 5ghz. Modern cell phones almost all switch automatically to 5Ghz with no way to switch to 2.4Ghz.
Since the camera automatic setup requires the phone to be on a 2.4Ghz connection, this made this auto-setup is useless and impossible to use.
The only way to set up the cameras for my wifi network was to plug them on my wired network, add them to the account by scanning the QR code of the camera and set up the wifi of the camera via the device settings while connected via Ethernet cable.
In short... These cameras would highly benefit from a hardware upgrade to 5Ghz compatibility... We are in 2021... 5Ghz is nothing new.
At the very least it would be nice to have an explanation of how to deal with 5Ghz smartphone connectivity from Imou... Sadly they have no solution on their website and I had to spend my time looking for a solution.
Apart from that... Quality is good. I would have loved the camera to be able to tilt down lower than it can (tilt down below horizon) but at least that's documented.
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