Canary — Smart home security for everyone

@iamtimhoover recently joined Canary as a lead designer. Good guy as well, focused on an interesting space.

Yes! Canary is awesome. I worked with Jon Troutman (one of the founders) at GA before he left to start Canary. Awesome guy, awesome product.

Not "new" per se - Canary popped up earlier this year, and it still in the pre-order phase - but a very compelling looking product that promises to disrupt the home security business.

Can't help but hope that Nest is working on something similar. They seem positioned perfectly for a similar product with deeper integration to whole home automation.

Canary is awesome. I'm excited to see them in market after previewing the device and its capabilities last year at CES.

I preordered the Canary after their kickstarter ended. Loved the device. The app on Android was flaky for a year, but steadily improved. Until they added membership. Then they slowly took away all the features I loved and moved them to membership. Now I have a live streaming camera, not a security device.

Pros:

Great design - quality hd video recording

Cons:

Canary screwed their long time supporters by crippling the camera unless you pay monthly $$$