https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/04/the-hard-tech-behind-googles-simple-clips-camera/

Maybe the biggest surprise of Google’s hardware event today was the launch of Clips, a small stand-alone AI-driven camera that can capture up to three hours of video and images and then automatically select the best moments for you. I’m not sure how well Clips will do in the marketplace, but technically, it’s a fascinating product.

During my conversation with Clips product lead Juston Payne, he repeatedly stressed that Clips is not an accessory to the Pixel — or anything else, really. “It’s an accessory to anything, I’d say. It’s a stand-alone camera. A new type of camera and insofar as that any digital camera has become an accessory to a computer or a phone, so too with this,” he said. “The reason for that comes back to the fact that the intelligence is built into the device to decide when to take these shots, which is really important because it gives users total control over it.”