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How Ring’s flying drone camera could win us over

The Ring Always Home Cam is launching later this year. Ring might be pushing the privacy envelope in the wrong direction, but if this gadget has the right mix of features and security, it could still win us over. 0:00 Intro 0:31 Ring’s Baggage 1:06 Ability to Investigate 1:59 Multi-floor Mobility 2:41 Smart Security 3:11…

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The Ring Always Home Cam is launching later this year. Ring might be pushing the privacy envelope in the wrong direction, but if this gadget has the right mix of features and security, it could still win us over.

0:00 Intro
0:31 Ring’s Baggage
1:06 Ability to Investigate
1:59 Multi-floor Mobility
2:41 Smart Security
3:11 Remote Control
3:46 Privacy
4:37 Release Date?

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60 Comments

  1. Larry de March

    May 31, 2021 at 2:29 pm

    This would play havoc with an alarm system’s motion detectors.

  2. MonteLDS

    May 31, 2021 at 2:33 pm

    Meh, no interest in a drone camera.
    “Hackers are already gaining access to smart home cameras on the REG”
    Your English teacher must be in agony after hearing that.

  3. ConstructsoftheState two eyes one mouth

    May 31, 2021 at 2:34 pm

    💩

  4. M A#np

    May 31, 2021 at 2:54 pm

    I am imagining the flying drone will later evolve to have suction cups that will allow it to mount itself to walls, ceiling.. or a kind of passive or active hook to its top.. and also some kind of arm/stick that will allow it to press or move things.. and or some kind of grabber that will allow it to pick up things.. I think it would be interesting if you could give it audio commands.. such as “go check the kitchen or go check the front door or go check the living room (etc).. as opposed to having to manually fly it to a location and fly it back.. I think the future will include a full 360-degree cam and perhaps even stereoscopic vision?… perhaps also some kind of dynamic camouflage that allows it to change its color to match the background?

  5. Dylan Ley

    May 31, 2021 at 3:27 pm

    This has great potential, but I don’t think I’d buy one just yet

  6. I Like Turtles

    May 31, 2021 at 3:35 pm

    I’d put it in the garage maybe.

  7. Louis Y

    May 31, 2021 at 3:50 pm

    Cant fly up or down? Deal breaker

  8. Jonathan Root

    May 31, 2021 at 4:07 pm

    It’s can’t go up and down stairs and I have no remote control? Not interested.

  9. John Burke

    May 31, 2021 at 4:39 pm

    *Who doesn’t love a good set of stairs…* @2:07

  10. Boost Further

    May 31, 2021 at 4:51 pm

    His shirt looks like he eat a box of composition books 📚

  11. Daniel Brgss

    May 31, 2021 at 4:54 pm

    So now hackers can use your drones to spy in your home and prank you…

  12. G Conger

    May 31, 2021 at 5:38 pm

    really getting sick and tired of hacker scare tactics…almost all security breaches for live cameras have been because of customers not changing the default password, or making their password 12345, like cmon (exception could be Eufy security camera issue that just happened, but that was not a hack, that company is a moron apparentaly)…as long as you make a really good strong password, and constantly change it, and active 2f2 9 out of 10 times we are fine…who the heck wants to spend their time trying to hack a super strong password to watch your videos or mine…lol no one…these hackers just go around putting in admin admin and see who is stupid…trust me, what is more of an issue is the company being hacked and them losing your email address and password, but again if you use 1password or any other password generated you are fine…I’m buying this drone and just going to have a fun time flying around and bothering my wife and kids…if it sucks I’ll just return it or off to ebay it goes…get an NVR for security, that’s the best period

  13. You Tube

    May 31, 2021 at 6:03 pm

    From the sublime to the ridiculous.

  14. Catman Sandiego

    May 31, 2021 at 6:39 pm

    pet owners need not apply. my cats would destroy this thing in minutes. 😼😼😼

  15. aaron acosta

    May 31, 2021 at 6:43 pm

    that Amish beard, though.

