Facewatch Live is undergoing live testing and will be free to retailers and the police, the company has announced.
The platform is designed to give retailers a much clearer understanding of the crime affecting their businesses and can be deployed as a standalone crime reporting solution or sit alongside Facewatch’s established live facial recognition technology.
It will not be necessary for a retailer to subscribe to Facewatch’s Live Facial Recognition service in order to use Facewatch Live.
In 2018, Facewatch shifted its focus to prevention using live facial recognition.
In September 2026, Facewatch’s live facial recognition system generated 81,988 real-time alerts, its fifth consecutive monthly record.