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Who it’s for / Your home
For the things you keep opening the camera app to check.
Did the package get brought in? Did the walker come? Is the garage shut? Write each one once. Peekaboo looks at the right moment and tells you only when something’s off.
Peekaboo isn’t open yet, and nothing can be bought. A Ring connection is in development, and it doesn’t work with Ring cameras today. Join the early list and tick Ring under cameras if that’s yours.
You say
“Tell me if a package sits outside more than 2 hours.”
PeekabooHome
Package still outside
A package dropped off at 2:26 PM is still there at 4:26 PM (2 h).
A Wednesday at home.
An invented day on the Free plan: three routines, three messages. Everything else stayed quiet.
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Front Door
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Not seen. The dog walker not seen by 2 PM. 6 pictures read, last at 1:45 PM.
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GarageOffline since
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Couldn’t confirm. Couldn’t check the garage door. The Garage camera was offline.
Also that day, with nothing sent: a package left at 2:10 PM and brought in at 3:20 PM, inside its 2 hour limit. The pictures are example photos, not pictures Peekaboo read.
PeekabooHome
The dog walker not seen by 2 PM
The dog walker wasn’t seen on the Front Door camera between 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM. 6 pictures read, last at 1:45 PM. A short visit can fall between pictures.
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Garage camera is offline
Garage has been offline since 9:40 PM.
After the last try
Couldn’t check the garage door
I tried at 10:00 PM and kept trying until 1:00 AM.
The Garage camera was offline.
Routines you could write for home.
Start with the three that would save you the most glances at your phone. Each one practices for a week before it tells anyone.
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“Tell me if a package sits outside more than 2 hours.”
Too longFront door camera, any day
What you’d get“Package still outside”, then “A package dropped off at 2:26 PM is still there at 4:26 PM (2 h).”
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“Tell me when a delivery comes.”
Tell me whenFront door camera, any day
What you’d get“A package being dropped off at the Front Door”, then “2:26 PM.”
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“Dog walker between 12 and 2 on weekdays.”
Should happenFront door camera, weekdays, 12 to 2 PM
What you’d get“The dog walker not seen by 2 PM”, then “The dog walker wasn’t seen on the Front Door camera between 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM. 6 pictures read, last at 1:45 PM. A short visit can fall between pictures.”
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“At 10 PM, make sure the garage is closed. Keep checking every 30 minutes.”
Look-checkGarage camera, nightly
What you’d get“Garage door: open at 10:00 PM”, then “Checked at 10:00 PM on the Garage camera. Peekaboo looks again every 30 minutes until 1:00 AM.”
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“Bins at the curb by Thursday 7 AM.”
Look-checkDriveway camera, Thursdays
What you’d get“Bins: not out at the curb at 7:00 AM”, then “Checked at 7:00 AM on the Driveway camera.”
What you’d get is the alert’s title, then its text, as Peekaboo writes them, from invented days. Try the routine builder.
Quiet unless it matters.
Peekaboo doesn’t send you every person who walks past.
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It speaks when a routine isn’t met.
A not seen says how many pictures it read, and carries the last one.
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It says when a camera couldn’t see.
When a camera can’t see what a routine needs, at the time it needs it, you hear about that too, once: offline, gone quiet, or too dark to read. That comes on Free too.
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It can be wrong, so check the pictures.
We tested how Peekaboo reads bins, gates, garage doors and driveways, and it isn’t where we want it yet.
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Renting?
Nothing goes on your walls, but routines need a setup that sends pictures. A Ring connection is in development.
Free
$0planned
- 1 home, 3 routines
- A heads-up when a camera can’t see what a routine needs
- Practice week and the morning brief
- A 14 day trial of Watch, the add-on that speaks up when someone’s around
Want more routines, or a second place? Plus is planned at $4.99 a month. Planned prices that may change. Nothing can be bought yet.
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Join the early list.
Peekaboo isn’t open yet, and nothing can be bought. Join the early list and we’ll write when you can try it.
We’ll write for that, and for nothing else. Joining the list costs nothing and commits you to nothing.