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Canary’s only device since the company’s inception in 2013 has been its home security camera, which features an alarm that will shatter the eardrums of even the toughest burglar. Now, Canary is expanding its lineup of smart home devices with Canary Flex, which shaves off more than half the size and weight of the original camera. The Flex is meant to be used any place in or around your home, inside or out.
Canary Flex looks like a small Beats pill but without the bass-dropping abilities. Measuring about 4.5 inches long and weighing just a half a pound, it’s an oval device with a camera lens at one end. The Flex magnetically snaps into a curved base that allows it to be propped upright on any surface. Canary is also coming out with other mounting accessories, including a twist mount that can snake around structures to secure the Flex at awkward angles; a stake mount for sticking the camera into a potted plant or your front yard; and a secure mount that sticks to any surface, indoor or outdoor.
That’s the big push behind the Canary Flex: its weatherproof design makes it an outdoor-ready security camera, and its integration with the existing Canary app means you can control it seamlessly along with an existing Canary camera you may have already. In this case, “weatherproof” means that the Flex is IP65-level water-resistant: it can withstand jets of water (real-world translation: it’s rain-proof) but shouldn’t be fully submerged for a long time. The Flex can operate in temperatures between 14 and 113 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Source: Ars Technica – Canary debuts Flex cam suited for your living room and your lawn