Apple today announced new Apple Intelligence features for the Home app, including AI-generated explanations for HomeKit Secure Video camera clips and smarter grouping of accessory notifications.
The Home app uses Apple Intelligence to analyze clips recorded from compatible cameras and generate text descriptions summarizing what happened there. Users can search the footage to find a specific event, such as a package delivery, without having to watch each clip individually.
The app also displays noteworthy clips at the top of the search page, allowing users to quickly identify key moments. When playing a clip, the Home app can combine footage from multiple cameras to provide a more complete picture of the event.
Apple Intelligence also makes accessory notifications smarter. Rather than receiving separate alerts for each triggered accessory, the Home app recognizes related notifications as a single ongoing activity and delivers a single notification that continues to update as the activity unfolds.
popular stories
Few smartphone owners care about foldable phones or AI, research suggests
A new study says most smartphone owners in the U.S. aren’t motivated to upgrade due to foldable phone design or AI features, a potential challenge for Apple as it prepares to launch both the rumored iPhone Ultra and an expanded suite of Apple Intelligence features this fall. The survey was commissioned by CNET and conducted by YouGov from April 29th to May 1st among 2,407 smartphone owners in the United States.
Apple previews new accessibility features powered by Apple Intelligence
Apple today announced a series of accessibility updates that use Apple Intelligence to extend the functionality of VoiceOver, Magnifier, Voice Control, and Accessibility Reader. This includes additional new features for generated subtitles and wheelchair control via Apple Vision Pro. Apple Intelligence powers several new features coming later this year: VoiceOver Image Explorer uses Apple…
New features in iOS 27, tips for major Siri upgrade coming soon
Every May, Apple previews new accessibility features coming to devices like iPhone, iPad, and Mac. This announcement typically comes a few days before Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and provides a glimpse of what will be included in the next major release of Apple software platforms such as iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. One of the new features Apple unveiled this year is…
