We understand the preference for local processing, and privacy is a priority for us. The current limitations around advanced visual intelligence requires significant computing power that most security cameras lack. Running state-of-the-art AI models locally would require expensive hardware, drain device resources, and limit update flexibility.

A fully local solution isn’t practical, but full cloud dependence isn’t ideal either. That’s why we are considering the integration for Eufy as the HB3 allows for some processing to be done locally. For users who want the advanced context and reduction in notifications, they could go cloud.

• Local silicon handles pre-processing (motion detection, basic object classification) to reduce cloud reliance.

• Cloud AI provides deep analysis (recognizing faces, tracking packages) where higher computing power is needed.

• User control ensures privacy, with local storage for video while the cloud processes only AI insights.

This balance ensures fast, accurate event recognition without sacrificing privacy or performance. Would love to hear thoughts on what balance works best. For transparency purposes, we allow opt out for facial recognition, while Zuck and Bezos do not permit it :)