SwitchBot’s new AI Hub can interpret events captured by its cameras and use them to trigger events.

AI could bring the smart home closer to the Star Trek dream: a central « computer » that runs your home. At IFA this week, SwitchBot – best known for its button-pushing robots – is debuting a product that lays the groundwork for at least part of that vision.
The new SwitchBot AI Hub combines local AI processing with a cloud-based visual language model (VLM) to interpret events in your home and use them to trigger automations, moving the company a small step closer to creating a truly intelligent home.
Paired with SwitchBot’s home security cameras, including its pan-tilt indoor camera and video doorbell, the AI Hub will « understand » events i …
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SwitchBot has ambitions to be the AI that powers your smart home