NEWS – Drones are fun to fly – outside. But the new Ring Always Home Cam is a drone that is designed to be flown INSIDE your home and one that you can control when you’re not even there. The main purpose of most drones is for flying outdoors and capturing video. The Ring Always Home Cam is a flying security camera drone for your home that you control with your phone. You can program pre-determined flight paths so you can travel around your home virtually. The mobile app lets you see a live view as you fly around to see if you left a window open, the burner on, etc. How cool is that?! The Ring Always Home Cam is priced at $249.99 and is part of the Ring ecosystem. It is currently available exclusively as invite-only on Amazon where you can now sign up for access.
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OMG…we would LOVE it if has object tracking so it can follow the cats around the house to see what they REALLY do when we are not there. LOL!!!
RainyDayInterns, I already KNOW what my cat does all day because I’m here. It’s not exciting. He sleeps 95% of the day. But then he’s over 17yrs old 🙂 Now when we get a dog… then it will be useful!
LOL!!! It’s always that 5% with cats that we have to watch out for!!!
There are so many problems with this system and idea (many of which have been documented elsewhere) that I can not fathom why anyone would entertain using it!
I wonder if you have to pay an annual fee for the captured video, much like for the Ring doorbell.
John, the info seems sparse at the moment but if you check the product page it says:
So maybe they don’t charge extra…
https://www.cnet.com/home/amazon-astro-robot-is-an-adorable-privacy-nightmare/
John, That’s a completely different product…
True, and this isn’t quite as privacy-destroying as the Astro – but many of the same overall concerns apply. (Even if it doesn’t currently try to face-match everyone in the house.)
Unless it comes with an advanced CAA – Cat Avoidance Algorithm, it will end up in several pieces somewhere in a corner with Tiggrrr sitting proudly on the wreckage, little teeth marks, and claw scratches in the once pristine plastic.
Robert, You would need 2 of these drones. One as a sacrifice and one to record the carnage!
Either that or I deploy the new Amazon Astro Robot as a defensive shield.
But, I’d bet on Tiggrrr any day over machine intelligence.
It will be an extremely cold day below before I let Amazon or Google or Apple or ??? have unfettered access to my house. All of them have repeatedly shown that their “guarantees” of privacy are worth exactly zero. In fact if you ever see an Alexa or similar in my house you’ll know the bodysnatchers have arrived.