Petite $99 magnetic safety digicam lasts 9 months on AA batteries

Battery life may be one of the essential components throughout practically all classes of client expertise. What good is a tool that doesn’t final so long as you want it to? It’s one thing the good residence safety sector is contending with, offering choices between wired, battery-powered, and solar-powered devices. Reolink reckons it has cracked the code with its new ‘Power-Efficient’ vary, lasting as much as 9 months simply utilizing battery energy.

This expertise was proven earlier within the 12 months at CES 2026, utilizing low-powered Wi-Fi expertise to cut back battery drain. Several new Reolink gadgets, together with varied safety cameras and video doorbells, use a Qualcomm QCC730 chip with a expertise known as ‘Micro-Power Wi-Fi’. As the title suggests, it’s designed to make use of much less energy than different wi-fi applied sciences.

Among Reolink’s gadgets to make use of this expertise are the next fashions:

• Argus MagiCam
• Video Doorbell (2nd Gen)
• Video Doorbell SE
• E1 Swift

Remarkably, the Argus MagiCam runs on AA lithium batteries for as much as 9 months at a time. Taking the type of a small, square-like digicam, the $99.99 MagiCam information 1080p footage utilizing a 2MP lens. It comes with a magnetic mount that the digicam snaps to, or you would connect it to any metallic floor, indoors or outdoor.

While the MagiCam is currently available to order on Reolink’s website, the remainder of the power-efficient vary is ready to launch in Australia over the subsequent few months.

Triple-lens 360-degree OMVI protection

At the upper finish of the dimensions, Reolink additionally not too long ago launched its triple-lens OMVI safety cameras in Australia. Including the $439.99 OMVI 3i Wi-Fi and $429.99 OMVI 3 PoE fashions, the sequence can surveil 360 levels in 4K by way of a 10MP dual-lens panoramic system and an 8MP pan-tilt lens.

Both cameras additionally featured at CES this 12 months, together with the flagship OMVI X16 PoE mannequin. This one doesn’t have a confirmed Australian launch date but, past a Q3 window. Another step above the remainder of the OMVI cameras, the X16 additionally advantages from 16x optical zoom, letting you’re taking a better take a look at any motion.

It’s good to see extra selection coming to residence safety and good residence devices. Not everybody can afford absolutely the top-tier gear, so offering a lower-cost choice that also lasts a very long time may ring a bell with budget-conscious buyers.