Kasa Smart Introduces Powerful AI and Cloud-Based Platform for Cross-Product Interaction, Creating a True Smart Home Experience
Kasa Smart unveils artificial intelligence and the Smart Actions
platform, enabling intelligent communication between multiple product
categories within the Kasa Smart ecosystem
LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kasa SmartTM by TP-Link®,
a leader in bringing the smart home to life with more than 2.5 million
users, is redefining the smart home at CES® 2019 through an “one
ecosystem, one cloud” approach. This new approach is powered by a
product interaction platform, called Smart Actions, and artificial
intelligence engine that connects smart home devices across categories,
and adds features such as person and package detection, face recognition
and an AI filtered video summary. Smart Actions and the new AI features
will work across the Kasa Smart portfolio including the seven newly
unveiled products at CES (See press release: Kasa Smart Storms CES with
7 New Smart Home Products) and will be added to the Kasa Care premium
plans throughout 2019.
“The Kasa Smart cloud facilitates an average of 50 million cloud
interactions per day like turning on a light or recording a video when
motion is detected,” notes David Li, CEO of TP-Link Research America.
“Imagine providing those individual cloud interactions with a layer
of artificial intelligence, where they can trigger events on their own –
the possibilities of customized combinations are immense. Especially in
light of our growing portfolio of reliable smart home products,
consumers also benefit from a better user experience including easier
setup and an improvement in latency, allowing the user to upgrade from a
connected home to a truly smart home.”
Smart Actions is a cloud-based interaction platform that enables
intelligent communication between different product categories within
the Kasa Smart ecosystem, allowing users to create meaningful ties
between smart home products. For example, if a Kasa Smart security
camera detects motion, it can inform a Kasa Smart light switch to
automatically turn on the lights inside the home while at the same time
turning on the patio lights connected to a Kasa Smart outdoor plug.
The AI engine further complements the communication between devices with
package and person detection and even face recognition. As an example,
with the face recognition feature on the Kasa Smart Video Doorbell,
users can create a Smart Action that triggers their Kasa Smart Wire-Free
Camera Hub, with a built-in speaker, to automatically play occupancy
sounds indoors when a stranger is detected at the front door. To deter
potential intruders, Smart Actions can automatically initiate occupancy
noises like a dog barking, or even sounding a siren while at the same
time turning on the lights.
Video Summary allows a quick review of a days’ worth of motion events
captured by a Kasa Smart security camera or video doorbell by presenting
the users with a scrollable time-lapsed daily brief, saving users time
and eliminating the need to review video footage with no activity. Video
Summary becomes even more powerful when combined with AI features like
person detection, allowing algorithms to filter the time-lapse video for
motion detection events that are only based on a person being detected.
The Kasa Smart product lineup including Smart Actions, AI features, and
Video Summary will be showcased at CES, Jan. 8-11, in the Kasa Smart
booth in the Sands Convention Center #42756.
Availability
Person Detection, Video Summary and other AI features including Smart
Actions, are targeted to be released throughout the first half of 2019.
About Kasa Smart
Based in Silicon Valley, Kasa Smart, a TP-Link brand, is a leader in
bringing the smart home to life with more than 2.8 million users. From
smart security cameras to smart plugs, and smart light bulbs to smart
light switches, we continuously develop new products and technologies
that transform the way people connect and interact in their everyday
lives. With easy-to-use, quality offerings, you can monitor your home,
control your lighting, remotely access devices, monitor energy use, and
set scenes by grouping different smart home products together. Even
arrange Smart Actions, which enables intelligent interactions between
multiple products and product categories within the Kasa Smart
ecosystem, from just about anywhere using the Kasa Smart app. Kasa Smart
products work with popular voice assistants, providing hands-free
control of Kasa Smart devices through Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant,
and more. Kasa Smart makes your home smarter in so many ways.
For further information visit www.kasasmart.com,
follow Kasa Smart on Facebook www.facebook.com/KasaSmartHome,
YouTube at www.youtube.com/kasasmart,
LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/tp-link-research-america/
and Twitter at www.twitter.com/TPLINK.
Contacts
Ricca Silverio
Finn Partners for TP-Link | (415) 348-2724
tplink@finnpartners.com
