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The launch of a next-generation security camera from Ring has been delayed in the UK. The delay appears to be caused by a problem in the manufacturing process, with no word on when the Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Camera will hit Amazon UK’s digital shelves.
The brand new camera that anyone can use to spy around your home nowhere to hide was due to launch in the UK and US on May 30 after being unveiled earlier this month.
Speaking to GB News, an Amazon spokesperson said: “We had a production delay which affected the shipping date, but we look forward to getting the Pan-Tilt Indoor Camera into customers’ hands soon.”
Although the Ring brand is best known for popularizing video doorbells, it also 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 to swivel in place to monitor the movement of people in your home.
Ring already offered this functionality with optional motorized stand for £34.99 for existing internal security cameras. However, the internal Pan-Tilt camera is the first time it has been included in a stand-alone product. As a result, the new camera is much more affordable than buying the two parts separately.
The camera can pan a full 360 degrees left and right, as well as tilt 169 degrees up and down…hence the name. Using this full range of motion, the Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Camera is designed to peer around the room to keep its lens on anyone who shouldn’t be there, pets who are home alone, or anything else that might to be wrong.
You can manually take control of the Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Camera using touch controls built into the Ring app on iPhone and Android. Using simple directional arrows, you’ll be able to point the 1080p HD camera at anything that catches your eye in your home.
And with built-in color night vision, you won’t miss a thing—even in the dark.
Amazon has previously offered a motorized base for its existing Indoor Cam products, allowing them to rotate and offer additional perspectives of the room, but this is the first time the technology has been combined into a stand-alone product
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The Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam connects seamlessly with other devices in the Ring range, including our best-selling video doorbells. This small camera is designed to be a useful companion to the video doorbell range, helping to monitor rooms not covered by front door power.
Using the Ring app, you can set the Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam to record every time someone rings your Ring doorbell, or trigger video recording when it detects motion.
The ability to rotate and pan the camera from anywhere in the world using the Ring app also means it’s ideal for keeping an eye on troublesome pets – or larger rooms with multiple doors and windows that might otherwise be out of frame with traditional security camera.
An update to the Ring app on Android and iPhone will allow 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’ll be able to use the virtual assistant hands-free to start recordings from any of your Ring sets.
For example, you can say “Alexa, show me the living room” to see live video from the Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam on a touchscreen Echo device or Fire TV. You can talk to people in the room through the Ring camera’s built-in speaker, as long as the privacy cover isn’t in use.
Covering the lens with the plastic privacy cover interrupts the Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam’s audio and video recording. You can also adjust when the camera records, add specific areas in the room that are never saved and other privacy settings in the Ring app on iPhone and Android.
Ring will store recordings in the cloud for up to 180 days when you subscribe to its Ring Protect plan for £4.99 per month or £49.99 per year. This paid subscription also unlocks automatic shipment detection, lets you mute notifications for familiar faces, download up to 50 camera videos, and provides a video feed preview to notifications on your iPhone, Android, Fire TV, or Apple Watch.
As well as the launch of the Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam, Ring has also confirmed that stylish new colors will be coming to the Ring Indoor Cam range in July
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Amazon increased subscription prices for its Ring Protect plan earlier this yearcausing outrage among long-term customers. Annual plans have jumped by £15 — 42.8% increase — from £34.99 to £49.99 over the 12 months. This marked the second price increase for Ring Protect subscribers in recent times, with annual plans costing just £24.99 (just over £2 a month) more than 18 months ago.
In addition to the upcoming launch of the Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Camera today, Amazon announced plans to add new colors to the standard (non-tilt) Ring Indoor Cam rangeincluding Starlight, Charcoal or Blush to blend in with your home decor.
It hopes to have them on the market from July 24th for £49.99 — no word on whether the production delays that have affected the Pan-Tilt Camera have derailed those launch plans.