Simple app and setup ; IFTTT integration ; Possible HomeKit compatibility

Not 100% accurate (yet) ; Champagne gold...

Beautiful design, clever facial recognition technology, customisable individual profiles, less intrusive than competitors, smart and customisable notifications, no monthly fees, good picture and sound quality

No cloud backup, delay between event and showing in feed, no pan or zoom capability, facial recognition takes time to teach in order to gain accuracy and can falter, power restricts positioning

The Netatmo Welcome is among the best smarthome cameras we have had the pleasure of spying on us. It has a beautiful design that integrates well into the home, but it's the facial recognition technology that really won us over.

At £199, the Welcome is relatively expensive for an indoor camera. But unlike the new Nest Cam IQ, it doesn’t require a subscription. The facial recognition isn't 100 percent accurate (neither is the IQ's) but at least the app lets you configure...

The Netatmo Welcome successfully implements facial recognition in a consumer product for the first time. It has cleverly customizable notifications based around that feature and the specs to keep up with the competition as a connected camera.

In practice, it doesn't keep up with the competition as a webcam or a security cam. The camera is slow at everything. The live feed lags, the notifications are delayed, and it takes awhile to learn faces.

Netatmo still needs work, but it breaks new ground with facial recognition and shows enough prowess with that feature to be worth a look for anyone interested in cutting edge camera tech.

The Netatmo Welcome Smart Home Camera was not the easiest device to set up and did required a certain about of user intervention during the initial stages of bring the device up to speed. I have yet to discover why the camera objected to the original...

Easy setup ; Excellent at picking up faces ; No subscription fee ; Nice Apple Watch companion app

Not suitable for watching sunny front doors ; Runs hot ; Slow to learn faces ; Can’t tell the difference between a living face and a video

Netatmo is a solid first effort but needs more polish.

Easy to set up ; Able to personalize security settings for individuals ; Strives to make the home-surveillance experience less creepy

Facial recognition is hit-and-miss ; Lacks many key security features ; No cloud-storage option

The Netatmo Welcome shows promise with its facial recognition and personalized security features, but the camera and its app need more work to catch up to the competition.