---
title: "Airbnb Wants Hosts to Buy “Party Prevention” Devices"
description: "Airbnb hosts are being encouraged to buy smart \"party prevention\" devices that can cost over $100 in order to prevent parties."
date: "2020-02-25"
modified: "2020-03-06"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/airbnb-party-prevention-devices"
categories:
  - "Computing"
  - "Devices"
  - "Future Society"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "airbnb"
  - "Smart Home"
  - "smart homes"
  - "the digest"
---

# Airbnb Wants Hosts to Buy “Party Prevention” Devices

![Airbnb is encouraging hosts to buy smart "party prevention" devices that can cost over $100 in an attempt to stop parties that could get out of hand.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/airbnb-wants-hosts-to-buy-party-prevention-devices.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Airbnb/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Party Pooper

Airbnb is encouraging hosts to buy smart ["party prevention" devices](<https://www.airbnb.co.uk/d/partyprevention>) in an attempt to stop parties that could get out of hand.

The smoke detector-resembling sensors, by smart home companies Minut, NoiseAaware and Roomonitor, can detect changes in the noise level, temperature, and even humidity. They frequently cost $100 or more.

## Plug & Play

All hosts have to do is plug 'em into an outlet. Then, if anything out of the ordinary is going on, the narc devices will send them an alert.

It's an arguably weak solution to what has turned into a major issue for Airbnb: In December, company [decided](<https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/airbnb-party-ban-1.5385258>) to crack down on parties after a Halloween shooting at a San Francisco suburb Airbnb claimed the lives of five people.

https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/1190675126594879489

## Don't Invite Your Friends

The new rules: no more "open invite" parties, and stricter guest behavior rules surrounding noise levels, unauthorized parking, and smoking. Repeated violations could cause guests' accounts to be booted from the service permanently.

But will smart devices sold for a hefty premium — not to mention an additional subscription fee of up to $10 a month — really stop parties from getting out of hand? That seems doubtful.

**READ MORE:** [Airbnb Is Pushing Surveillance Devices as 'Party Prevention'](<https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/akwnga/airbnb-is-pushing-surveillance-devices-as-party-prevention>) \[*VICE*\]

**More on Airbnb:** *[Airbnb Claims Its AI Can Predict Whether Guests Are Psychopaths](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/airbnb-ai-predict-psychopaths>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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