Apple Home's new AI summaries for security cameras cost more than you'd think

If you have a lot of cameras in your home, get ready to pay for more expensive iCloud+ plans. Apple Home’s new AI summaries for security cameras cost more than you’d think. One noteworthy change is coming to Apple HomeKit, as the Cupertino company injects Apple Intelligence into its home security camera system.

The upgrade launches Apple’s video summary feature, where you can generate descriptions of videos caught on your home security system. The feature groups together related clips across multiple cameras for a comprehensive picture of a specific event, allowing you to easily review events that occur at your home. For instance, Apple’s press release announcing the feature shows a man identified as Robert arriving at a home with a fruit bowl of fruit, an example showcasing how HomeKit’s Apple Intelligence and Face Recognition software work together to generate these summaries.

You can also search these recordings using natural language queries, as well as group similar videos together to reduce notifications. And while your willingness to invite yet another AI algorithm into your life may vary, it’s no doubt that the new feature is another sign of AI’s continued push into modern smart homes. The feature won’t be available to all Apple HomeKit users.

In just a couple days, Apple should be unveiling its long-awaited new lineup of new Home products. That includes an updated HomePod mini, Apple TV 4K, the brand-new smart home hub called ‘HomeView’, as well as a new lineup of smart home accessories, in collaboration with LG.

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Here’s what to expect with the HomePod mini 2. Report: HomePod mini 2 to release on October 30 with these upgrades.

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