They’re the first two products from the company’s new autonomous home security devices category.
It's been at least six years since Amazon first teased an in-home security camera in the form of a drone, but Ring founder Jamie Siminoff says that his company has actually been working on a "drone concept" since 2016. That's before Amazon even acquired Ring in 2018, and about a decade in the making. After some starts and stops, including the various reveals and tests over the years, Siminoff believes the Ring Drone Cam is finally ready for the general public. It will retail for $249.99 and ship on January 27, 2027. The camera is part of a pair of devices launching as part of the Ring Robotics "category of autonomous, mobile security" that Amazon is also unveiling today.
The Ring Drone Cam weighs 165 grams (0.36 pounds) and is basically a tiny quadcopter with cameras onboard. It has a 2K camera and two LEDs on its front and a 1080p camera on the underside. There's also an LED at the bottom for illumination. These lights don't just help illuminate in low light or in dark corners, but can also provide a deterrent to would-be intruders at night. Ring's executives said that when the Drone Cam is flying around your darkened home, its moving lights can resemble the action of a security guard holding up a flashlight and looking around.
The Drone Cam can fly on your preconfigured schedules, as if it's on patrol, or it can chart a flight path in response to a motion sensor or leak sensor that's gone off somewhere in your home.
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