Window Security Camera 2K, Indoor WiFi Cameras 2.4GHz/5GHz

Really good
Highly recommended. Can’t be damaged from outside as it attaches to the inside of the window. No power outage as it’s plug powered. No battery worries and absolute great resolution at a good price. Lots of settings to suit your needs. Set the siren if your out, also zone what area you require the monitoring. No subscription. Down side the memory card doesnt stay in so had to cloud subscribe for reviewing. 27 per year. I have another one now. I will let you know if that’s at play on that as well to get a subscription out of you.

Good window camera with easy setup, but cloud-centric ecosystem
I installed the HomiQ W8-3MP window camera (44 at time of review) mainly to monitor the back garden through the glass of an upstairs window, which is exactly the scenario it is designed for. Installation was straightforward, after the app connects via Bluetooth and you input the WiFi password for full connection. The angled magnetic mount made positioning easy, and the anti-glare design does noticeably reduce reflections when shooting through glass. Daytime image quality is good for a small camera at this price point, with clear 3 MP video and a wide field of view.

There are several flat magnetic mounts in the box, so you can move the camera about. It’s powered over a USB-C cable, there’s a UK power supply in box and a USB-A to USB-C cable. There is a slot for Micro-SD card (not suppled); after fitting one the camera can record continuously like a dash-cam or only for triggered events.

Night performance is also decent. The “colour night vision” is surprisingly good with some ambient light and produces usable footage, though like most cameras it falls back toward monochrome in very dark conditions. Motion alerts arrive promptly in the app and the live view loads quickly once connected.

The app (I ran on Android) seems robust and has features to manage multiple cameras.

The main observation is the reliance on the vendor’s cloud platform. The camera works through the HomiQ app and remote viewing functions without needing router configuration, but this means the device communicates via the manufacturer’s servers rather than operating purely locally. The app also strongly promotes a paid subscription (from 40 per year) for features branded as “AI”, such as enhanced detection and cloud storage. Without the subscription you still get live viewing and basic alerts, but many of the more advanced features are locked behind the paywall.

Overall, this is a convenient and easy-to-install window camera with respectable image quality and simple setup. It works well for basic monitoring, especially where drilling or outdoor mounting is not desirable or possible such as rented properties. Just be aware that the ecosystem is cloud-centric and the full feature set requires an ongoing subscription.