  16. Jeffrey Conner

    May 31, 2021 at 6:50 pm

    Be more interested in it flying outside my home.

  17. Wayne Reid

    May 31, 2021 at 6:55 pm

    It’s been a long time since this was announced . Wonder if it’s still coming out .

  18. Nick

    May 31, 2021 at 7:15 pm

    If you have to mention privacy THAT much during a review video… Lol…

  19. Michael Crumpton

    May 31, 2021 at 7:31 pm

    Buy a few Wyze cams and put them so they can see all the doors and windows. It would cost less and be more fault tolerant.

  20. Rick Sihler

    May 31, 2021 at 7:56 pm

    Why is the burglar always a white male ?

    • Democrats Suck

      May 31, 2021 at 9:37 pm

      Because the company who does marketing does not produce facts only deception.

    • Rick Sihler

      May 31, 2021 at 9:44 pm

      @Democrats Suck ok

  21. David Ramos

    May 31, 2021 at 8:53 pm

    Isn’t this type of tech a black mirror episode?

  22. Democrats Suck

    May 31, 2021 at 9:32 pm

    I love it and want one.

  23. Karan Masson

    May 31, 2021 at 11:32 pm

    I think they need remote control but needs to have a way to Authenticate that you are the one doing it. Maybe like a strong passcode or Face ID/Touch ID.

  24. 360 blues

    May 31, 2021 at 11:59 pm

    I highly dislike this fellow

  25. zunedog31

    June 1, 2021 at 1:41 am

    Under no circumstances should someone buy this and install it in a private space

  26. prilep5

    June 1, 2021 at 2:05 am

    Get ride of your cat that scares you and get a dog 😀

  27. Non - human

    June 1, 2021 at 2:19 am

    I will wait for the Chinese ripoff version to hit the store…then buy 💯 and a volcano island with a hidden base.

  28. uk7769

    June 1, 2021 at 3:29 am

    Hard no. Not in my house. Had a Ring doorbell before it was acquired by the giant vampire squid Amazon. It worked ok, but now that the police can access your camera without your permission, no way. After Amazon bought out Ring, I banned it from my home. Anyone that cares about privacy and your constitutional rights, should never put any network connect devices in your home until better privacy laws are created. I wouldn’t hold your breath. Just get a close circuit security camera system, and never connect it to the Internet. Not at this time. In case you didn’t notice, we are in a full scale cyber war. This is what World War III looks like.

  29. Ifeoluwa Onigbinde

    June 1, 2021 at 5:54 am

    Love death + robots season 2 episode 1

  30. Dan

    June 1, 2021 at 8:08 am

    Almost guarantee you this device will get its production cancelled. It is a neat gimmick, but that is basically ALL it will be. A gimmick. and a security risk at that.

  31. martinpotts

    June 1, 2021 at 8:23 am

    I wondered where the top of my Series X went
    🚁

  32. Brian Betron

    June 1, 2021 at 9:55 am

    THUMBS DOWN: time for a mic for better audio.

  33. Vincent Freeman

    June 1, 2021 at 11:03 am

    He’s not wrong on the privacy issues. I keep getting annoying reminders now on the app where it want to tie my account to my telephone number.

  34. Dutch Mutant

    June 1, 2021 at 11:21 am

    The Beard, I don’t care what’s he talking about, The Beard. I can’t think of anyone who would like that on his face or anywhere else

  35. Tangerine 1956

    June 1, 2021 at 11:30 am

    I’d rather have something like that flying the perimeter outside of the house.

  36. Prince andrylle Espiloy

    June 1, 2021 at 12:40 pm

    can’t wait what Michael Reeves will do with that.

  37. Joel Martinez

    June 1, 2021 at 3:02 pm

    We needed an OUTDOOR drone camera. Who the heck needs this inside??? All the action is outside the house. I’m still gonna use this outside

  38. MurlocConfidential

    June 1, 2021 at 5:06 pm

    Decent review. I like this device for a warehouse style environment or office setting after hours. Prolly vacation time as well. Just not occupied time periods.

