Amazon first previewed an in-home security drone roughly six years ago, but Ring founder Jamie Siminoff says the company has been developing a “drone concept” since 2016, two years before Amazon bought Ring in 2018. After a decade of stops and starts, public reveals, and tests, Siminoff says the Ring Drone Cam is ready for consumers.
The device is priced at $249.99 and will ship on January 27, 2027. It is one of two products launching under Ring Robotics, a new category that Amazon calls “autonomous, mobile security.”
The Ring Drone Cam is a small quadcopter that weighs 165 grams (0.36 pounds). It has a 2K camera and two LEDs on the front, a 1080p camera on the underside, and an LED at the bottom. Ring says the lights also deter intruders at night. Executives said the moving lights resemble a guard sweeping a flashlight around a dark home.
The Drone Cam can fly set patrol routes on a schedule, or head toward the spot where a motion sensor or leak sensor has been triggered. Users can also launch a flight manually at any time. Amazon says the Alexa Home Map, a 3D view of the house that the company announced last month, makes this simpler. Rather than piloting the drone, a user taps a location on the map and the Drone Cam plots its own route there.
Battery life is about eight to 10 minutes of flight, depending on altitude. The drone lands or returns to its dock when power is low or Wi-Fi drops. Eight minutes of charging gives one minute of flight.
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