Back in October 2017 at its Made by Google event, the search engine giant had unveiled Google Clips — a clip-on camera powered by machine learning. Clips is unlike any other camera we have ever seen. It is not an action camera despite what its diminutive size may suggest.

Instead, it is a camera that Google hopes you install in your room and then forget about it. Then by using machine learning, Clips will capture all the special moments in your life — like you playing with your kids — so that you don’t have to do it yourself.

Back then, Google only unveiled the $249 price tag of the device and did not mention anything about its availability. Now, three months after its initial unveiling, Google has started accepting orders for Clips on the Google Store. However, customers who are ordering the camera are reporting a shipping date of March so there’s still a long wait involved here for one to get their hands on Google Clips.

Google Clips features a 130-degree wide angle lens, 16GB of internal storage, and can record short bursts of clip at up to 15fps.

Google has also detailed in a blog post how it managed to create the AI behind Clips. For this, the company hired professional documentary filmmaker, photojournalist, and fine arts photographer to produce data that could be used to train the neural network powering the camera.

For privacy and safety reason, Google keeps all data on Clips itself until the user says otherwise. And all data is encrypted even while being transferred to your phone.

You can order Google Clips in the US from the Google Store for $249.

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