#google’s Clips camera is already on sale for 20 percent off

Tech

Google’s Clips camera is on sale right now for $199, a $50 markdown just two months after the camera’s launch. That’s far from fire sale territory, but Google’s willingness to mark the product down so soon might speak to a lack of immediate success for the first gen product.

Clips launched at the very end of February for $249. The tiny camera is supposed to sit around a room and quietly record short, silent videos whenever it detects action. It’s a neat idea, but in his review of it, my colleague Dan Seifert found it to be altogether less useful than just recording things on his phone.

At $249, it’s also pretty expensive for a product that just doesn’t do that much — there are GoPros that sell for less. At $199, it’s getting closer to…

Continue reading…

Comments