Check out our home security camera ratings and home security system ratings to see the latest test results on all three. In order to use these features, you will have to subscribe to a Ring Protect plan.Īt Consumer Reports, we regularly test security cameras, video doorbells, and home security systems. Ring says it will add these new alerts to more models in the future. In addition, current Ring Alarm owners who aren’t subscribed to Ring Protect Plus (1st gen) will have until January 30, 2022, to subscribe to the plan and lock in the lower rate.Ĭustom motion alerts allow you to “train” the camera to detect when something changes in a specific area of the camera’s view, such as whether a car is in your driveway, or your garage door is open or closed.Īt first, package alerts will be available for Ring Video Doorbell (2020) and Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2, while custom motion alerts will be available for Ring Spotlight Cam Battery. You will then be automatically upgraded to Ring Protect Pro at your renewal date. If you’re a current subscriber to Ring Protect Plus (1st gen), as Ring calls it, you will continue to receive professional monitoring, cellular backup, and Alexa Guard Plus until 2025. New Ring Alarm customers, regardless of whether they purchase the Ring Alarm (2nd gen) or Ring Alarm Pro, will have to subscribe to the $20-per-month Ring Protect Pro plan to get those features. Alexa Guard Plus is a set of home security features for Amazon Echo smart speakers that includes a hands-free emergency helpline you can call by saying, "Alexa, call for help." By itself, Alexa Guard Plus costs $5 per month.Īs of today, Ring is also removing professional monitoring, cellular backup for the alarm system, and Alexa Guard Plus from its $10-per-month Ring Protect Plus plan. The new plan costs $20 per month and provides 60 days of cloud video storage for Ring cameras and doorbells, professional monitoring, 24/7 backup internet service for your home’s Eero WiFi network, an Eero Secure subscription, and an Alexa Guard Plus subscription.Įero Secure is a set of internet security features that, on its own, costs $3 per month. Ring is creating a new tier of its optional Ring Protect subscription service for the Ring Alarm Pro called Ring Protect Pro.
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