Better on-device identification of objects and motion would be useful. I care more about a person standing on my porch than I do the neighbor's cat.
Better local integration would also be useful. (Axis cameras have supported writing (and recycling) video on a local SMB share for a very long time, with nothing special required on the back end -- but they're not consumer products).
Improved image quality would also be useful. There always seems to be a certain softness and definite lack of fluidity in consumer cameras that has been solved in things like cheap smartphones and GoPros for a over a decade.
Tight integration with local home automation systems like Home Assistant would be great, so I can observe and control all of the things from a central point using my pocket supercomputer.
But otherwise: If all one wants from a camera is for it to take OK-ish pictures and send them down the pipe, then that's a reasonably-solved problem.
This is really one of the use cases of TinyML. On-device ML to detect motion, etc. As microcontrollers are getting more powerful, more and more is possible. Just look at https://www.tensorflow.org/lite/microcontrollers
I guess that depends on who's asking, and what kind of response they want.
At home, I don't use Apple Home or SmartThings. It is unlikely that I ever will.
I own an iPad that I use every day and my phone is a Samsung, but I already have already adopted enough ecosystems with Google Home, Alexa, and Home Assistant, and I'm working on minimizing or eliminating two of those because they're clown-based.
But I am a geek that likes to tinker with electronics and software. I recognize that I am an outlier.
But I will cheerfully pay extra for stuff that Just Works with Home Assistant without using the clown, and that would probably apply to cameras as well.
It sounds like the space is already fragmented (with multiple ecosystems competing for your devices and attention). We will look into Home Assistant compatibility.
Better local integration would also be useful. (Axis cameras have supported writing (and recycling) video on a local SMB share for a very long time, with nothing special required on the back end -- but they're not consumer products).
Improved image quality would also be useful. There always seems to be a certain softness and definite lack of fluidity in consumer cameras that has been solved in things like cheap smartphones and GoPros for a over a decade.
Tight integration with local home automation systems like Home Assistant would be great, so I can observe and control all of the things from a central point using my pocket supercomputer.
But otherwise: If all one wants from a camera is for it to take OK-ish pictures and send them down the pipe, then that's a reasonably-solved problem.