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Tom's Guide
26-06-2025
- Business
- Tom's Guide
Ring's new AI feature summarizes security camera footage for you — those alerts just got less annoying
Owners of Ring cameras and doorbells just got access to a new AI-powered feature called Video Descriptions. Intended to provide a detailed description of the events recorded around your home, Video Descriptions can help you determine whether or not an activity is urgent or ordinary by sending you a concise notification about it. In a statement released about the feature, Ring's inventor, Jamie Siminoff said the company is 'seizing on the potential of gen AI to shift more of the work of home security to Ring's AI.' Video Descriptions is the first step in that direction, by helping users quickly determine how important a motion event is with a glance. It will be rolling out first in beta to Ring Home Premium subscribers in the U.S. and Canada. The feature can be enabled through the Ring app and will work with all currently available Ring cameras and doorbells. Once active, it will begin sending users notifications of text descriptions of the motions and activities it picks up, in real time. For example, it can provide helpful information like 'two people are peering into a white car in the driveway' or my favorite example, 'a dog is tearing up paper towels on the rug.' Video Descriptions uses real intelligence to limit the notifications to only the main subject of the motion and their action, which keeps the alerts short and to the point. At the same time, Ring is adding custom anomaly alerts which learn the routines of your household and can send you a notification when something is out of the ordinary for your property. Siminoff said the company is thinking about how to build Ring today as if they were starting with AI as the foundation, and they are just starting to scratch the surface of AI. They see unlimited potential for using it in new experiences they can invent for their customers. 'The team and I look forward to introducing new impactful features to all our products, making them better and better, and helping us deliver on our mission to help protect our neighborhoods and communities.' Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips.
Engadget
25-06-2025
- Business
- Engadget
Ring's AI video descriptions tell you who's doing what
Here's a use of artificial intelligence that could be handy. Ring is adding AI-generated text descriptions of alerts. If it works well, a glance will be all it takes to tell whether something requires your attention. Ring founder Jamie Siminoff gave some examples of the new notifications. "A person is walking up the steps with a black dog" could tell you it's just the dog walker returning. Or, "Two people are peering into a white car in the driveway" could indicate it's time to call the fuzz. Siminoff wrote in a press statement that the descriptions are "intentionally concise." They only describe the main subject that triggered the motion alert and what they're doing. The Ring founder hinted that AI features were on the way when he returned to Amazon in April. "We're just scratching the surface of what we can do with AI — and I look forward to digging into this with the team even more," he said. The feature is only available to Ring Home Premium subscribers. That's the company's most expensive tier ($20 monthly or $200 annually). Fortunately, you don't have to buy new hardware to use the feature. It's available on all currently available Ring doorbells and cameras. Video descriptions are only available in English. The feature begins rolling out today. Once available, you'll find the setting to toggle it on in the Ring app.
