Canary, the makers of the home security Wi-Fi cam that we briefly checked out earlier this year, made some changes to their memberships. Specifically, they cut down on the number of features available to users in the free tier, which has created some warranted backlash.
Granted, most Wi-Fi cams are limited in what they can do without users ponying up for a paid subscription or membership. It’s still a difficult pill to swallow, though, especially when a company cuts back on features that used to be free.
In the past, Canary has provided its users with some generous features in its free tier, most notably the ability to record and save all motion-detected video for up to 24 hours, as well as download any of those videos locally to your device. However, this has changed, along with a few other tweaks. Here’s a breakdown of the new changes:
- Free users will now only see 10-second “video previews” of any motion that was detected, instead of the whole video.
- Night Mode is now a paid feature.
- Free users will no longer be able to record video while in Home Mode.
- Video downloads are no longer available in the free tier.
Thankfully, the 24 hour limit still stands for free users, but the…
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