The Future of Home Security: Trends and Innovations from Home Security Experts

Home security is advancing at an incredible pace, with new innovations reshaping what’s possible. Where once, simply owning one camera took a significant investment of time and money, comprehensive systems are now accessible for even the most budget-conscious homeowners. Between your phone, your video doorbell, and a few smart devices, just about anyone can protect their home from all sorts of incidents, especially when backed by professional monitoring.

Advanced as home security systems are now, however, in some ways, this is only the beginning. Innovative companies are pushing the envelope, developing new ways to offer homeowners even more protection and peace of mind. In this article, you’ll read about some of the latest developments from the home security experts you know and trust. These new additions can keep your home and loved ones even safer than ever.

AI-Powered Security Cameras

Newer security cameras and apps are using artificial intelligence to make more sense of what’s happening around your home environment. Some newer camera apps can use AI to identify your car — or your neighbor’s car, or the mailman’s — from video of vehicles and license plates. This way, your security system knows whether someone who enters your property is a threat or just a friend who forgot the alarm code.

These AI-powered cameras enhance home automation because they can also be trained to recognize other objects and where they should be in space. For example, they can be taught to detect if a garage door is open, a trash can has been moved, or a sprinkler is left on. A proper home alarm system can also learn to recognize fires, animals, packages, and the presence of humans by sight. AI cameras can be trained on all types of patterns, learning to recognize when something is amiss.

Smart Doorbells with Facial Recognition

Home security systems aren’t just learning to spot familiar objects; they’re also learning to spot familiar faces. Facial recognition technology is enabling them to match visitors with images in your personal database to determine whether or not they’re intruders. These cameras can learn to differentiate familiar faces from strangers, and make decisions accordingly, such as whether or not to alert you at work.

Facial recognition cameras can also go a step further, not just differentiating friend from stranger, but friend from foe. They can be programmed to keep a watchlist of potentially dangerous individuals and alert the alarm company or authorities of their presence. That means that if there’s a neighborhood burglar, dangerous criminal, or stalker lurking, your system can give you and your family an early warning.

Smart Locks, Lights, Thermostats, and More

Moving beyond smart cameras, many other common home devices are becoming a lot more intelligent. Soon, a range of smart home devices will be able to coordinate automatically and seamlessly to keep your home safer. It won’t just be about triggering the alarm system or alerting authorities, either. It’ll be all about using sophisticated techniques and preventative measures to keep a crime from occurring in the first place.

For example, current smart lights can be triggered to turn on or off when your smart lock is triggered, to help save energy. Newer smart light systems, however, can be trained to mimic human use patterns to make it look like you’re home even when you’re not around. One can imagine a not-so-distant future in which security systems also turn TVs on and off, or mimic the sounds of your family’s voices.

Predictive Analytics

The more advanced home security system options (and eventually all of them) will soon use predictive analytics and machine learning algorithms to analyze human behavior without facial recognition. These systems will use historical data to understand what “normal” looks like at and around your home, and assess activity based on this data. That way, they’ll know when to contact you or the authorities, or whether no action is needed.

These technologies can use behavior analysis to determine whether people typically enter your home through the front door or the garage. They can also get a sense of whether it’s typical for your neighbor to peek in the kitchen window or park in your driveway. They can use this data to spot anomalies, like a burglar sneaking onto the back porch or a stranger peeping in your bedroom window.

Biometric Entry

Biometric entry security systems have long been the stuff of James Bond and Mission: Impossible movies. All of that is changing, as biometric technology becomes so readily available and affordable that you probably already use it on your phone. This technology is increasingly being used by home security systems in place of standard keys and keypad (number) locks. Pairing them with professional installation and a smart monitoring plan through a security company can really improve access control and home safety that's far more reliable than even your nosiest trusted neighbor.

Biometric identification includes basic fingerprint scans, as well as facial recognition, iris and retina scans, and voice recognition. While likely still a long way from casual home use, vein recognition and behavioral biometric technologies are also emerging and improving. Behavioral biometrics are especially interesting because they can determine who an individual is (or isn’t) based on their gait, keystrokes, and other patterns.

Conclusion

The future of home security systems isn’t just about louder alarms and more powerful cameras. It’s about systems that practically think for themselves and communicate between devices to anticipate and ward off potential threats. While some of these technologies are still in development, it won’t be long before they’re commonplace. As technology continues to evolve, so do the possibilities for smarter, safer homes.

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