{"id":403262,"date":"2026-03-25T15:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/403262\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:11:14","slug":"ring-finally-brings-4k-video-to-its-battery-powered-doorbell-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/403262\/","title":{"rendered":"Ring finally brings 4K video to its battery-powered doorbell camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The battery-powered doorbells deliver better video quality to Ring\u2019s wire-free line, which has, to date, mostly offered 1080p HD resolution. The company says a \u201credesigned internal architecture\u201d helps support power-hungry high-resolution video and AI features.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The video resolution boost will feed Ring\u2019s new AI features, providing clearer pictures to enable the devices to capture more detail. The new products also have Ring\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/788290\/ring-amazon-hardware-event-price-specs#:~:text=Ring%20Retinal%20Vision,by%20daily%20routines.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Retinal Vision<\/a>, an AI-powered capability that fine-tunes footage. Each camera comes with a free trial of <a href=\"https:\/\/ring.pxf.io\/c\/482924\/3022805\/30431?u=https%3A%2F%2Fring.com%2Fsupport%2Fplans%2Fai-pro\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ring AI Pro<\/a> ($19.99 a month), which gives you access to recorded video along with all of Ring\u2019s latest AI features.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">These include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/692523\/ring-ai-powered-video-descriptions-camera-doorbell-notifications\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">video descriptions<\/a> that send a text description of what the camera saw, and Ring\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/ring.pxf.io\/c\/482924\/3022805\/30431?u=https%3A%2F%2Fring.com%2Fsupport%2Farticles%2Fz3yhg%2Ffamiliar-faces%3Fsrsltid%3DAfmBOooPLfXSMwEgdjFRbFeL10cF4xPpEf7O8F_RAFWmab8QDEElJi2M\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Familiar Faces<\/a>, which adds facial recognition to the cameras. There is also an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/9\/24265564\/ring-ai-smart-video-search-security-camera-price-availability\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI-powered video search<\/a> that lets you search footage for specific events, such as \u201ckids on bikes\u201d or \u201cblack cat on porch\u201d, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ring.pxf.io\/c\/482924\/3022805\/30431?u=https%3A%2F%2Fring.com%2Fsupport%2Farticles%2F97l0i%2FRing-AI-Video-Descriptions-Single-Event-Alert-Beta%3Fsrsltid%3DAfmBOorXlFP1wI2CYknf-BuwOyrubjHtq3il9B_1k6_odNqfDOftaneW\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Single Event Alerts<\/a>, which sends just one combined alert when the camera recognizes similar motion, such as someone mowing a lawn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The intent here is to reduce notification fatigue caused by security cameras and provide you with the information you need faster. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/876866\/ring-search-party-super-bowl-ad-online-backlash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent backlash<\/a> over Ring\u2019s use of AI in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/790928\/ring-search-party-cameras-default-opt-out\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Search Party feature<\/a> has created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/880906\/ring-siminoff-email-leak-search-party-expansion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">distrust among some users<\/a>, who are concerned that their video is being processed in Ring\u2019s cloud. There are several security camera companies that offer local video processing and storage if you are looking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/890910\/best-ring-alternatives-privacy-focused-video-doorbell-local-storage-reolink-aqara-tapo-ecobee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to avoid the cloud<\/a>, including Reolink and Eufy. Another benefit of this option is that you don\u2019t need to pay monthly subscription fees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The new doorbell cameras and accessories are now available for pre-order on Amazon and will launch on April 29th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The battery-powered doorbells deliver better video quality to Ring\u2019s wire-free line, which has, to date, mostly offered 1080p&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[74],"tags":[1463,46141,12195,18,282,19,17,5,7565,753,82],"class_list":["post-403262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-amazon","tag-amazon-alexa","tag-cameras","tag-eire","tag-gadgets","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-smart-home","tag-tech","tag-technology"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}