The Ring Video Doorbell connects to your home’s Wi-Fi network and streams live audio and video to your Android device. It is the perfect blend of convenience, monitoring, and security all into a simple to use smart doorbell.
It gives you peace of mind by chatting with visitors from your Android device, whether you’re in the kitchen or halfway around the world through the free Ring app. You need not worry as to what is going on outside your home as you can see for yourself.
This app is also compatible with doorbot so if you are a doorbot owner, you can setup your device as well as use it through the Ring Doorbell app.The Ring is actually a second-generation device, the startup behind it was originally Doorbot, with a product of the same name with very similar features.
The new design and branding are intended to be more appealing to traditional homeowners looking for something more appropriate for their existing decor, less sci-fi and with functional improvements.
This doorbell features a more straight-edged, contemporary design compared to the Doorbot that preceded it, with a variety of finishes that should match the light fixture and door hardware of just about every residence, whether your home sports a more vintage look, or was built yesterday according to the latest industrial design trends.
The primary visual features of the Ring are the spherical camera lens, which house the 720p, 180-degree shooter that delivers a streaming video feed to your device via Wi-Fi, and the blue ringed round doorbell button itself, which lights up when pressed.The mounting design, which includes a screw down plate, and the unit itself which simply snaps in, is well-conceived and works in practice.
The Ring is fairly simple in terms of features. It offers two-way voice communication, as well as one-way video to let you see who’s at the door while talking to them. When a visitor presses your doorbell, it rings the app on your smartphone, and you can answer directly, get a preview of who is there, and then choose to continue with a voice call or shut things down and let them be on their way.
The voice communication works well, and lets you actually catch the attention of the postman who always seems to want to flee as soon as the doorbell is rung. Video also gives you a nice, wide-angle look at what’s going on, and quality is fine for the purposes of identifying visitors and having brief chats.
Another feature that Ring says will arrive in a future update is motion detection, which will let the Ring unit passively monitor your front door for activity, and then capture video of the incidents and save them to the cloud for future review.
That means that even if someone doesn’t ring your doorbell, you’ll be alerted to their presence, and have a record in case of later incident. It can detect movement in different zones and at different distances, and the cloud recording will be free initially, with paid plans available later.
It is a nice security feature for those looking for increased piece of mind.
For more information please visit: https://ring.com
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