Amazon Launches New 'Familiar Face Recognition' Feature for Ring in Japan
Amazon announced the launch of a new personalized 'Familiar Face Recognition' feature for its Ring home security brand in Japan, available to Ring Home Premium plan subscribers.
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Amazon announced today, Wednesday, April 8, that its home security brand 'Ring' will begin offering a new feature, 'Familiar Face Recognition' *1, in Japan. This feature will be rolled out sequentially to customers *2 who own Ring devices equipped with 4K or 2K cameras, or select HD devices, and are subscribed to the Ring Home Premium plan. The 'Familiar Face Recognition' feature allows you to receive personalized notifications such as 'Mom detected at the front door,' rather than the traditional Ring notification of 'Person detected at the front door.' You can view details about this product in the video below. ( https://youtube.com/shorts/qXIkGtKNkos )
What is the 'Familiar Face Recognition' Feature?
The front door is a high-traffic area in the home, frequented by family, friends, and delivery drivers. However, when you are out or in a room far from the entrance, you cannot immediately know who has arrived. The 'Familiar Face Recognition' feature is a new opt-in feature designed to help you quickly identify people you frequently see at your front door. By enabling this feature, you can personalize the motion alerts received at the front door equipped with a compatible Ring device. This allows you to turn off notifications when you enter or exit, or receive specific notifications when family members come and go. Consequently, you can instantly know when your child returns from school or an elderly family member gets back home without waiting for a message. By using Familiar Face Recognition, you can reduce unwanted notifications from routine motion detection and more reliably capture important events and moments.
How to Use
'Familiar Face Recognition' is an opt-in feature and must be enabled in the Ring app settings before use. Customers are responsible for reviewing applicable laws and using this feature appropriately and responsibly.
Once enabled, the compatible Ring device detects a person when their face approaches the camera and creates an unnamed profile within the Ring app. Customers can then assign names such as 'Dad' or 'Babysitter' to the detected individuals in the library of the Ring app. A maximum of 50 profiles, combining both unnamed and named profiles, can be registered. This feature enables customers to receive more personalized notifications, and if named, instantly know who is visiting even while away from home.
- Add a Person: Customers can name detected individuals from the event history or library within the Ring app. Once named, the name will appear in the timeline and event history. All users sharing the Ring account can see these names in notifications.
- Manage the Library: Up to 50 profiles can be registered, and you can edit names, merge duplicate profiles, or delete profiles at any time.
- Automatic Updates: Unnamed profiles are automatically deleted after 30 days if the person is not detected again, keeping the library up-to-date.
Designed with Privacy in Mind
Ring respects customer privacy and security. Like all Ring products, the 'Familiar Face Recognition' feature is meticulously designed with privacy protection, security measures, and personal information management so that customers can use it with peace of mind. The feature is turned off by default...
What is the 'Familiar Face Recognition' Feature?
The front door is a high-traffic area in the home, frequented by family, friends, and delivery drivers. However, when you are out or in a room far from the entrance, you cannot immediately know who has arrived. The 'Familiar Face Recognition' feature is a new opt-in feature designed to help you quickly identify people you frequently see at your front door. By enabling this feature, you can personalize the motion alerts received at the front door equipped with a compatible Ring device. This allows you to turn off notifications when you enter or exit, or receive specific notifications when family members come and go. Consequently, you can instantly know when your child returns from school or an elderly family member gets back home without waiting for a message. By using Familiar Face Recognition, you can reduce unwanted notifications from routine motion detection and more reliably capture important events and moments.
How to Use
'Familiar Face Recognition' is an opt-in feature and must be enabled in the Ring app settings before use. Customers are responsible for reviewing applicable laws and using this feature appropriately and responsibly.
Once enabled, the compatible Ring device detects a person when their face approaches the camera and creates an unnamed profile within the Ring app. Customers can then assign names such as 'Dad' or 'Babysitter' to the detected individuals in the library of the Ring app. A maximum of 50 profiles, combining both unnamed and named profiles, can be registered. This feature enables customers to receive more personalized notifications, and if named, instantly know who is visiting even while away from home.
- Add a Person: Customers can name detected individuals from the event history or library within the Ring app. Once named, the name will appear in the timeline and event history. All users sharing the Ring account can see these names in notifications.
- Manage the Library: Up to 50 profiles can be registered, and you can edit names, merge duplicate profiles, or delete profiles at any time.
- Automatic Updates: Unnamed profiles are automatically deleted after 30 days if the person is not detected again, keeping the library up-to-date.
Designed with Privacy in Mind
Ring respects customer privacy and security. Like all Ring products, the 'Familiar Face Recognition' feature is meticulously designed with privacy protection, security measures, and personal information management so that customers can use it with peace of mind. The feature is turned off by default...