Arlo security cameras are getting new facial and vehicle recognition capabilities

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Arlo is upgrading its security cameras and video doorbells with additional AI features. The company is adding the ability to recognize people and vehicles to its cameras and learn to detect custom objects or changes in the environment. While an Arlo camera can currently alert you when it spots a person or vehicle (as well as packages and animals), it can now be trained to tell you exactly who it sees and what vehicle.

The new features are part of Arlo Secure 5, a suite of AI-powered features combined with machine learning. Secure 5 is now available to Arlo users in the U.S., Canada and Asia Pacific, with more regions coming soon, said Ashton Good, senior director of marketing at Arlo.

If the new alarms work well, they could be hugely helpful. Ideally, they would reduce the number of annoying notifications – which have been a real hit for security cameras – and only send the alerts you really need to know about.

Arlo Secure 5 brings three new features. With improved With person detection, Arlo cameras can now offer “personalized alerts with names from your private library of named faces,” according to a press release. (Google and Eufy already offer similar facial recognition features on their cameras.)

Good says facial recognition processing happens in the cloud, not on the device, but the images captured “are unique and specific to each account and are not shared with other users or used in a central database.” Arlo encrypts video and data during transmission and when stored in the cloud, Good says.

The second new feature, vehicle detection, sends alerts “with the names of known vehicles that you have previously designated,” says Arlo.

Custom detection is the third feature of Secure 5. Currently in beta, this feature lets you train Arlo's AI systems to detect specific objects or changes in your home and send you alerts. Arlo offers examples of a camera that tells you when the garage door is open or one that sends an alert if you left the light on in your basement.

All current Arlo cameras and video doorbells are compatible with Secure 5 and don't require an Arlo base station, Good says. However, Secure 5's features require an Arlo Secure Plus or Premium subscription (starting at $17.99 per month), as they're not included in the Arlo Basic plan.

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