Crazy security camera now available to order
Ring swooped in and stole the show at its parent company Amazon’s big launch year, with the announcement of its first indoor flying security camera: The Ring Always Home Cam.
A year on and Amazon used this year’s September launch event to announce that the flying, autonomous indoor security cam, is finally available.
Sort of… people in the US can request an invitation to purchase the bonkers cam for $249.99.
The Ring Always Home Cam flies around your house to give you a variety of viewpoints without having to install multiple cameras.
The idea is that you don’t always have a camera installed everywhere you might want to see, such as next to the stove you thought you left on, or by a window your significant other may have left open.
It only flies along preset flight paths you set in the Ring app. The Always Home Cam can accommodate up to 50 different flight paths and a single flight path can be up to 5 minutes long.
The cam streams 1440 x 1440 HD video with a 120° horizontal / 120° vertical field of view.
It integrates with Ring Alarm smart security system; when the alarm is triggered it can automatically fly a set path to see what’s happening. Like a drone guard dog.
It’s a bit of an OTT solution to problems the smart home already has solved. Door and window sensors can tell you if you’ve left something open and connected ovens can be turned off remotely.
But we’ve all likely had that “Doh!” moment when our existing security cams can’t show us exactly what we want, and if that’s happened to you enough, you might be up for this.
Beyond the security aspect, it could be fun for Christmas morning or during parties to capture the action, as long as no-one gets bonked on the head by it (it does have obstacle avoidance tech).
