Anker‘s eufy brought its fall lineup to Bathhouse Studios in downtown New York, and the theme was distance. The company’s Fall Showcase, billed as “Own Your Yard — Proactive Detection Beyond the Door,” introduced five new security devices built to work together as the Eufy Edge 5.0 Yard Protection System. I attended the event, which paired a hands-on look at the hardware with a brief presentation from Janet Jin of eufy’s PR team, social media lead Kieran Lemon, and David Aguwa from the social media team.
One caveat about the hands-on portion: none of the devices were powered on. We could pick up the hardware and get a sense of its size, build, and mounting, but we couldn’t see any of it working, so the tracking, detection, and lighting features described below come from eufy rather than from anything I was able to test. I’m hoping to get review units in to see how they hold up in an actual yard.
The idea behind Edge 5.0 is that most home security is reactive. A camera records a porch pirate, you get a notification, and you watch the clip after the package is already gone. Eufy wants to push detection outward, so the system is organized around the path someone takes toward your house: the property line, the yard, the front door, and finally the inside of the home. Each of the five devices covers one of those layers, and all of them connect through eufy’s HomeBase S380.
“Homeowners spend valuable time taking care of their yard, day in, day out, and think about their property as one cohesive space they need to protect,” said Frank Zhu, General Manager of Anker eufy, in the announcement.
The product I keep thinking about is the TrackLight Cam S1, which eufy is calling the world’s first outdoor security track light camera. The hook is a motorized light that physically follows whoever it’s watching. When the camera flags suspicious activity, it locks onto the person and keeps a beam on them from up to about 39 feet (12 meters) away, and it can add a 105 dB siren and red and blue warning lights on top of that. Being followed across a dark yard by a spotlight is a much stronger message than a floodlight that clicks on and sits there, and I suspect most people will turn around the moment it happens.
What makes it more than a deterrent, though, is that the same light works for the people who actually live there. The S1 recognizes family members using radar and Bluetooth, and instead of a harsh blast, it brings up soft welcome lighting as they approach. Coming home late with an armful of groceries, that’s a genuinely useful thing to have, and it means the light earns its keep on the nights nothing bad happens, which is most of them.
The spec sheet backs it up. Dual radar sensors cover 180 degrees, while 355 degrees of horizontal pan and 90 degrees of vertical tilt give the camera full 360-degree monitoring. Video is recorded in 4K with up to 10x zoom.
The tracking light has an adaptive 10- to 30-degree beam that narrows to focus on distant subjects and widens for closer ones, topping out at 500 lumens, and a separate floodlight with a 120-degree beam supports color night vision.
Three customizable detection zones keep alerts focused on your property instead of the sidewalk. It’s IP65 weatherproof, weighs 2.2 pounds, and works with both Apple Home and Google Home. The TrackLight Cam S1 is $299.99 and arrives in late October at eufy.com and Amazon.
The SoloCam E50 handles the outermost layer, watching the edges of the property. It’s a single-mount 4K pan-and-tilt camera with two lenses: a wide-angle lens that keeps the entire yard in view and a second lens with 12x hybrid zoom that tracks and magnifies movement at the far end of the lot.
Radar and passive infrared sensors work together to separate real threats from swaying branches and passing headlights, and a motion-activated spotlight plus two-way audio let it respond, not just record. A 5-watt SolarPlus 2.0 panel keeps it charged, so you don’t have to pull the battery every few weeks. It works with Google Assistant and costs $229.99, with availability in late October.
For the middle of the yard, the eufyCam E52 uses another dual-lens design. A fixed wide-angle bullet lens holds a continuous panoramic view while a motorized pan-tilt-zoom lens independently follows subjects, so you get the whole yard and a close look at whoever is in it at the same time. It records in 4K with 8x digital zoom, and eufy says it can capture facial detail from up to 40 feet. The E52 is $269.99 and also lands in late October.
At the front door, the refreshed Video Doorbell S4 uses a 180-degree panoramic view to capture both the doorway and the walk leading up to it in one frame. It has a 9-megapixel lens that shoots 3K, and eufy’s OmniTrack AI human detection separates people from passing cars and background motion, then tracks visitors and adjusts the zoom automatically to keep them framed as they walk up.
Eufy also mentioned a virtual reality-inspired viewing experience in the eufy app. The S4 is the first of the group to ship, arriving in late September for $299.99 with a chime included, in the U.S., U.K., Canada, the Middle East, Africa, and select European markets.
The last piece moves the system indoors, and it’s the one I’d point renters toward first. The Window Camera E10 sticks to the inside of a window with a no-trace mounting sticker, so there’s no drilling, no wiring through a wall, and nothing to explain to a landlord when you move out. You get an outside view without any outside installation.
It has 25 degrees of adjustable tilt, anti-reflection optics to cut down on window glare, 2.5K recording, color night vision, and continuous wired recording. For apartment dwellers, renters, or anyone who simply doesn’t want to get on a ladder with a drill, it’s the easiest way into the system, and at $79.99 it’s also the cheapest. The E10 is due later this year in select markets.
Eufy is also leaning on its local-first approach to data, a selling point for the brand. Sensitive biometric data like facial recognition is processed on the device, and the core features don’t require a monthly subscription, though eufy notes that some optional or premium features may be offered with one.
Pre-sale for the Edge 5.0 Yard Protection System begins today at eufy.com. The Video Doorbell S4 ($299.99 with chime) arrives in late September; the TrackLight Cam S1 ($299.99), SoloCam E50 ($229.99), and eufyCam E52 ($269.99) follow in late October; and the Window Camera E10 ($79.99) is expected later this year in select markets.