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id="cnetReview" section="rvwBody"> The Google Clips.

James Martin/CNET Would you trust a robot to take candid photos of your family, pets and kids? That's the question Google is posing with the $250 Google Clips. It's a tiny, 2-inch square of a camera with AI smarts: A neural network Google trained to snap 7-second videos whenever it sees something "interesting" occur. (More on how Clips interprets "interesting" a bit later.)

Clips automatically takes 7-second videos of moments you might miss with your phone.

Sean Hollister/CNET It's a camera you can set down anywhere to automatically capture fleeting moments -- a laugh, a smile, a goofy expression, a cute gesture -- you'd never be in time to capture with your phone. And since you don't always need to whip out your handset, you can live in the moment. Be in the shot with your loved ones, instead of stuck behind the camera.

That's the pitch, anyhow.

But that assumes you trust Google's robot to keep your photos safe and that Google's neural network is smart enough to take shots you'd actually want. And that you have an iPhone, Google Pixel or Samsung Galaxy S7 or S8, because those are the only phones it works with right now.  

After a week with Clips, I think Google's onto something. But I wouldn't buy one.

Cute, not creepy
In 2013, Google learned the hard way: The world isn't ready to welcome cyborg cameras into their businesses, let alone homes.

Thankfully, the Google Clips looks nothing like the ill-fated Google Glass -- even if you clip it onto a pair of glasses yourself.

With its big eye of a camera and minty-fresh look (the rubber clip looks like a giant Certs, while the camera back is a delightful shade of Mint Chip ice cream), Clips seems more toy than tool. At worst, it's goofy. At best, it's cute!

Cute as a button.

James Martin/CNET And that's kind of the point, according to Google. The company set out to make it very obvious that the Clips is a camera, with its giant honking lens and always-on-when-it's-on LEDs. (My one-year-old daughter loves to touch both.)

But the most family-friendly feature of the Clips is this: It's about as private a gadget as you can buy in 2018. Your clips are never uploaded, never sent to Google. There's no internet connection whatsoever, in fact -- just a simple Wi-Fi Direct link that pairs the Clips to a single phone at a time.

Now playing: Watch this: Let Google Clips take the photo while you play with your... 2:26 Not only are your videos encrypted, but the Clips won't let other phones access them, either -- it'll wipe your Clips' internal storage if someone tries to force the issue. The only way to access those videos, according to Google, is to stream them wirelessly to your phone, then decide if you want to manually download them and/or share them to social networks yourself.  

Using Google Clips
So that answers my first question: It's roughly as secure as any dumb point-and-shoot, at least till you upload photos to the web. But can you trust Google Clips to record the moments you'd actually want to capture? I'm less sure about that.

I've got to hand 인기카지노 it to Google: Firing up the Clips couldn't be easier. Just set it down or use the optional clippy rubber case to attach it to a potted plant, a kid's toy, a mug, a baby crib slat, you get the picture -- then turn the lens dial to power it on. That's it! 

I can do it all with one hand, which, let's face it, is often all that parents can spare.

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