# YOLO26 Compatibility with Commercial Edge Devices and Cameras

**URL:** <https://community.ultralytics.com/t/yolo26-compatibility-with-commercial-edge-devices-and-cameras/1932>\
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**Created:** [April 12, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.ultralytics.com/t/yolo26-compatibility-with-commercial-edge-devices-and-cameras/1932 "2026-04-12T19:53:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![dj3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dj3000](https://community.ultralytics.com/u/dj3000)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.ultralytics.com/t/yolo26-compatibility-with-commercial-edge-devices-and-cameras/1932/1 "2026-04-12T19:53:17Z")

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Hi All

We are currently working on a project using YOLO26. At the moment, we are using the standard model. We would like to understand its compatibility with commercially available edge devices or outdoor camera units.

What I am trying to ask is: we do not want to develop any hardware at this stage. Instead, we are looking for existing, off-the-shelf solutions where we can simply load our code and get the application running.

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**Author:** ![Toxite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.ultralytics.com/toxite/32/123_2.png) [@Toxite](https://community.ultralytics.com/u/Toxite)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.ultralytics.com/t/yolo26-compatibility-with-commercial-edge-devices-and-cameras/1932/2 "2026-04-12T20:32:49Z")

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YOLO runs on many edge devices. It would work as long as you have compatible hardware.

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**Author:** ![dj3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dj3000](https://community.ultralytics.com/u/dj3000)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 8:17am UTC](https://community.ultralytics.com/t/yolo26-compatibility-with-commercial-edge-devices-and-cameras/1932/3 "2026-04-13T08:17:09Z")

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At the moment, I am running a Raspberry Pi, but I am looking for something smaller. In the worst case, I could use a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, but I was wondering what would happen if I ran my models directly on the Pi itself alongside the Sony IMX500 camera. Would this cause a conflict, or could it be implemented as a two-stage processing system?

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**Author:** ![Toxite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.ultralytics.com/toxite/32/123_2.png) [@Toxite](https://community.ultralytics.com/u/Toxite)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 9:07am UTC](https://community.ultralytics.com/t/yolo26-compatibility-with-commercial-edge-devices-and-cameras/1932/4 "2026-04-13T09:07:39Z")

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Pi Zero can run YOLO, but not in realtime. It will take several seconds to return a result for each frame.

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> what would happen if I ran my models directly on the Pi itself alongside the Sony IMX500 camera

They would run, but each model would return detections independently of the other. It’s like running two models at the same time. If you’re using IMX500, you run the model on camera by exporting to IMX500. The Pi doesn’t run the model. It processes the detections.