  39. Ffirst Llast

    June 1, 2021 at 5:12 pm

    baseball bat? hahaha…poor snowflake

  40. Jarkko Aitti

    June 1, 2021 at 5:17 pm

    i’ve wondered for a long time how spineless people are when it comes to buying. sure some young activists boycott nike for a couple of years (and at the same time they used happily windows or a mac and with ie or chrome etc..) or they still buy sony despite that companys many mean deeds and always going tendency to try to force people to use something propiertary which they control. ring is known for they privacy and security problems, some intentional and still people buy its products? i wonder if they could win at court with a argument of “they knew about our problems, they are well documented all over internet” when someone finds pictures of naked themselves at home online 🙂

  41. MWA

    June 1, 2021 at 6:08 pm

    make sure you have backup electricity and internet connection/wifi before investing in ANY security products. Most burglars know where the main fuse box is located and most property the internet cable is visible from OUTSIDE.

  42. Keen Heat

    June 1, 2021 at 6:47 pm

    For the price of single flying drone camera, you can install 12 regular adrunio base cameras. Unless you have more than 12 rooms in your house/apartment, it might be cheaper to seek alternative. Even putting civil liberty and privacy concern aside. It’s really hard to justify the price for the value it bring.

  43. Denis Lara

    June 1, 2021 at 7:44 pm

    I had a Ring doorbell for 1.5 year and it was a constant nightmare. Even after buying a Mesh Wifi system, that ring doorbell it never worked properly.

    • respdoc

      June 1, 2021 at 8:09 pm

      The fact you somehow automatically equate buying a “mesh wifi system” to fixing any possible issues with a doorbell cam…..shows probably most of the problems are user error.

    • Denis Lara

      June 1, 2021 at 8:28 pm

      @respdoc ???? We bought because the little wifi router was not enough and the coverage wasn’t that great. So, we got a 3 router system from Orbi to give a the ring doorbell a change. We even hook up power supply to the unit. It didn’t matter when someone rang the doorbell the app would just show “loading” what a joke. 1 year with the best doorbell and the google Home Screen and not a single issue with “buffering”. How exactly that is user error? Don’t be so bitter that thing sucks.

  44. MileHighOllie

    June 1, 2021 at 11:59 pm

    Thanks brother Moses.

  45. C. Harris

    June 2, 2021 at 2:38 am

    You lost me at “It can’t go up or down stairs.” 👎🏼👎🏼 Half-Baked gimmick solution.

  46. Comment Highlighted

    June 2, 2021 at 2:51 am

    I’m ready for the Stun Mod 🙂

  47. Luke Taylor

    June 2, 2021 at 8:57 am

    No verticality? Damn, I thought that was a given. Shame.

  48. Alexander

    June 2, 2021 at 9:06 am

    Wait is he wearing a mask?😷oh wait.

  49. Jj W

    June 2, 2021 at 9:37 am

    Skynet approves.

  50. Sketchupdave

    June 2, 2021 at 12:48 pm

    I think it would be nice as an alarm clock or to piss of your pets and family members.

  51. David Dobson

    June 2, 2021 at 7:14 pm

    Wait? So your telling me that’s it’s so QUIET 🤫 you can’t hear it (spy) 🤔

  52. Jayden D.

    June 2, 2021 at 10:26 pm

    I want that camera just to watch it fly around

  53. Smokin Dauberdoo420

    June 2, 2021 at 11:21 pm

    NEVER

  54. San Angelo

    June 3, 2021 at 3:19 am

    Grab a bat? That’s cute.

  55. Benjamin Stephen

    June 3, 2021 at 2:14 pm

    Just imagine what happen if there’s a ghost🤣

  56. Tyler C

    June 3, 2021 at 3:18 pm

    So basically, it’s useless for in home

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