ADT doesn't want to get caught sleeping on smart homes.
While the home security giant's Pulse service aleady offers basic automation for certain lights, door locks, and thermostats, ADT is planning to make some bigger moves later this year. This includes a hardware venture with LG and integration with Nest thermostats.
On the hardware front, ADT and LG are teasing what they call an “All-in-One smart security product" that will launch this fall. Cnet reports that the device is a 5-megapixel camera with 1080p video capture, a 150-degree field of view, a microphone, speakers, and night vision that works up to 30 feet away. It will offer live streaming video, motion alerts, a siren, two-way talk, and environmental sensors, and will support all the major smart-home protocols including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Z-Wave, and ZigBee. The product sounds very much like the Canary DIY home-security device that's available now.
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