Apple is reportedly developing smart-home hardware in the United States that does not store video.

Reports say the device would send text alerts instead of keeping a visual feed.

It is described as a way to monitor a room without capturing standard video.

Alerts would say who is home and what activity is happening, without live video on a phone.

The article says the system would not record or store household video.

That differs from security cameras that stream high-resolution video to the cloud.

Technical details are still scarce, and the project is described as still in development.

Cited headlines call it a smart-home camera with no video recording.

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