neare

Nearer, in the moments that matter.

A speaker, a bowl, a hook and a night light. Four ordinary things in your mum or dad's home. They learn the shape of a normal day — and text you when it changes.

From $49 a month · first release, one hundred homes

An open linen box holding an oak speaker, a turned oak bowl, a round oak night light, an oak wall hook, a coiled cable and a letterpress card.

Sunday, 4:12 pm

You call on Sunday.

They say they're fine.

Usually, they are.

Because “I'm fine” isn't always.

Being nearer

Without asking anything of them.

Here is an ordinary Tuesday, told by four ordinary things.

A shallow oak bowl holding keys on a console table beside a front door.A small oak speaker with a linen face and a brass dial on an oak sideboard.An oak wall hook with a brass hook on glazed tile, holding a linen hand towel.A round oak night light glowing at skirting height beside a bed.

That is a whole day, and Neare said nothing at all. It only speaks up when the day stops looking like her.

How it works

Four steps, then it leaves you both alone.

It learns them

Two weeks, quietly, working out what a normal day looks like.

You pick what matters

Sleep, meals, getting out. And how soon you'd want to know.

It spots a change

Never one bad night. A pattern that has moved.

It checks in, then texts you

If they answer, that's the end of it.

When something changes

You'll hear about it like this.

  1. 10:14 — it notices

    Longer in the bathroom than she has ever been.

  2. 11:00 — it asks her

    Out loud, once, in the room. Only if she has switched voice on.

  3. It waits

    If she answers, nothing happens and nobody is told she was asked.

  4. 11:04 — it texts you

    What it saw, when it asked, and that she didn't answer.

neareToday 11:04
Noticed · 10:14Margaret went into the bathroom at 10:14 and hasn't come out. She's rarely in there longer than half an hour.
We asked her · 11:00“Margaret, are you alright in there?”
No answer · 11:04She hasn't replied. That's fifty minutes longer than usual. Could you call her now?
A woman in her eighties drinking coffee by a window.
Margaret, 82She was fine. The door had stuck.
A woman in her fifties looking at her phone in warm daylight.
You, 340 miles awayFirst to know. Called at 11:10. It took four minutes. All’s good.

You decide

What matters. Tailored to you.

Pick the few things you'd really want to know. Everything else stays quiet.

Trust

Nothing here happens without them.

Every switch belongs to the person living in the home. Not to you, and not to us.

Nothing is recorded

No camera, no lens, no stored sound. It never leaves the house.

They choose what you see

Any room switches off at the object. You're told it's off, never what's behind it.

Voice is theirs to turn on

The microphone arrives off, at a switch beneath the speaker they can feel. Plenty never turn it on.

They can stop it

Unplug the speaker and it all ends. No call, no persuading.

Price

A few ways to start.

Essentials · start here

$345for four

then $49 a month

  • Speaker, bowl, hook and night light
  • The objects are yours outright
  • Up to five family members
  • Cancel any month
  • Two-year warranty
Reserve yours

Whole Home

From $535for six

then $59 a month

  • Essentials, plus whatever the house needs
  • Each extra object $95
  • Every two objects adds $10 a month
  • A second bathroom, a guest room, a long hallway
  • Cancel any month
Choose your rooms

Monthly

$89a month

for twelve months, then $59

  • Nothing to pay on the day it arrives
  • The four objects, delivered configured
  • It settles to $59 after the first year
Reserve yours

Free shipping and returns

Thirty days. Send it back for a full refund if it isn't right for you.

You are the one it calls

Neare doesn't call 911. It tells you, so you can decide what happens next.

Your data is never sold

Not to insurers, not to advertisers, not to anyone. It isn't the business.

Choose your rooms

Essentials is four objects at $345. Each additional object is $95, and every two add $10 a month.

The Neare set, wrapped in oat linen and tied with a linen ribbon, resting on a pale oak table beside dried eucalyptus.

First release · one hundred homes

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