The Beacon family
Four sensing devices, one family.
Each Beacon is built to see, hear, smell, feel, and speak — so it understands what's happening in a space and responds. All inferred on-device.
Multi-year battery
Beacon Air™
A tiny sensor that listens and watches the air — for years on one battery.
Learn more →Always-on hub
Beacon Link™
A rechargeable, always-connected hub that links your space to your smart home.
Learn more →
Room-aware
Beacon Pro™
A plug-in anchor that sees, hears, and speaks — full room awareness.
Learn more →+ Camera
Beacon Pro Vision™
Everything in Beacon Pro, plus a camera for true vision.
Learn more →Capabilities at a glance
What each model can do.
Every Beacon shares the same safety DNA — the table shows what each model adds.
| Capability | Beacon Air | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| See | ||||
| Detect presence & motion in a room | — | |||
| Sense breathing & stillness | — | |||
| Know which zone of the room you're in | — | |||
| See with a camera | — | |||
| Hear | ||||
| Listen for sounds & respond to your voice | ||||
| Wake on its name | “Beacon” | |||
| Understand spoken commands | Basic | |||
| Recognize a smoke alarm | ||||
| Recognize a carbon-monoxide alarm | ||||
| Detect glass breaking | ||||
| Detect a siren | ||||
| Detect coughing | ||||
| Detect a baby crying | — | |||
| Detect snoring | — | |||
| Smell · Air & environment | ||||
| Measure temperature | ||||
| Measure humidity | ||||
| Measure air pressure | ||||
| Monitor overall air quality | ||||
| Detect odors & VOCs (chemicals / fumes) | ||||
| Detect smoke & gas | ||||
| Feel | ||||
| Sense movement, taps & orientation | ||||
| Speak | ||||
| Play tones & melodies | ||||
| Speak with a real voice | — | |||
| Stay completely silent (no sound) | — | |||
| Connect | ||||
| Bluetooth | ||||
| Wi-Fi | — | |||
| Works with smart-home systems (Matter) | ||||
| Smart-home networks (Zigbee, Thread) | ||||
| Z-Wave smart-home network | — | |||
| LoRa long-range network | — | |||
| Power | ||||
| Long-life battery (lasts years) | ||||
| Rechargeable battery | — | |||
| Plugs in, with battery backup | — | |||
Build on the Beacon family.
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