Apple’s smart home camera service is starting to impress me (opens original article in a new tab)

Apple's HomeKit Secure Video service is enhancing its smart home capabilities with AI-driven alerts, natural language search, and energy monitoring, aiming to compete with rivals like Ring and Google Nest.

• Apple's HomeKit Secure Video service introduces AI-powered descriptive alerts and natural language search for camera footage.
• The Home app now includes energy monitoring support via Matter, with detailed usage reports for connected devices.
• Improvements include faster clip loading, better stability, and 4K video resolution support, though some features are still in development.