Google Home's Familiar Faces feature gets a functional expansion on June 23rd: the system will now identify known people even when their faces are not visible, using non-biometric signals including body size and clothing color.
The Familiar Faces library will also auto-update with recent images of household members, reducing false notifications caused by outdated reference photos. Both changes are practical fixes to real failure modes in home camera recognition.
The full story at The Verge covers what else Google announced in this update, and the details matter if you rely on camera alerts for home security or family monitoring.
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