Spotlight features

Built in spotlights on the S4 Max can be scheduled, tied to motion, or disabled, and their brightness can be tuned in the app to balance nighttime visibility with neighbor friendliness.

The built-in spotlight can be toggled from the app or triggered by motion and is bright enough to illuminate a yard, turning night footage from black and white into color and adding both visibility and deterrence at night.

Reviewers describe the G5 Pro’s integrated, adjustable spotlight as bright enough to light a porch or driveway and improve nighttime visibility while acting as a visible deterrent, but also point out that it is the only option for night vision and that finer automation, such as having it only activate on motion, requires more advanced rule setup than a simple toggle.

Reviewers say the built-in spotlights provide extra illumination when needed to pull out more detail in low-light scenes, even though the MaxColor night vision is often bright enough that the lights are not always necessary.

The C325WB’s built-in spotlight can trigger on motion to add extra illumination and detail when needed, complementing the camera’s already strong low-light performance rather than being the primary source of nighttime visibility.

Reviewers say the Argus 4 Pro’s integrated spotlights boost full-color night vision, acting as a visible deterrent and sharpening nighttime footage, and this review adds that manually toggling them restores detail in fully dark scenes even though smarter automatic activation based on motion and ambient light would be welcome.

Motion activated spotlights with optional voice prompts add an extra layer of deterrence and help illuminate the scene when activity is detected.

Built-in LED spotlights enable color night vision, offer adjustable brightness from the app and run on a timer that automatically shuts them off to conserve battery, providing flexible deterrence and visibility without demanding constant manual control, but this reviewer found the color spotlight mode prone to dramatic ghosting trails on moving people and wildlife, making the monochrome IR mode the more dependable choice for recognisable night footage.