“HomeKit Secure Video: What’s All The Buzz About?”
With the advancement of technology, modern services have been increased. The whole world has been connected, and due to this, it’s essential to secure your data through a reliable source. As new inventions are observed these days, within a short time, all homes will be considered smart homes. When you buy a product from a reliable foundation, you can get the benefit of all the advanced conveniences knowing their privacy is still intact. When people plan to buy devices for their homes, especially the devices that can hear and see them, they don’t consider much about their privacy. However, the most important thing to consider at that time is what’s their track record for the protection of customers’ privacy. You can confirm it by comparing the reliability and authenticity of the brand.
Are you now worried about which company is reliable? Which company values privacy to the desired extent? After a long-term observation and practical experiences, it comes to be considered that the only top tech company that respects its customer’s privacy is Apple. So, their HomeKit Secure Video is a significant part of the smart home experience.
The product was officially announced in June at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2019. Apple has built its name on respecting its customer’s privacy from the core. For supporting one camera, a 200GB iCloud storage plan is required, while for supporting five cameras, a 2TB storage plan is required. The users must have a Home Hub set up to get the benefit of the product. Apple TV, HomePod, or an iPad could be used as a Home hub.
The HomeKit Secure Video can customise your all sharing options, notifications, video recordings, and storage. Let’s see the things you need to use the product:
- An iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch with iOS 13.2 or later.
- The Home app that’s set up on the user’s iPad, iPhone, or iPod with the Apple ID that he uses with iCloud.
- A home hub set up on an AppleTV, iPad, or HomePod.
- A supported iCloud storage plan.
- One or more HomeKit Secure Video cameras.
How to use HomeKit Secure Video?
Follow the below steps to add all of the HomeKit Secure Video cameras to the Home app:
→ First, check your camera manufacturer to know if there’s a need to install their iPadOS or iOS camera app for initial setup.
→ Then, add the camera and ensure the network is stable because, in case of disconnection, the video may not be stored.
→ Follow the instructions to choose your recording settings, streaming, user permission and more. If you want, you can change these settings later. After finishing, tap Done to begin the process. If you reach the maximum number of recording-enabled cameras, then you’ll get the notification.
We hope our words will help you bring security to your home in a smart way.
