Amazon announced today that it will give up support for its cloud cam Indoor Security Camera launched in 2017. Amazon said in an email that from December 2, 2022, customers will no longer be able to use cloud cam and all supporting applications According to the email sent by Amazon, cloud cam users will be able to download the existing online video records until december2,2022, when all video records will be cleared.
Amazon said that it had stopped using the hardware and service because it had decided to focus its work on other smart home technologies, including its ring and blink products.
Amazon is providing cloud cam users with a free blink Mini Indoor security camera, a one-year blink plus subscription plan, and a fourth generation echo smart speaker. Affected customers will receive an email before December 2 to explain how to obtain further details of these products.
It is not clear whether the owners of multiple cloud cameras will receive multiple blink cameras, or only one.
In 2017, Amazon launched cloud cam and Amazon key services, which together form a security mechanism to allow Amazon Prime members in some cities in the United States to let Amazon couriers safely send their orders to their homes when they are not at home. Later this year, when cloud cam is disabled, it will no longer work with Amazon key.
On the other hand, cloud cam and blink cameras are similar to Apple 's homekit platform is incompatible.