The latest generation cameras–beginning with our CP63-E 4K PTZ and CF83-E fisheye–set a new industry standard for image quality and hardware design. The cameras are built to optimize image quality, simple installation, and advanced analytics. The large sensors and advanced optical lenses, for instance, support precise image quality where lighting conditions are not ideal, like at night, during harsh weather, or in high-contrast scenes. These sensors also minimize digital noise, resulting in clear images with little grain. This next generation also includes the Ambarella CV7x line of onboard processors for AI-powered analytics, and an overall design that expedites installation and provides durability in inclement weather. For more details, read the full announcement.

The new Occupancy Trends dashboard consolidates foot and vehicle traffic information across one’s camera fleet in a single dashboard. Customers can leverage the dashboard to understand the number of people or vehicles that have crossed into certain areas and, from there, gain additional insights like peak, current, and minimum occupancy in specified areas at specific times. With this data, customers can identify trends in foot and vehicle traffic over time–providing them with unique insights into how their spaces are used, and plan their operations accordingly. For more details, read the full announcement.

Verkada encrypts video data at rest and in transit. ECE builds on this encryption framework by giving customers control over their data encryption. Leveraging a well-recognized technique called client-side encryption, customers can choose to keep some keys to themselves and share them with Verkada and third parties only if they want to, such as working with Verkada’s technical support team. ECE improves on Verkada’s already robust data protection measures–empowering customers with even greater control over their data. For more details, read the full announcement.

AI-powered search offers a unique and powerful tool for Verkada customers to search their footage using their own words in a freeform text bar. AI-powered alerts adds an actionable element to AI-powered search: customers can now create alerts anytime the subject of a freeform search query is detected on a camera. Customers can, for example, receive an alert via email or text every time a camera detects a person not wearing a construction helmet, when a specific truck carrying a shipment arrives at a logistics facility, or when a suspicious person with highly-specific attributes enters an area. AI-powered alerts, in short, helps our customers proactively address operational challenges and mitigate security concerns. For more details, read the full announcement.

“Latency” (or, the total delay from when video is captured on a Verkada camera to when it is displayed in the Command browser) and “time-to-first-frame” (or, the time it takes for Command to begin video playback once the video stream is requested, like when using the history player) constitute two critical factors in our customers’ overall streaming experience. With our introducing two new streaming technologies into Command–WebCodecs and HTTP/2–our customers experience sub-second latency (870 ms, a 65% reduction) and 1.1 second time-to-first-frame (a 50% reduction) when streaming video footage in Command.

We’re introducing new FIPS-validated PTZ and multisensor cameras. Our FIPS-validated PTZ (the CP52-E-F) and multisensor (CH52-E-F) models will allow government customers and partners using standard Command or Command in AWS GovCloud to leverage advanced capabilities like 28x optical zoom, pan, and tilt on the CP52-E-F or an extended 30-meter IR range on the CH52-E-F. These cameras meet the FIPS 140-2 encryption and are TAA and FY 2019 NDAA compliant. For more details, read the full announcement.

Verkada's Command Connector bridges existing, non-Verkada camera fleets to our cloud-based Command management platform. Command Connector is an organization’s on-ramp to the cloud and serves as a gradual transition to our fully-integrated video security system. By seamlessly integrating non-Verkada cameras into Command, organizations can centralize their security systems and access to some important analytics (e.g., AI-powered search, motion, and face search) due to the inherent limitations of the third-party cameras. For more details, read the full announcement.

Our new Camera Audio API allows users to programmatically integrate with audio systems of their choosing (e.g., control panels, VMS, or in-house dashboards). This allows organizations to better manage in/out audio feeds via a third-party system without the need to manage it directly from their Command UI.

All customers today are entitled to an initial 30 days of free cloud backup of their footage. We’re now introducing a simplified licensing system where customers can purchase additional cloud backup in 30-day increments, or “packs.” With a new self-service portal, too, customers can add new “packs” to meet their organizational needs. For more details, read the full announcement.

Our AI-powered search accelerates investigations by allowing customers to search through their footage using their own words. Users can conduct searches on nearly any attributes of people and vehicles and, now, can include the words “AND,” “NOT,” and “OR” in queries to structure highly-detailed and specific investigations. Customers can further drill down into search results with a new "More Like This" button, which will show similar results to their selected image.