Xiaomi XiaoFang Review

Have you ever heard of the new product, Xiaomi XiaoFang? This is a smart WiFi IP camera, mainly featuring 1080P Full HD video, 9m enhanced night vision and mobile sound detection. In addition, it supports various applications. And now, let’s check it in detail.

Design and Performance

This smart camera looks like a cube with a side length of 5 cm. And it weighs only 100g, compact and portable. Support memory card up to 64GB and powered by 5V/1A power supply.

As for the lens, using a 1/2.7-inch CMOS sensor, it provides Full HD 1920×1080 resolution, supports up to 8 times digital zoom, and a distortion correction algorithm. And it adopts night vision enhancement technology, F/2.0 iris lens with IR-CUT automatic dual filters and infrared LED uniform fill light so that the maximum visual distance is up to 9m.

More interesting is that the magnetic base can be adsorbed on the metal surface so that the two XiaoFang cameras can be combined through magnetic adsorption, automatically composing the 180° wide-angle screen. For security, it takes the approach of a combination of RSA encryption, https encryption and Xiaomi Mi Cloud data encryption.

Specifications:

• 360° view
• 1080p video recording
• Supports 8x digital magic zoom
• Double automatic IR-CUT filter
• Compatible with night vision, maximum 9 meters
• Use with your phone app

Applications

In a sense, XiaoFang breaks the definition limits of a smart camera. For example, it supports connecting to mobile power and mobile phone directly. And the data transmission is more smooth when the included hotspot has been connected to the phone in the off-network scene. Also, this camera can be a car recorder. It not only supports delayed photography, smart mobile detection, sound monitoring, but also can identify the special alarm sound of smoke/CO alarm. Once the suspicious circumstances occurred, it would automatically record video and send alarm notifications quickly.

Summary

As we can see, the camera will assume the role of information sensor in the future wave of home intelligence. XiaoFang camera is only compatible with the Mi home app. In the future, Xiaomi XiaoFang will play an important role in the smart home system, as an auxiliary equipment for other smart devices. By collecting and recognizing the sound and image in the home, this camera would provide the database of the whole smart home system.