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AT&T has added Gemini for Home features to its Connected Life security system, including natural-language searches of recorded camera footage and daily activity summaries. The features require AT&T’s professional monitoring plan, priced at $29.99 per month; AT&T also says the system can now arm or disarm automatically based on a user’s proximity to home.
AT&T Connected Life now works with Gemini for Home, adding AI-assisted searches of security-camera footage, event descriptions and daily activity summaries for customers on AT&T’s professional monitoring plan. The plan costs $29.99 a month, and AT&T says the system can also automatically arm or disarm based on a customer’s proximity to home.
AT&T says the integration can generate more detailed descriptions of events captured by connected security cameras. For example, Gemini may describe a package delivery by identifying that someone delivered a package and how many items they left. The feature is intended to make recorded activity easier to understand without reviewing clips one by one.
Customers can also search recorded footage with natural-language questions. The examples provided include asking what dug up the yard overnight or who let the dogs out. Gemini for Home can also produce daily summaries of activity inside and outside the home. The source report does not specify how long footage is retained, how quickly searches return results or which camera models support the features.
The AI features are limited to AT&T’s professional Connected Life monitoring plan, which costs $29.99 per month. AT&T is also adding automatic arming and disarming based on proximity to the home. The report does not state whether customers can set distance thresholds or how the system handles multiple household members arriving and leaving.
AI Search Comes to AT&T Security
The update could change how customers review home-camera recordings: instead of scrolling through a timeline, they can ask a question about an event or read a summary of activity. For people who use cameras to check deliveries, visitors or activity around their property, searchable footage may make recorded information easier to retrieve.
Access is tied to a paid monitoring subscription, so the features are not described as an add-on available to all Connected Life users. The $29.99 monthly requirement is a key part of the announcement for customers comparing security services or deciding whether AI search justifies the plan’s cost. The report gives no separate price for Gemini features.
Automatic arming and disarming adds a location-based option to the system’s security controls. That may reduce the need for users to change the system’s status manually, although the source does not detail its safeguards or exact operation. The feature’s practical effect will depend on how AT&T implements proximity detection and how households configure it.
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Connected Life’s Google Partnership
AT&T launched Connected Life last December in partnership with Google and Abode. The new features use Google’s Gemini-powered Home APIs, which let smart-home brands and developers build AI functions into connected devices and services, according to the source report.
AT&T describes Connected Life as the first home security product to integrate with Google Home Premium. That “first” status is AT&T’s characterization, not an independently established comparison in the provided material. The report also says ADT has hinted at bringing Gemini for Home features to its security systems, but does not provide a launch date or confirm specific functions for ADT customers.
“The company says Connected Life is the “first” home security product to integrate with Google Home Premium.”
— AT&T
Plan Access and Rollout Details
The source material does not give a specific rollout schedule, confirm whether the update is available to every eligible subscriber, or list supported cameras and equipment. It also does not explain how Gemini interprets ambiguous search requests, how accurate its event descriptions are, or whether users can correct errors.
Details about privacy and data handling are also absent from the report. It does not say how camera footage is processed, whether video or search queries are used to improve AI systems, how long summaries are kept, or what controls customers have over those settings. AT&T’s proximity-based arming feature is announced, but its configuration options and behavior in shared households are not specified.
Availability and Feature Details
AT&T customers will need to check their Connected Life account or contact the company to confirm whether the Gemini features have reached their system and whether their equipment is compatible. The announcement establishes the $29.99 monthly plan requirement, but the source report provides no further rollout dates or instructions for activating the tools.
More information from AT&T or Google could clarify supported devices, camera-search limits, privacy controls and how proximity-based arming works. The source also says ADT has hinted at a similar direction, but no timing or confirmed feature list for an ADT integration is provided.
Key Questions
What does Gemini for Home add to AT&T Connected Life?
It adds descriptions of camera events, natural-language searches of recorded footage and daily summaries of activity in and around the home.
How much does the eligible AT&T plan cost?
The features are available with AT&T’s professional Connected Life monitoring plan, priced at $29.99 per month, according to the source report.
Can users search footage with ordinary questions?
Yes. The examples include asking what dug up the yard overnight or who let the dogs out. The report does not specify how far back searches can reach or which cameras are supported.
Does AT&T Connected Life now arm itself automatically?
AT&T is adding an option to automatically arm or disarm the system based on proximity to home. The report does not explain the settings or how the feature handles multiple people in a household.
Is Gemini for Home available on other security systems?
The report says ADT has hinted at bringing Gemini for Home features to its systems, but gives no confirmed launch date or feature details for ADT.
Source: theverge.com
