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The launch of a next-generation security camera from Ring has been postponed in Britain. The delay was apparently caused by an issue in the manufacturing process, with no word yet on when the Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Camera will hit Amazon UK digital shelves.
The all-new camera that allows anyone to snoop around your home nowhere to hide, was due to launch in Britain and the United States on May 30, after being unveiled earlier this month.
Speaking to GB News, an Amazon spokesperson said: “We have experienced a production delay that has impacted our ship date, but we look forward to getting the Pan-Tilt Indoor Camera into the hands of customers soon.”
Although the Ring brand is best known for popularizing video doorbells, it offers a wide range of door sensors, indoor and outdoor security cameras, floodlights and alarm systems. The latest addition to the range – the Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Camera – uses a motor that runs on site to keep an eye on people in your home.
Ring has previously offered this functionality with an optional motorized holder from £34.99 for the existing indoor security cameras. However, the pan-tilt indoor camera is the first time it has been integrated into a standalone product. This makes the new camera much cheaper than buying both parts separately.
The camera can rotate 360 degrees left and right and tilt 169 degrees up and down…hence the name. Using that full range of motion, the Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Camera is designed to see around the room, keeping the lens focused on anyone who shouldn’t be there, pets home alone, or anything else that might be wrong .
You can manually control the Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Camera using the touchscreen controls built into the Ring app on iPhone and Android. Using simple directional arrows, you can aim the 1080p HD camera at anything that catches your eye in your home.
And thanks to the built-in color night vision, you won’t miss anything, even in the dark.
Amazon has previously offered a motorized base for its existing Indoor Cam products, allowing them to rotate and provide additional vantage points around the room, but this is the first time the technology has been combined into a standalone product
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The Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam connects seamlessly with other devices from the Ring range, including the best-selling video doorbells. Designed as a useful addition to the video doorbell range, this diddy camera helps keep an eye on rooms not covered by the front door power supply.
Using the Ring app, you can set the Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam to record when someone rings your Ring doorbell, or trigger video recording when it detects motion.
The ability to rotate and pan the camera anywhere in the world with the Ring app also means it’s perfect for keeping an eye on troublesome pets – or larger rooms with multiple doors and windows that would otherwise be out of view with a traditional security camera .
An update to the Ring app on Android and iPhone allows Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam owners to use on-screen directional arrows to move the lens and focus on different parts of the room
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Because Ring is owned by Amazon, the system is tightly integrated with its AI assistant Alexa.
If you have an Amazon Echo device at home, you can use the hands-free virtual assistant to initiate recordings from any of your Ring kits.
For example, you could say, “Alexa, show me the living room,” to see a live video feed from the Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam on a touchscreen Echo device or a Fire TV. You can talk to people in the room via the built-in speaker of the Ring camera, as long as the privacy cover is not in use.
Covering the lens with the plastic privacy cover will pause the audio and video recording on the Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam. You can also customize when the camera records, adding specific areas in the room never recorded and other privacy settings in the Ring app on iPhone and Android.
Ring stores recordings in the cloud for up to 180 days if you subscribe its Ring Protect subscription for £4.99 per month or £49.99 per year. This paid subscription also unlocks automatic packet detection, lets you mute notifications for familiar faces, download up to 50 videos from the camera, and add a preview of the video feed to notifications on your iPhone, Android, Fire TV, or Apple Watch.
In addition to the launch of the Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam, Ring has also confirmed that stylish new colors will be arriving in the range of stationary Ring Indoor Cams in July.
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Amazon increased subscription prices for its Ring Protect plan earlier this yearwhich sparked outrage among long-term customers. Annual plans shot up by £15 – an increase of 42.8% – from £34.99 to £49.99 for the 12 months. It was the second price increase for Ring Protect subscribers in recent history, with annual subscriptions costing just £24.99 (just over £2 per month) 18 months ago.
In addition to the upcoming launch of the Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Camera today, Amazon has announced plans to add new colors to the standard (non-tilting) Ring Indoor Cam rangeincluding Starlight, Charcoal or Blush, so it blends in better with the decor of your home.
It hopes to launch these from July 24 for £49.99 – there’s no word on whether the production delays that have affected the Pan-Tilt Camera have thwarted these release plans.