Ring, an Amazon-owned smart home security company, announced this Wednesday that it will introduce an innovative artificial intelligence feature in its doorbell and camera products. This new feature will provide users with specific text descriptions of the motion activities detected by their devices, significantly improving the clarity of real-time notifications.
Now, when users receive real-time notifications about events around their homes, the updated information will be more detailed and intuitive. For example, a notification might read "A person is walking up the steps with a black dog," or "Two people are looking at a white car parked in the driveway." Compared to previous vague notifications, this is undoubtedly a significant improvement, allowing users to more accurately understand what is happening and quickly determine if any action is needed. It should be noted that the AI only describes the first few seconds of the motion-activated video clip.
This new feature has been launched today in the United States and Canada as a beta version in English for Ring Home Premium users. Users can easily disable this feature through the settings option in the Ring app according to their preferences.
According to a blog post by Jamie Siminoff, founder of Ring and current vice president of Amazon Home Security, the company plans to launch more AI-based features. One notable feature is the ability to combine multiple motion events occurring inside and outside the house into a single alert, reducing notification redundancy.
In addition, Ring intends to implement "custom anomaly alerts," allowing users to define what constitutes an "anomaly" on their property, so that the camera can notify them when such events occur. Siminoff also mentioned that Ring will "understand your daily routines" and proactively notify users when something unusual happens.
Although these future AI features aim to provide a smarter and more convenient security experience, the idea of "understanding your daily routines" may raise privacy concerns among some users, especially considering Ring's past privacy issues.
This announcement comes after Ring recently launched an AI-powered search feature that allows users to locate specific moments in video recordings. Siminoff is confident about the potential of artificial intelligence, stating, "We've only just scratched the surface of artificial intelligence. I feel like we're back to the early days of Ring — I see the endless potential we can create for our neighbors."
