3 ms·

It seems so obvious why hasn't Google Now done it already? Is it because of security concerns that a home device can "spy" on you at all times in your own home

It seems so obvious why hasn't Google Now done it already? Is it because of security concerns that a home device can "spy" on you at all times in your own home? By the way, there's a new marketing approach that's been trending lately: Instead of saying "this is a Alexa with a camera", they say what it's for: "look your best". Eventhough we all know adding a camera can do a lot more than just checking if you look good in these clothes or not (ie security monitoring). Apple Watch has been using the same technique lately. It's been focusing the Apple Watch functionality mainly on sports, eventough it can do a lot more than just sports. Are you guys seeing the trend? Are you going to use it for your own products and services? I surely will try Cheers!

cptskippy 9y ago
Google owns Nest and their cameras. Beyond the basic motion detection where you can define areas of interest in the Nest camera's field of view and it will notify you when it detects movement. They've started using machine learning with them so it can distinguish people and notify you when it sees a person. It is also pretty good at not notifying you of false positives. I have one watching my front yard and early on it would notify you of motion from cloud shadows or wind shaking trees but it seems to have learned to ignore them now. I look forward to them being able to identify UPS, FexEx and USPS delivery vehicles dropping off packages.