Google reveals $250 smart AI camera that recognises faces

Google has revealed a hands-free camera that will automatically take photos and video for people looking to catch candid moments of their family, friends and pets. 

The small, square device, called Google Clips, can be attached to something stationary so it can capture images of everything within its range of view. 

It will rely on artificially intelligence to know the best times to snap a photo or record video.

 

Google’s new wireless AI Clips Camera is designed for pet owners and parents to automatically capture key moments in their loved one’s lives

HOW IT WORKS 

The lightweight, hands-free camera  can be set on the coffee table or clipped to a chair to get a shot of your cat playing with its favorite toy. 

There’s also a shutter button—both on the camera and in the corresponding app—so you can capture other moments or subjects, whatever you please.

When you turn it on, the camera looks for good moments to capture. 

Clips looks for stable, clear shots of people you know. 

You can help the camera learn who is important to you so when grandma comes in town, you’ll capture the grand entrance.

Google is promising that privacy controls built into Clips will give the camera’s users complete control over which images they want to transfer to another device or share with someone else.

‘We know privacy and control really matter, so we’ve been thoughtful about this for Clips users, their families, and friends,’ the firm said.

‘Clips was designed and engineered with these principles in mind.’

The little device looks like a camera, and lights up when it’s on so everyone knows what Clips does and when it’s capturing.

‘As you capture with Clips, the camera learns to recognize the faces of people that matter to you and helps you capture more moments of them,’ Google says, and claims all the machine learning happens on the device itself. 

‘Just like any point-and-shoot, nothing leaves your device until you decide to save it and share it.’

Clips will sell for almost $250 and will be available in stores in December.

Juston Payne of Google said: ‘We love photos and videos. They take us back to a special time with our friends and family.

‘The trouble is, getting those spontaneous shots means that someone has to be the “designated photographer”—always waiting to snap a photo at just the right moment.’

Payne said the product was inspired by his own kids.

‘I would have loved more images of me holding my kids, Clark and Juliet, when they were newborns, but because my wife and I had our hands full, these moments got away from us.’

The firm has built machine learning capabilities directly into Clips so when you turn it on, the camera looks for good moments to capture. 

Clips looks for stable, clear shots of people you know, and promises ‘you can help the camera learn who is important to you so when grandma comes in town, you’ll capture the grand entrance.’

Clips sync wirelessly and in seconds from the camera to the Google Clips app for Android or iOS.

Google Clips is coming soon to the U.S. for $249. 

In this first edition, Clips is designed specifically with parents and pet owners in mind.

 

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