Plug it in.
Pair it. Done.
The Hub ships to your door. No new cameras, no wires to run, and no installer visit. If you can plug in a router, you can set up Watchbird.
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Step 1
Plug in the Hub
Connect the Watchbird Hub to your router with the included cable, then plug in power.
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Step 2
Pair it with the app
Open the Watchbird app and scan the code on the sticker under the Hub. It joins your account securely, with no passwords to type.
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Step 3
Tap Import
Watchbird finds your recorder and cameras on its own. Type the camera password once and every camera appears, named and ready.
In the box: Watchbird Hub · Ethernet cable · Power supply
A small, silent box
that does the watching.
It sits next to your router and looks at every camera right in your home, on its own AI chip. The bird's lens eye on top stays dim while it watches, and glows when Max finds something real.
Design rendering. Final Hub design and specs may change before shipping.
Keep your cameras.
Keep your recorder.
Setup is built in for most brands. Watchbird finds them on your network, signs in and lists every camera with a picture. No recorder? It records them itself.
Not sure about yours? Look for "RTSP" or "ONVIF" in your recorder's network settings, or tell us your model.
Your video stays home.
Recordings stay on your recorder. Event clips stay on your Hub. Video streams, encrypted, only to your own phone.
Watchbird Hubin your home
Your phoneencrypted
To double-check a possible real event, a few still frames go to our AI partner. Prefer that nothing leaves? Turn on Local-only mode in the app, on any plan. Alerts then rely on the Hub alone, so you may see a few more false alarms.
Recordings stay put
They stay on your recorder, and event clips stay on your Hub. Video streams, encrypted, only to your own phone when you open it.
A few frames, to be sure
Only for a possible real event, and only a few still frames. Our AI partner doesn't train on them, and our servers don't keep them.
Zero open ports
The Hub never accepts connections from the internet. It only dials out through an encrypted tunnel.
Faces stay on the Hub
Face prints never leave your home, and familiar faces is off until you turn it on.
Everything that leaves your home, line by line
- Recordings
- Only to your phoneStay on your recorder. When you play them on your phone, they stream to it encrypted. Never uploaded to or stored in the cloud.
- Saved event clips
- Only to your phoneSaved on your Hub and deleted automatically after 14 days. They stream to your phone, encrypted, only when you play them.
- Live video
- To your phoneStreams from your Hub to your phone, encrypted. It goes direct whenever it can; if not, it's relayed through Watchbird's servers and never stored there.
- Face prints
- NeverThe face data Watchbird uses to recognize people stays on your Hub.
- Still frames of events
- A few, per real eventSent to our AI partner, Anthropic (Claude), to double-check what the Hub saw. These frames can show people. Under its commercial terms, Anthropic doesn't train on them and deletes them after a limited retention period. Watchbird's servers don't store them. Off in Local-only mode.
- Questions, recaps, names and plates
- As textWhen you ask Max a question or get a recap, your question, the event log, the names you've given people and the plate numbers seen go to the same AI as text. Off in Local-only mode.
- Alert photos and text
- Each alertEvery phone alert, with its picture and short description, goes through our push service to reach your phone. This stays on in Local-only mode, so you still get alerts.
- Emergency backup
- Only if you turn it onComing soon. During a confirmed break-in when nobody answers, a person on our team sees the live video to help get police on the way. Off unless you turn it on.
- Account and email
- YesUsed for sign-in, billing and alerts. Never sold.
Starting in New Jersey.
The first Hubs ship to New Jersey homes and small businesses. Somewhere else? Join the list anyway, and we'll tell you when Watchbird reaches you.