Verkada showcases AI-powered products at VerkadaOne

Verkada has revealed a range of product enhancements that deliver visibility and control for businesses during its second annual customer conference, VerkadaOne.

More than 1,600 IT and physical security leaders gathered in Denver over three days to connect and learn about new solutions from Verkada.

The company claims that these solutions are empowering physical security leaders to be more proactive and efficient than ever.

“Keep people and places safe every day”

Brandon Davito, SVP of Product and Operations, Verkada said: “The power of Verkada’s platform and the wide-ranging integrations with technology partners we offer to our customers were on full display at VerkadaOne.”

“I am excited to share the strategic investments we’re making in AI, from real-time alerting with natural language to step-change improvements in audio and visual quality.

“That ultimately make physical security more proactive and powerful, as well as our next-generation products that make the entry experience for employees, contractors and guests more seamless than ever.”

He continued: “Our continued product expansion and evolution underscore Verkada’s impact as we keep people and places safe every day.”

The newest features

Verkada has continued to expand and improve its cloud-based software platform. The newest features, functionalities and improvements that Verkada has announced include:

• AI-powered alerts – Verkada introduced AI-powered Alerts to enable its customers to create and receive alerts based on natural language queries

For example, a company can create an alert to be received any time someone is seen on camera not wearing a safety vest or for virtually any natural language description of a person or vehicle.

• Occupancy trends dashboard – Verkada’s new Occupancy Trends dashboard makes it much easier for its customers to visualise and understand the occupancy of a space over the course of a day, week or month

This will enable all kinds of organisations including retailers, manufacturers and schools to leverage data to inform decisions on staffing, inventory, vehicle traffic management or even energy use.

• Mobile credentials for simple access control – Verkada Access Control integration enables Verkada Pass users to quickly unlock doors with their iPhone or Apple Watch

Verkada has also expanded its mobile credentials to make the app suitable for Android.

• Flexibility and functionality for Verkada Guest admins – Verkada overhauled the admin experience in Verkada Guest, which enabling users to deliver even more secure and convenient check-ins

Admins are able to create highly customised sign-in flows using conditional logic or colour-code custom badge designs based on sign-in flow responses.

Frequent return visitors can also now use facial recognition to check in.

New additions

Cameras

• Verkada’s newest generation of fisheye and 4K PTZ cameras have set the industry standard for image quality and hardware design
• With larger image sensors and advanced optical lenses, the cameras are able to deliver the sharp images and can power even more analytics with the latest Ambarella CV7x line of processors
• Verkada’s brand-new mini split camera (CM42-S) is designed for locations where space is tight or discretion is required, it enables customers to monitor an expanded set of locations

Intercoms

• More than 4,000 Verkada customers already use its intercom to collectively place more than 100,000 daily calls
• It has three new intercom models including a compact form-factor (TD33), a thinner form-factor (TD53) and a form-factor with a built-in keypad (TD63)
• The intercoms all offer enhanced audio and video quality, as well as a built-in door reader that makes it convenient to grant access to visitors and individuals

Door readers

• The improved door reader features improvements in credential scan performance, LED feedback and BLE hands-free unlock, powered by time-of-flight technology
• Verkada has announced a new door reader with a keypad (AD64)
• In addition to featuring all of the capabilities of the AD34, it enables organisations to grant access with a simple PIN code or to enforce multi-factor authentication