Google Clips
{{short description|Clip-on automatic video camera}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox information appliance
| name = Google Clips
| logo = Google Clips Wordmark.png
| image =
| caption =
| developer = Google
| manufacturer = Google
| type = Camera
| releasedate = {{start date and age|2017|10|04}} (United States)
| storage = 16 GB
| dimensions = Without clip:
H: {{convert|49|mm|in|abbr=on}}
W: {{convert|49|mm|in|abbr=on}}
D: {{convert|20|mm|in|abbr=on}}
With clip:
H: {{convert|54|mm|in|abbr=on}}
W: {{convert|54|mm|in|abbr=on}}
D: {{convert|36|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| weight = Without clip: {{convert|42.2|g|lb|2|abbr=on}}
With clip: {{convert|60.5|g|lb|2|abbr=on}}
| camera = 1.55μm pixels, autofocus
| connectivity = Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth LE
| website = {{URL|https://store.google.com/product/google_clips}}
}}
Google Clips is a discontinued miniature clip-on camera device developed by Google.
History
It was announced during Google's "Made By Google" event on October 4, 2017.
It was released for sale on January 27, 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/27/16940002/google-clips-ai-camera-on-sale-today-waitlist|title=Google began selling its Clips camera today|work=The Verge|access-date=January 27, 2018}} With a flashing light emitting diode (LED) that indicates it is recording, Google Clips automatically captures video clips at moments its machine learning algorithms determine to be interesting or relevant.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/4/16405200/google-clips-camera-ai-photos-video-hands-on-wi-fi-direct|title=Inside Google Clips, the weirdest camera of the year|work=The Verge|access-date=October 4, 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/04/google-clips-ai-powered-camera.html|title=Google Clips is a tiny camera that watches everything, then figures out what to capture using A.I.|last=Novet|first=Jordan|date=October 4, 2017|work=CNBC|access-date=October 4, 2017}}
Google Clips' artificial intelligence (AI) will learn the faces of people so it can learn to take photos with certain people.{{Cite web |title=What is Google Clips? - Google Clips Help |url=https://support.google.com/googleclips/answer/7545440?hl=en&ref_topic=7334536 |access-date=August 29, 2022 |website=support.google.com}} Google Clips can automatically set lighting and framing.
It had 16 GB of storage built-in storage and could record clips for up to 3 hours.{{Cite web|url=http://www.answerslave.com/google-clip-launched-wireless-mini-camera-artificial-intelligence|title=Google Clip Launched – Wireless Mini Camera With Artificial Intelligence|work=Answer Slave|date=January 27, 2018|access-date=January 27, 2018}}
This camera was originally priced at $249 in the United States.
The product was pulled from the Google Store on October 15, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/10/15/google-pulls-first-gen-pixel-buds-daydream-view-and-google-clips-from-its-store/|title=Google pulls first-gen Pixel Buds, Daydream View, and Google Clips from its Store|date=October 15, 2019|website=Android Police|language=en-US|access-date=October 16, 2019}} Google has said that the product would be supported until the end of December 2021.{{cite web |last1=Peters |first1=Jay |title=Google Clips is dead |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/16/20917386/google-clips-dead-discontinued-rip-camera-ai |website=The Verge |accessdate=December 2, 2019 |date=October 16, 2019}}
Reception
The Independent wrote that Google Clips is "an impressive little device, but one that also has the potential to feel very creepy."{{cite news|last1=Sulleyman|first1=Atiif|title=Google's Creepy Camera Monitors, Identifies and Records You and Your Loved Ones|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-clips-camera-price-release-date-features-creepy-a7984276.html|accessdate=October 7, 2017|work=The Independent|date=October 5, 2017}}
According to The Verge{{'}}s review, "it didn't capture anything special" over a couple weeks worth of testing.{{Cite web |last=Seifert |first= Dan |date=February 27, 2018 |title=Google Clips review: a smart camera that doesn't make the grade |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/27/17055618/google-clips-smart-camera-review |website=The Verge}} This, added with the steep price, made Google Clips a tough sell.