AT&T’s Connected Life home security system can now use Gemini for Home to help customers review camera activity. The update adds event descriptions, searches that accept everyday questions and summaries of what happened around the home.
Search camera footage with everyday questions
Instead of looking through recordings one by one, users can ask questions about what a camera captured. The examples include “What dug up the yard last night?” and “Who let the dogs out?” Gemini can search recorded video to help find relevant footage.
The system can also provide more detail about an individual event. For example, it may describe who delivered a package and how many items they dropped off. The feature is intended to make camera history easier to review when a homeowner wants to check a particular moment.
Get a summary of activity
Gemini for Home can produce daily summaries of activity in and outside the home. Alongside searching for a specific event, that gives users a way to get an overview of what their cameras recorded during the day.
These features add a conversational layer to a security system: the user can ask about activity rather than relying only on manually browsing footage. The source does not specify how long recordings or summaries remain available, or how the system handles events it cannot identify.
Gemini features require professional monitoring
The AI features are available only to customers on AT&T’s professional Connected Life monitoring plan, priced at $29.99 / month. AT&T is also adding an option to automatically arm or disarm the home based on the customer’s proximity to it.
That proximity feature is separate from the camera search and summary capabilities described in the announcement. Together, the additions extend Connected Life with both automated security controls and tools for interpreting camera activity.
AT&T builds on Google Home technology
AT&T launched Connected Life last December in partnership with Google and Abode. The system is now using Google’s Gemini-powered Home APIs, which let smart home companies and developers build AI features into their products.
AT&T says Connected Life is the “first” home security product to integrate with Google Home Premium. The source also reports that ADT has hinted at bringing Gemini for Home features into its security systems, suggesting that similar AI tools may appear in other home security products.
For now, the reported Gemini capabilities are tied to AT&T’s paid professional monitoring plan. Customers considering them should weigh the practical convenience of asking questions about recorded events against the added monthly cost.