Wyze Labs is rolling out a new feature that uses artificial intelligence to let users search via text for specific moments in their security-camera videos.
The Kirkland, Wash.-based company is releasing the AI video search feature Wednesday for customers on its $9.99/month Cam Unlimited plan.
Wyze CEO Yun Zhang said in a news release that users will be surprised by the granular details they can search for, such as trash cans or garden tools, attributes such as colors and shapes, or specific queries such as “show me a delivery man with red roses,” or “show me my cat in the backyard.”
One of Wyze’s biggest competitors, Amazon’s Ring business, has been working on a yet-to-be-released AI-powered video search feature of its own, Ring CEO Liz Hamren told GeekWire in an interview published earlier this year. Amazon often introduces new features at an annual fall product unveiling.
Wyze says it has been working on AI integrations for its products since 2019. Its video search runs on a proprietary vision language model, design specifically for Wyze camera data. The company said this approach can be two to three times faster than conventional inference engines.
Customers on the Wyze Cam Unlimited plan can request to use the AI video search feature starting Wednesday, the company said.
Wyze has implemented new cloud and data security precautions after incidents in which some customers were temporarily able to access live videos from other users’ cameras, which prompted the New York Times’ Wirecutter to suspend its recommendations of the company’s products.
Founded in 2017 by a trio of Amazon veterans, the company raised $110 million in 2021 and ranks No. 9 on the GeekWire 200 list of top Pacific Northwest startups. Wyze started with security cameras but expanded to various other smart-home devices, now offering more than 70 different products.
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