Can Apple Home’s AI camera features outsmart Amazon’s and Google’s? I put them to the test
A review finds Apple Intelligence camera descriptions useful but priced far above Ring and Nest.
A Verge hands-on review compares Apple Intelligence for Home, added with iOS 27, against Amazon Ring and Google Nest camera AI. Apple's feature adds text descriptions, natural-language video search, and grouped notifications to HomeKit Secure Video, priced at $9.99 a month for one camera, $29.99 for two, and $59.99 for up to five, with no tier above five cameras. Ring and Nest offer similar descriptions, search, and facial recognition for about $20 a month on unlimited cameras, with Nest using Gemini. The reviewer found the descriptions more useful than generic motion alerts but questioned Apple's higher price.
- Apple Intelligence for Home arrived with iOS 27 on September 14.
- Apple plans cost about $10, $30, or $60 and cap at five cameras.
- Ring and Google Nest charge about $20 monthly for unlimited cameras.
- AI text descriptions replace generic motion alerts on all three.
- AI models
- Gemini
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I used Google’s Nest Doorbell (left), Aqara’s HomeKit-compatible G400 (center), and the Ring Pro 4K (right) to test the new AI features of Gemini for Home, Apple Intelligence for Home, and Amazon’s Ring. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge A few years back, I was at a beachside Easter egg hunt, watching my kids dash through sand dunes searching for sweet treats. My phone buzzed in my pocket; I ignored it.
By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy · theverge.com
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