Apple’s reportedly developing a smart home camera that doesn’t record video
Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.Apple’s rumored push into smart home tech could include a smart home security camera that only gives users text event descriptions instead of video footage. Mark Gurman said in the first episode of the Power On podcast that the camera will be part of “a new Apple smart home ecosystem,” alongside Apple’s rumored smart home hub:They’re also building home security products, both first-party and third-party home security products. And the biggest thing is a program called J450.
- ▪Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.Apple’s rumored push into smart home tech could include a smart home security camera that only gives users text event descriptions instead of video footag
- ▪Mark Gurman said in the first episode of the Power On podcast that the camera will be part of “a new Apple smart home ecosystem,” alongside Apple’s rumored smart home hub:They’re also building home security products, both first-party and th
- ▪And the biggest thing is a program called J450.
4 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 8 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Apple's smart home camera reportedly won't record video — The Apple Post
- ▪ Apple's Smart Home Camera Will Apparently Have 'No Video Recording' — MacRumors
- ▪ Apple's home camera will watch the house, but you won't see what it sees — AppleInsider
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