How Home Field uses AI
Home Field uses AI where it does a job better than a fixed rule can, such as telling a coyote from a German Shepherd at night. Where a job needs no AI, we use none. On this site, this sparkle marks every feature that uses AI.
Our rules
- Inference onlyThe AI looks at your data only to answer one question, such as which animal is in a snapshot.
- Never trained on your dataYour snapshots, video, and text are never used to train any AI model, ours or anyone else's.
- No facial recognitionNo Home Field AI identifies people, reads faces, or reads license plates.
- You approve every AI-drafted alertAn alert the AI drafts does nothing until you review it, test it, and turn it on.
App by app
Coyote Cam
Google Gemini names the animal in a motion snapshot.
- Coyote Cam checks multiple frames from the event and alerts you only when they agree, and only for an animal you chose.
- Events Ring already labels as a person or a vehicle never reach the AI.
- If a person is in the frame, Coyote Cam skips the alert. It never identifies who anyone is.
- A snapshot that does not show an animal you chose is discarded.
Vault
Backups use no AI. Vault copies your clips exactly as Ring recorded them, into storage you own.
Claim Kit, a Vault add-on, uses Google Gemini to write one neutral sentence about each Ring event in the window you pick:
- It describes only what is visible: how many people, vehicles, or animals, clothing colors, and plain actions.
- It never guesses identity, age, sex, or race, never describes faces, never reads license plates or house numbers, and never calls anyone a suspect.
- A filter checks every sentence. An accusing word withholds it, and anything shaped like a plate is blacked out.
- The original video files go into the report untouched, each with a SHA-256 fingerprint.
Big Screen
No AI. Big Screen shows your cameras live on your TV and analyzes nothing.
Relay
- Create an AI alert: describe the alert in plain English. AI drafts the rule, and you review it, test it, and turn it on.
- Connect helper: AI writes the setup steps for sending your alerts to another app you use.
- The AI sees only the words you type. It never sees your camera names, video, snapshots, or any Ring data.
Sensors
- Create an AI alert: describe the alert in plain English. AI drafts the rule, and you review it, test it, and turn it on.
- Sensor advice: tell it what you want to watch, and AI suggests which kind of Ring sensor fits the job.
- The AI sees only the words you type. It never sees your sensor or camera names, readings, video, or any Ring data.
Gate Log
The log itself uses no AI: it keeps what Ring labels. AI watches are optional and off until you turn them on.
- AI watches: describe what to look for, such as “a white delivery van” or “deer in the yard.” AI drafts the watch, and you review and save it.
- Google Gemini checks each new snapshot from the cameras you chose and answers only yes or no for each watch. It writes no description.
- It never sees your camera names, times, or contacts, and it refuses license plates, text, identifying anyone, and sorting people by sex, age, or race.
- Every match is labeled AI in your log, so you can check it against the snapshot.
The fine print
The AI and human review section of our privacy policy is the binding version of this page. Questions? Email support@homefield.tv.
Home Field is a third-party app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Ring or Amazon. Ring is a trademark of Ring LLC. Gemini is a trademark of Google LLC.