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YI Technology, also known as Xiaoyi () in Mainland China markets, is a company that manufactures cameras and
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technologies. Some of the company's popular camera models include the YI 1080p Home Camera, and the YI Outdoor Security Camera. YI Technology was originally backed and branded by
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, but in October 2016, YI split off from Xiaomi, dropping the "Xiaomi Yi" branding. Since its founding YI Technology has gone on to produce a wide range of indoor and outdoor security cameras and has shipped products to over 186 countries and created the sub-brand "Kami" in late 2018.


History

YI Technology was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in
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, China. In 2018, YI Technology partnered with
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to produce the YI Horizon VR180, Google's first VR180
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camera. On November 7, 2018, YI Technology launched the sub-brand "Kami" and released the Kami Indoor Camera.


Products

Notable products include: * YI Halo Camera (discontinued) * YI 360 VR Camera (discontinued) * YI 1080p Home Camera * YI Dome X Camera * YI Outdoor Security camera * YI Lite Action Camera * YI 4K Action Camera * YI M1 Mirrorless Camera (discontinued) * YI Nightscape Dash Camera * YI Smart Dash Camera *YI PTZ 1080p Outdoor camera *Kami Indoor Camera *Kami Outdoor Camera


Recognition

YI Technology has received a number of awards in mainland China and abroad. Some awards include the 2017 Red Dot Award for Product design, and the 2018 DISTREE EMEA Smart Tech Diamond Award.


See also

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Home Security Home security includes both the Security alarm, security hardware placed on a property and individuals' Security of person, personal security practices. Security hardware includes doors, locks, alarm systems, lighting, motion detectors, and secu ...
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Edge Computing Edge computing is a distributed computing model that brings computation and data storage closer to the sources of data. More broadly, it refers to any design that pushes computation physically closer to a user, so as to reduce the Latency (engineer ...
* Security Cameras *
Google Nest Google Nest is a line of smart home products including smart speakers, smart displays, streaming devices, thermostats, smoke detectors, routers and security systems including smart doorbells, cameras and smart locks. The Nest brand n ...
* Ring


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