Hopefully sooner rather than later. Really keen to get rid of the Nest cams as Google cannot be trusted to support things. And with them ditching the Nest Protects I’m down with their overpriced hardware.
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Apple Developing Ring-Like Home Security Camera
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I have a Nest, works fine. Now I'm gettin notices from Goggle that in a few months it will no longer work other than as a dumb stand alone thermostat. They want me to buy a new one. Any recommendations other than Nest? I won't give google another cent.
Hmm I’ll be keen to see what they do. I just need a good camera floodlight that works with HomeKit to put over my garage.
A lock / doorbell combination with facial recognition would be cool. I would prefer it if it didn't require wifi to work, but it probably will.
I don't think I'll ever put a security camera inside my house. IMO they're for exterior use only.
I don't think I'll ever put a security camera inside my house. IMO they're for exterior use only.
Hmm, I hope this isn't the case. Adding a bunch of cameras constantly watching the interior of my house, even if they are "local only" seems like overkill to know where a person is. They have so many other ways to do this - IE my Apple watch is in a room, it should detect that using BLE from homepods in each room. Same with the phone. Then you know room occupancy without a massive privacy invasion of cameras everywhere.
Yes - it doesn't work if you don't have any devices with you, but at that point it can just go based on voice recognition.
Yes - it doesn't work if you don't have any devices with you, but at that point it can just go based on voice recognition.
This is one of those markets that makes very little to no profit on the devices themselves. The profit is made on the cloud subscriptions once the users have the cheap devices.
Apple doesn’t sell products like this. Their version would be priced significantly higher than any competitor which will result in low sales. Most likely, this will just be cancelled.
Apple doesn’t sell products like this. Their version would be priced significantly higher than any competitor which will result in low sales. Most likely, this will just be cancelled.
I wholeheartedly concur. It's mind-blowing to me that anyone would put Ring cameras in particular inside their house, knowing their history. Even if you didn't already know, or even if it wasn't Ring... the risk is just too obvious.
A nest style device could sell quite well with seamless Apple device integration. The problem with any Apple product that's not a phone or computer is the Apple tax. Consumers won't see the value in paying a large premium for devices that already work great with their phones.
Apple could literally crush and own some categories if they didn't need such massive margins.
Apple could literally crush and own some categories if they didn't need such massive margins.