Xiaomi has started crowdfunding for its latest home security device, the Smart Camera 4 Max AI Zoom Edition, in China. The device is priced at 799 yuan (~ $116) during the crowdfunding phase, with a suggested retail price of 999 yuan (~ $145).
At first glance, the new camera doesn’t look drastically different from the earlier Smart Camera 4 Zoom Edition. The design is familiar, but Xiaomi has shifted to a silver-gray finish and added a fabric base this time around.
Xiaomi Smart Camera 4 Max AI Zoom Edition Specifications
As for the actual hardware, the camera combines a 12MP telephoto lens with an 8MP wide-angle lens, both using a relatively bright f/1.6 aperture. The camera supports 4K monitoring, 12x hybrid zoom, and 3x lossless zoom.
It also functions well in low-light. The camera has full-color night vision and a new photography mode for capturing everyday moments rather than just surveillance footage.
The Smart Camera 4 Max AI Zoom also supports a 360-degree horizontal and 180-degree vertical pan-tilt range, with motor speeds said to be 30 percent faster than the Xiaomi C700. It can track people and pets, continuing a trend seen across many smart home cameras, but Xiaomi is trying to make this tracking more precise.
Under the hood, the device runs on a 3T quad-core chip, which Xiaomi claims is 300 percent more powerful than the C700.
The more notable addition, though, is software. Xiaomi is introducing its first “AI care model,” which targets three main use cases: children, the elderly, and pets.
The system can recognize behaviors — like whether a child is studying — and generate daily reports. It also supports searching through recorded footage using text or video cues.
Buyers who pick it up early will get a one-month trial of the AI service, after which it will likely shift to a subscription model.
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