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Apple’s HomeView may double as security camera – watch out Ring, Nest, and Wyze
HomeView settings reveal potential video recording and streaming options alongside privacy features.
Apple’s HomeView smart home hub could soon double as an indoor security camera via HomeKit Secure Video, according to settings discovered by a Reddit user pdfu.
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The user cites strings in the HomeView’s settings app bundles and the Home app that propose video recording and streaming options alongside privacy settings.
Once these settings are enabled, users can configure HomeView to detect motion, stream real-time video, and record video. These strings appear in HomeView software version 27.2, suggesting that Apple will wrap this feature into an upcoming software update. Still, there’s a possibility that this feature gets delayed to an even later software release.
The post claims to have copied and pasted strings from HomeView’s settings app bundles, detailing how HomeView will stream or record video, and which settings are available to privacy-minded people.
Via HomeKit Security Camera, only users registered to the home can view HomeView’s video streams and recordings. Additionally, a green status light will appear, and a chime will sound to alert house dwellers that HomeView is recording or someone is starting a camera stream.
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Finally, all members registered to the Home app will receive a notification when someone else changes HomeKit Secure Video settings, such as allowing HomeView to detect motion or record video.
HomeView may have four video options: Off, Detect Activity, Stream, and Stream & Allow Recordings. With Detect Activity, home members would be alerted to motion but won’t be able to rewatch who or what triggered the notification.