AP Watch Your Pets While You’re at Work With This Home Security Camera That’s Under $20 on Amazon

Updated Mar 4, 2025 5:42 am ET


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If you’ve ever wondered what your pets do all day while you’re at work, you don’t have to keep guessing. A good indoor camera like the Kasa Smart Indoor Home Security Camera can help you check in on them. And it isn’t just a camera. With smart connections, you can detect motion, get instant alerts and speak through it. It’s an all-around security device that’s 43% off, making it under $20 right now on Amazon. This smart camera is a good addition to your home.

Kasa Smart Indoor Home Security Camera, $19.99 (43% off)

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The Kasa home security camera comes in two colors (black and white) with both currently on sale. The camera can be placed anywhere in your home where there’s a Wi-Fi signal. It gives you 1080P Full HD (2K is also available), 360-degree views with night vision as it pans horizontally and vertically, tracking moving objects, people or pets. The real-time push notifications alert you to motion in the area, increasing your ability to respond to emergencies or just to check if your cat has knocked something over again.

It also works well as a baby monitor with a cry detection feature to provide parents with real-time information. The different notifications can discern regular activities from something that needs your immediate attention. Kasa’s camera has built-in two-way audio and can save footage on a microSD card up to 256 GB (not included), or you can subscribe to Kasa Care for cloud storage to get other features including video summaries and snapshots. It’s compatible with Alexa and Google Home to live stream with an Echo Show or Google Chrome Cast with a TV.

Customers really appreciate the Kasa camera’s easy setup and usability and consider it a “great purchase.” One customer says, “I bought this to see what my pet does all day. I also like being able to just pop in at my house if I’m away or just to see what is going on. The quality is amazing! I got the 2K camera. It was easy to set up and connect to our router.” Another customer says, “I have a husky that likes to tear into things and does not do well in a crate. Since getting the camera, the destruction of the house has decreased significantly. Easy to use and was a very quick set up.”

The Kasa is extremely easy to use and setup to monitor your home remotely. And if something does happen, you can rest assured you’ll be alerted with the companion app with push notifications. It’s currently discounted 43% to an unbeatable price of just under $20. If you’d like to keep a better eye on your pets or home, the Kasa is one of the most affordable ways to do it.

Lauren Wilrich

Lauren Wilrich

Author McClatchy Commerce

Lauren is a Commerce Updates Editor at McClatchy. She is based in Houston, Texas, and holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Dallas. Lauren has written for women’s accessories and home goods brands and has edited commerce content for numerous publications with a focus on home and kitchen gadgets, health, and beauty verticals. When she’s not editing, she can be found enjoying Houston’s restaurant scene and attempting DIY arts and crafting projects.

Abby Kass

Abby Kass

Editor McClatchy Commerce

Abby Kass is a Commerce Content Editor at McClatchy covering kids/babies, pets, beauty, and more. With more than seven years experience writing and editing shopping content, Abby has a strong understanding of how important commerce content really is and its important value to readers. She loves browsing online and finding innovative, unique, and just down-right cool products. Before McClatchy, Abby started her career working for Parents Magazine where she fell in love with writing about products. She then spent six years at BuzzFeed falling deeper into the shopping world writing more than 1,500 product roundups and reviews. She sees shopping as a sport and has worked hard at mastering it in order to help make people’s lives easier as they find cool and useful products.