SimpliSafe Wired Indoor Camera Review 2023

The Wired Indoor Camera has features we expect from any security camera worth its salt, including night vision, two-way audio, and motion detection.

The Wired Indoor Camera can send you notifications when it detects motion in a room, and two-way audio lets you hear what’s going on in the room and talk to whoever’s in there. If you need to scold your pet (or your kid) for eating something they shouldn’t, the Wired Indoor Camera makes it easy.

Wired Indoor Camera features: 

• 1080p resolution
• Motion detection
• 120º field of view
• Two-way audio
• Person detection
• Free livefeed
• 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi compatibility
• Downloadable video clips
• 30-day cloud storage plan
• Video verification with SimpliSafe

The Wired Indoor Camera works best on flat surfaces, but you can also mount it on a wall if you want to. The camera’s stand comes right off, and you can position the camera in the corner of a room to get a full view.

The Wired Indoor Camera does still use a power cord, so you’ll need to figure out how to wrangle that to keep the camera plugged in. But the Wired Indoor Camera power cord is honestly quite long to begin with.

If you have a SimpliSafe security system, you can use Alexa or Google Assistant to arm your system and check its status. But you can’t do anything with the Wired Indoor Camera and Alexa or Google. There effectively aren’t any smart home integrations for this camera. You can’t pair the camera with SmartThings or IFTTT either.

If you want a home security camera with better smart home integrations, we recommend Arlo or Eufy cameras.

The Wired Indoor Camera is pretty affordable by security camera standards. It costs only about $100. Compare that to something like the Nest Cam Outdoor that costs more like $200.

Whether you use the Interactive monitoring plan or SimpliSafe’s individual Camera Subscription plan, the SimpliCam can’t record 24/7 continuous footage—you get only motion-activated video clips.

Even the full SimpliSafe system doesn’t have very many smart home integrations—and the Wired Indoor Camera has even fewer.

The Wired Indoor Camera will work directly with your SimpliSafe security system. You can view the camera feed on the SimpliSafe mobile app home screen, and camera events will show up in the SimpliSafe timeline of security events. But the camera doesn’t work with Alexa, Google Assistant, or any other smart speakers or devices.

In our tests, the Wired Indoor Camera did just as well as other affordable indoor cameras, like the Blink Mini and the Eufy Indoor Cam 2K. It gave us clear images where you could clearly see people’s faces and movements.

It wasn’t amazing quality, but it was perfectly average in every way.

If you want a cheap indoor security camera that works with your SimpliSafe security system, then the Wired Indoor Camera fits the bill. We don’t recommend it as an add-on for any other home security systems because it won’t work directly with those systems. But for SimpliSafe users, or as a standalone indoor camera, it’s not a bad choice.

• Features: The Wired Indoor Camera has standard security features like two-way audio, night vision, and motion detection. You can use the camera to talk to people through the camera and see what’s going on in that room—even at night.
• Pricing: The Wired Indoor Camera is affordable at only about $100. You can often get the Wired Indoor Camera for free if you buy a SimpliSafe home security system.
• Home automation: The Wired Indoor Camera has basically no smart home integrations. It doesn’t work with Alexa or Google, and you can’t integrate it with other smart stuff in your house.
• Installation: The Wired Indoor Camera is easy to set up, and will take you only a few minutes to add to the mobile app and connect to your Wi-Fi network.

Not sure if the Wired Indoor Camera is right for you? Check out our Best Indoor Cameras review for more options.