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I've been thinking about this recently. I have multiple Echo's in the house with really good microphones, as well as smart smoke alarms with farsight[0] which s
by snowwolf 9y ago
I've been thinking about this recently. I have multiple Echo's in the house with really good microphones, as well as smart smoke alarms with farsight[0] which senses motion. This could be turned into a pretty sophisticated home security system that could alert you when sleeping (wakes up the Echo in your bedroom) or out (notify you via the app) when suspicious activity occurs - like the window glass breaking example, or motion is detected when everyone has gone to bed or are out of the house.
With machine learning/AI systems these could potentially be more accurate than traditional home security systems.
[0] - https://nest.com/uk/support/article/What-is-Farsight https://nest.com/uk/support/article/What-is-Farsight
- EADGBE 9y agoThat page makes it seem like only the Thermostat has Farsight. You mention smoke alarms. I do know that my Nest Protects (smoke alarms) have motion detection though. Very handy nightlight in the middle of the night. Though if tied into the sole source of an alarm system I know it'd be a problem because my dogs can activate the nightlights in the Protects. Pets really make home security hard, I'd bet.
- tomcam 9y agoI don’t understand why this was downvoted