Security cameras connected to the Home app can use AI to search footage, and the Home app will finally support 4K resolution.
Security cameras connected to the Home app can use AI to search footage, and the Home app will finally support 4K resolution.
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Apple Intelligence is coming to cameras connected to Apple Home. At WWDC, Apple announced that with iOS27, the Home app will use Apple Intelligence to analyze footage and generate descriptions summarizing what the camera saw. You can also search footage with natural language to find clips from across connected cameras, such as when a package was delivered.
The Home app will also use Apple Intelligence to connect relevant clips together to give you a picture of what’s happening across your home, and surface “noteworthy clips” on the search page to quickly show you videos that might be important.
This AI boost is similar to features that Amazon’s Ring and Google’s Nest have added to their home security cameras over the last year. It’s possible these updates are in preparation for Apple’s rumored upcoming video doorbell and security camera.
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Apple also announced that 4K video resolution is coming to its HomeKit Secure Video service on supported cameras. This should help with clearer images to feed the AI. They’re also adding the ability to condense multiple alerts for the same device into a single notification that updates as more activity occurs.
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