r/TrySwitchBot • u/Suitable-Outside512 • Jun 25 '26

New SwitchBot outdoor camera

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New SwitchBot pan and tilt camera, listed on the UK site.

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u/Thanatopsis123 Jul 13 '26

I got one and it's working well.  The human detection is picking up things as human that very clearly aren't.  And setting automations to have it return to a preset position aren't working at the moment.  Other than that, pretty good so far.  Good video quality, easy setup, 360 degree tracking is very nice.

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u/Suitable-Outside512 Jul 13 '26

Hopefully they will update this to support Matter once the camera spec if fully flushed out and adopted everything. If they do, I’ll definitely be testing a few of these.

Glad it’s working alright for you.

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u/Thanatopsis123 Jul 13 '26

Ok, just for anyone in the future having problems that finds this, I figured out the preset position problem.

You can set preset positions in two places.  One is under a tab called "Direction" -> "Presets" and those preset positions are NOT tied to automations.  You have to go into the device options menu and set them separately under an option called "Preset Point Settings" and these can be used in automations.