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EQUIPThe Verge · 1h ago

Apple Home’s new security camera features cost as much as $60 a month

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Apple has integrated AI-powered video summaries into its HomeKit Secure Video platform via iOS 27. These new features require an upgraded iCloud+ subscription, significantly increasing the monthly cost for residential security intelligence.

  • 01Apple Intelligence now provides automated text descriptions of security camera footage events
  • 02Enhanced features require an iCloud+ plan costing up to sixty dollars per month
  • 03The service utilizes Apple Intelligence to identify individuals and objects in recorded video
  • 04Subscribers must update to iOS 27 or tvOS 27 to access these new capabilities

AI-generated summary · Verify at source

With the public release of iOS 27 and tvOS 27, Apple Home is getting an injection of Apple Intelligence - but you'll have to pay more for it. Apple Intelligence for Home brings AI-powered video summaries to HomeKit Secure Video, so you can get short text descriptions of who and what compatible security cameras saw, […]