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On April 15th 2020 Foscam changed her policy regarding free Foscam Cloud Service. Read more in this newsletter.

Foscam Cloud Service is a platform for IP-cameramanagement. Foscam Cloud can record videos as long as motion is detected and lets you review, save and download every video and photo captured by your Foscam cameras. You can access your Cloud video history via Foscam App or web page anytime anywhere. Never miss an event!

Foscam Cloud Service contains several subscriptions including an 8-hour free video history plan with a validity of 365 days, available for newly registered users in the Foscam App (after Jan 1, 2018) who have never subscribed to Foscam Cloud before. On April 15th this plan has changed into:  

7 day video history with a validity of 30 days for new users that have not used Foscam Cloud Service before.

You have been informed about this change in the Foscam App through notifications. As of April 15 you can upgrade to the new plan. You can do this using the notification in your app. Once you click in the message, you will get to the page you see in the screenshot below and upgrade if you wish.

You do not have to upgrade, you can also stay on the 8-hour plan until the end of the validity. But if you do upgrade to the 7-day plan, you can not go back to the 8-hour plan. Foscam Cloud Service is an extra service Foscam offers besides storage on SD-card, recorder or pc.  

Exciting news: the first eggs (in Liempde) hatched recently. Follow the falcons live stream by clicking on the image below.

Did you know we have a page available on our website where you can view livestream videos of several locations? View them all here: 'Live Demo's'. Convince yourself of the sharp video feed.

Two of the livestream locations are bird breeding boxes for peregrine falcons. To overview the breeding process in these boxes, Foscam made cameras availabe so people can monitor the birds from laying the eggs to the flying out of the youngsters.

One camera (Foscam FI9961EP) is placed in a breeding box on the south tower of the Catharinakerk in Eindhoven. The other camera (Foscam D2EP) is mounted in a breeding box on a churchtower in Liempde.

The first eggs have been layed and we already see a peregrine falcon brooding in Liempde. We don't know if this is also going to happen in Eindhoven, but we do hope so. The past few years several young peregrine falcons have grown up in these bird breeding boxes and have flown out. We are counting on a succesful sequel.

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HiWatch highlights
IP Solution, with advanced features:

• * H.265+, high efficiency codec. Reduces bandwidth, decreases storage requirements, improving overall system performance by up to 83%.   Compared to H.265, H.265+ can double surveillance recording duration
• * WDR, Wide Dynamic Range for excellent imaging. WDR technology enables cameras to maintain image fidelity without detail loss when   there is harsh backlighting
• * Hik-Connect en iVMS-4200. Allows end-users to connect to Hik Connect Cloud Server for powerful device management and enjoy live   views from multiple cameras on a PC or via smartphone
• * EXIR, extended Infra-Red power. For 24-hour surveillance, at night, and in dark environments, infra-red technology is essential. Hikvision's   EXIR provides a higher luminous efficiency for infra-red surveillance, improving images where and when it's critical 
• * Ultra low-light performance. Ensuring rich and colourful images in low-light scenarios, even down to 0.005 lux

Recently Foscam has updated the Foscam app. In the new version we added the quarter-screen function which supports up to four-channel playback. With this new feature you have a great overview of four of your cameras in one glance.

You can find the button for the quarter-screen between the menu button and the '+' -button (see screenshot). The new version is for Android and iOS.

Screenshot button	Quarter-screen

Should you have any questions about this new feature, please don't hesitate to contact our support team.

Firmware update
On 2 January 2020 Foscam released new firmware for the 2MP cameras D2EP, R2M, FI9912P and FI9912EP. In this firmware (2.x.2.48) we added the dynamic rich media function, shortened the P2P connection time and fixed some bugs. The firmware can be found om our downloads page. You can also install the firmware in the app.

Due to DDNS remote access technology’s lower security status, Foscam has to close DDNS application entry. Cameras will not support using Foscam dynamic domain name (DDNS) to remote access from 31st December 2019. Customers who do not use Foscam DDNS will not be affected.

Foscam focuses on security products, security is the most important. DDNS remote access technology has a lower security level than P2P remote access technology. Therefore, DDNS remote access technology does not meet Foscam's requirements of security in future developments.

If you still use Foscam DDNS, please be sure to read the instructions to adjust your settings (if applicable).

The instructions are in Dutch. If you have any trouble reading them, please contact us at support team for translation or other questions about this subject.