Is the camera color video at night with 850 nm lighting.?

[2002benz]

And do the new camera's have "INSTANT" alerts with no time lag.?

[Sarath_Inampudi]

Essential Spotlight Camera and Essential XL Spotlight Camera have an integrated LED spotlight, which turns on automatically upon motion detection at night to provide sufficient ambient lighting for seeing videos in colour. They also have 850nm InfraRed LEDs in case you would like to see regular night vision in black and white.

Essential Camera has InfraRed LEDs only, so it supports black and white night vision.

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