Arlo 6 AI Cams Hear Screams Find Footage Fast

Smart home security leader Arlo Security has unveiled Arlo 6, the latest version of its subscription home security system, packed with exciting new AI capabilities.

Arlo 6 enhances neighborhood safety by providing AI-generated summaries of what it records, known as Event Captions. Additionally, it features a searchable video library, enabling users to quickly find key moments using keywords, descriptions, or time frames, eliminating tedious manual searches.

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Arlo has also introduced advanced video and audio detection. The cameras can alert users via email or smartphone push notifications upon detecting sounds like screams, gunshots, breaking glass, or barking dogs, allowing for timely emergency responses.

Following an alert, users can remotely access the Arlo 6 video feed to assess the situation, whether it's a pet reacting to a potential intruder or simply a neighbor passing by.

The company, which recently celebrated passing 5 million paid subscribers, had already incorporated some object recognition capabilities in its older Arlo 5 platform, including the ability to spot cars and people. The new Arlo 6 builds on this foundation, now capable of detecting a more diverse set of signals.

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Accessing these new features requires a $7.99 subscription to Arlo Secure Plus, though many Arlo devices come with a complimentary first month. For those needing more, Arlo's Premium subscription supports an unlimited number of cameras and gives you access to human safety agents to help verify potential threats, setting you back $29.99 per month. The updated system will start rolling out to users later this month.

This update positions Arlo competitively with rivals like Google Nest, which has offered similar AI summaries and search functionality to subscribers via Gemini since November 2024. Meanwhile, Amazon's Ring also rolled out AI search in October.

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