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#HOW TO USE BLINK APP FOR ANDROID#
#HOW TO USE BLINK APP CODE#
#HOW TO USE BLINK APP TV#
#HOW TO USE BLINK APP FREE#

#HOW TO USE BLINK APP TV#

If you have a Fire TV or Echo Show, you can also ask Alexa to display the live feed on it. The command to disarm prompted a request for my PIN. By enabling the Blink SmartHome skill in my Alexa app, adding the Blink Mini, and setting a security PIN, I was able to tell my Echo "Alexa, tell Blink to arm the Office Cam" and it worked just fine. There's no built-in geofencing, but you can use IFTTT to automatically arm your system when your phone leaves home.Īs an entry-level camera, there's nothing fancy here in terms of person recognition, or smart alerts, but you do get Alexa support.

If you look under "System Settings," you'll find the option to schedule your camera system. The final tab is a settings cog at the bottom right that enables you to configure your Blink account. Remaining cloud storage is shown at the top and you can choose how long to keep clips for. There's a very basic filter to help you sort videos. The next tab along the bottom shows recorded videos in a chronological list. Other options include night vision settings, audio, video quality, and the option to turn that blue recording LED off. The activity zone is a grid system, where you can pick which grids you want motion to be detected in, rather than a box you draw. This is where you name the camera, enable or disable motion detection, set activity zones, decide on retrigger time, sensitivity, and clip length. There's also a "Disarmed" or "Armed" toggle at the bottom for quickly turning your system on or off.Īt the top right, there's a settings icon that takes you to the settings page for the camera. The default home tab shows your cameras, and you can tap the video icon to jump into a live view or tap the camera icon to grab a single frame. The Blink Home Monitor app is very straightforward. Out of the box, it was ready to go in five to 10 minutes. This is probably the quickest home security camera setup process I've experienced. You also have the option to flip the camera image in the app for ceiling mounts. I found the mount a little fiddly to open, but there are two mount options and the necessary screws are provided. You can also mount the camera on a wall or ceiling. If you have a shelf or table to sit the Amazon Blink Mini on, then it's simply a case of adjusting the angle, and you're done.

#HOW TO USE BLINK APP CODE#

There's a QR code on the back of each camera that you can scan to connect it to your network.

#HOW TO USE BLINK APP FOR ANDROID#

Once it's plugged in, you simply download the Blink Home Monitor app for Android or iOS and tap the plus icon at the top right to add a camera.

#HOW TO USE BLINK APP FREE#

The difficult part is deciding where you're going to place it since you need a free power outlet to plug it into. The Amazon Blink Mini is very quick and easy to set up. It's designed to be placed somewhere and forgotten, so durability shouldn't be a problem. It feels quite cheap, but then again, it is cheap. The Amazon Blink Mini is an indoor camera, so there's no water resistance. The power cable plugs securely into the back. There's a speaker on top of the curved white plastic enclosure.

It has a black face containing the camera lens, sensors, microphone, and a tiny blue LED that lights up when it's recording. The camera is small at around 2 inches square and very lightweight at just 1.7 ounces. To connect the camera to your Wi-Fi, you just scan the QR code on the back of the camera. The Amazon Blink Mini is not a wireless camera, and it comes with a 2-meter USB-to-Micro-USB cable and a power adapter. The need to plug it into an outlet limits your placement options. You also have the option of mounting it on a wall or ceiling, and the two necessary screws are supplied. The box includes a camera, already attached to a mount with a ball joint, which means you can simply place it on a shelf, table, or counter and position it how you want. You can buy a single Amazon Blink Mini for $34.99 or get two cameras for $64.99.

60-day cloud storage $3 per month or $30 per year per camera.

There's no doubt it's a solid entry-level option, but the prospect of extra costs dents its ambitions as a budget security camera. I tested a single Amazon Blink Mini camera in my home to find out how it performs. The local storage option, via the forthcoming Sync Module 2, must be purchased separately and will also cost $34.99, driving the total price up to about $70 total. You'll also have to subscribe to cloud storage, which is free until the end of the year but will cost $3 per camera per month thereafter. Unfortunately, the Amazon Blink Mini has some strings attached, quite literally, as it must be plugged into an outlet.