Wyze cameras are set to utilize artificial intelligence to provide descriptions of their visual observations.

Wyze has introduced a new AI capability designed to minimize the frequency of manual checks on security footage by providing descriptions of what the camera has recorded. The innovative Descriptive Alerts will deliver notifications that “precisely summarize motion events” and offer additional context beyond just informing users of detected movement or objects, as stated by Wyze.

An example alert provided by the company is “a delivery driver wearing a blue hat leaves a package on the doorstep, then leaves. A green SUV is parked in the street.” Rival smart home security companies like Ring, Google’s Nest, and (to some extent) Arlo provide similar AI summarization features for their own cameras, but Wyze’s video-to-text alerts seem to be the only service that specifies detail like color in its descriptions.

Wyze’s Descriptive Alerts are available to Cam Unlimited Pro members — a new $19.99 per month (or $199.99 per year) subscription that bundles other features like facial recognition, searching videos using descriptive keywords, and simultaneously viewing live feeds from multiple Wyze cameras. The Cam Unlimited Pro subscription will also include 60 days of cloud storage, though Wyze says this won’t be available until “Spring 2025.” 

Just remember, Wyze cameras have suffered from serious security and privacy issues in the past. Choose wisely.