Amazon-owned Ring has announced a new version of its wired indoor security camera. The $79.99 Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam adds a motorized pan-tilt base to the Ring Indoor Cam (2nd Gen), which otherwise retains the same features as before: 1080p HD video, two-way talk, motion alerts, a built-in siren, and a manual privacy cover that blocks all audio and video. It’s just now you can point the camera up and down and all around using the Ring app.
The camera also has a new look, with Ring offering three new colors for the first time on any of its devices. Well, only one has any actual color; the blush version is a nice dark pink. Then there’s a charcoal gray and a cream white in addition to the existing white and black.
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These new shades are also coming to the current static Indoor Cam (2nd Gen) ($59.99), which is a nice upgrade. The colors do add a bit of style, and while no one has designed a really good-looking indoor camera (Google Nest’s aren’t bad), it’s nice to see some attention being paid to how these actually look inside a home.
Ring says the new indoor camera pan and tilt capabilities provide 360-degree coverage. It comes with two different mounts—a ceiling mount and a wall mount—and a 10-foot cable to help reach outlets.
The Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam is available to order now, with the black and white versions shipping from May 30th and the new colors for both models coming soon.
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While Ring does sell a separate $45 pan and tilt mount for its bigger indoor/outdoor StickUp Cam, this is the company’s first integrated pan and tilt camera.
I’ve tested a number of pan and tilt indoor cameras. Eufy, Aqara, and TP-Link all have versions, and I find them useful for reducing the number of cameras needed inside your home to see everywhere you might want to.
In my house, one pan and tilt camera can show me if I left the stove on in the kitchen and if the porch door is shut. I currently use the Aqara G3, which also has a privacy cover but one you can activate remotely. If you forget to open Ring’s manual cover when you leave the house, you won’t be able to check in remotely.
Of course, the one camera that can see everywhere is the Ring Always Home Cam, an autonomous indoor security drone designed to fly around your home when you’re away. The company has been promising to release it for years now and even demoed it at CES 2023. Then, Ring’s former CEO, Jamie Siminoff, told me 2024 was the earliest we could expect to see it flying into our homes. I’m still waiting.
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As with all Ring cameras, the new Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam requires a Ring Protect subscription (from $4.99 a month) for any recorded video. Without one, you will only get motion alerts and a live view of the feed. A subscription also adds person alerts and rich notifications.
Ring recently added two new features to its Ring Protect subscription: a Multi-Cam Live View that plays four Live Views simultaneously per location through Ring’s web portal and Live View Picture-in-Picture, which lets you keep a Live View playing in a pop-up window even if you switch to a different app.
This feature rolled out in February, and I’ve found it very handy for streaming the new Taylor Swift album while keeping an eye on my baby chicks.
Update, May 1: An earlier version of this article said the new colors will ship on June 12th. Ring says they are now coming soon.
