Nuked Hey everyone, it’s Nuked here! I’m excited to talk to you about Ring’s new Battery Doorbell Plus. This device is a great way to keep an eye on your packages and visitors at your front door.
Ring created the video doorbell category, but many of its competitors have surpassed Ring’s capabilities. For example, they offer better video quality, viewing angles, and notifications for things like animals, vehicles, and people. The Battery Doorbell Plus has a square 1:1 aspect ratio with a 150-degree by 150-degree field of view and 1536p HD video resolution. This is the same specs as Ring’s Pro 2 doorbell, but for $70 less.
The square view will give you a head-to-toe view of all your visitors and the ability to see packages on your porch. The 1536p HD video is a big bump from the 1080p used by Ring’s other battery-powered buzzers, bringing it up to the quality of Ring’s Pro 2.
The Ring Battery Doorbell Plus costs $179.99 and will be released April 5th. It eventually replace the Ring Video Doorbell 3 in Ring’s line as a midrange standard doorbell option, coming after the Ring Video Doorbell Wired at $65 and the Ring Video Doorbell at $99.
The Battery Doorbell Plus also includes some energy saving features that the company says will get battery life “up to three times better than our first Ring Video Doorbell.” These features include Advanced Motion Detection, Motion Zones, and People Only Mode available in the Ring app.
As with all of Ring’s cameras, the Battery Doorbell Plus comes with free motion detection and privacy zones. There are also Quick Replies (preset responses your doorbell can deliver to visitors), Alexa compatibility to view your doorbell camera feed on an Echo Show or Fire TV, live view, and two-way talk.
The Battery Doorbell Plus can also be hardwired to trickle charge the battery and to work with your existing indoor doorbell chime. A Ring Protect subscription ($3.99 a month / $39.99 a year) adds cloud storage of recorded video, package alerts, rich notifications, and People Only Mode (so you only get notified when the cameras sees a person).
You can enable end-to-end video encryption on any of Ring’s cameras, but you do lose out on some features. The new Battery Doorbell Plus will work with Ring Edge, a local storage and processing option that requires a Ring Alarm Pro smart hub.
If you’re concerned about privacy, you can opt out of Ring’s Neighbors app integration and public safety partnerships. All in all, this new device looks like it will be a great addition to your home security system!
