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CourseHeroRyan

Official US Version of Xiaomi Yi Security Camera being released!

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Found out via gearbest.

I'm worried that they may update firmwares of non-official cameras to not allow them to function in the US, which would suck (they've done this in past with chinese versions I believe).

Hopefully they may update the older models to support US time zones, a huge issue with all their IoT zigbee based devices.

Posted Sep 29, 2016, 8:06 PM UTC

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aminoacid91•

Isn't this exactly the same as this one?

https://www.amazon.com/YI-Home-Camera-Official-U-S/dp/B016F3M7OM/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1475182092&sr=1-1&keywords=yi

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CourseHeroRyanOP•

Awesome thanks for the link! You are correct- I didn't get any notifications from Amazon either.

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vmxcd•

They've been blocking the Chinese models working outside of China from the end of last year already.

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CourseHeroRyanOP•

Yeah its crazy and stupid. If you don't want to sell, thats fine, but region locking hardware is something that makes me look down on any company.

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toaster99•

Really? I've had a Chinese model for awhile now, works fine.

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