Continued decline of the Yi App
I’ve been using Yi home cameras since 2017.
Back then they were the best budget home security cameras available, you bought the cameras, set them up, inserted an sd card, and they were good to go. No adverts, no pestering messages to upgrade, no need to set up an account, just quick easy access to your cameras, from your phone anywhere anytime.
Since then I have struggled with each iteration of the Yi Home app, as the app gets more complex with no practical improvement for the user. Each time I’ve been able to configure the cameras, around each app upgrade, but I’m getting tired of having to keep opting out of special offer emails from Kami, and reconfiguring my set up.
I’m still using the cameras, but today I find that I’m locked out of my cameras, without logging in to what appears to be a new attempt to get me to open a new account. I can only see a new login screen, no live pictures of my home.
Update December 2024:
Again I’ve got around the above problem, just like I have with all the other Kami ‘updates’. My cameras still save video images to my sd cards, and I get instant remote access to my cameras and video history.
Kami appear to be more interested in making more money out of users by continually making updates to the app which are of no practical use to the user. If you insert an sd card into your cameras, you won’t need cloud storage, unless you need to review images from weeks back.
Back then they were the best budget home security cameras available, you bought the cameras, set them up, inserted an sd card, and they were good to go. No adverts, no pestering messages to upgrade, no need to set up an account, just quick easy access to your cameras, from your phone anywhere anytime.
Since then I have struggled with each iteration of the Yi Home app, as the app gets more complex with no practical improvement for the user. Each time I’ve been able to configure the cameras, around each app upgrade, but I’m getting tired of having to keep opting out of special offer emails from Kami, and reconfiguring my set up.
I’m still using the cameras, but today I find that I’m locked out of my cameras, without logging in to what appears to be a new attempt to get me to open a new account. I can only see a new login screen, no live pictures of my home.
Update December 2024:
Again I’ve got around the above problem, just like I have with all the other Kami ‘updates’. My cameras still save video images to my sd cards, and I get instant remote access to my cameras and video history.
Kami appear to be more interested in making more money out of users by continually making updates to the app which are of no practical use to the user. If you insert an sd card into your cameras, you won’t need cloud storage, unless you need to review images from weeks back.
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