compatibility checker at Ring.com<\/a>. There are no structural changes to your apartment required, and the installation process is completely DIY. <\/p>\nWhen someone presses your apartment button at the main entrance, it triggers two-way talk through the Ring app. You can only answer calls when someone buzzes your apartment, so you can\u2019t use it to listen in on people hanging out in the doorway whenever you fancy.<\/p>\n
There is no recording capability, as there is with Ring Video Doorbells; there\u2019s just live, two-way talk. \u201cI don\u2019t know if people would want [recording],\u201d says Siminoff. \u201cAnd there are local laws around recording audio.\u201d The activity log in the Ring app will tell you if you missed a visitor. The activity log also shows every time the remote unlock feature is activated by you or any shared user in your household to whom you\u2019ve granted access. <\/p>\n
Ring Intercom also has an optional feature that allows Amazon delivery drivers secure, time-based access to your building to drop off packages, similar to Amazon\u2019s Key program, so you don\u2019t even have to answer the buzzer. Ring says it will be adding an Auto-Verified Guests feature that lets you share revokable virtual keys with, say, your dog walker or cleaning person. This is something most smart door locks allow you to do.<\/p>\n
Ring Intercom can also connect to Amazon\u2019s voice assistant Alexa, allowing you to use any Echo smart speaker or display as a hands-free intercom and talk to your visitor through it. You can also unlock the door with voice, but you need to set up and use a voice pin code.<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/source><\/picture>\n
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Ring Intercom installs next to your apartment’s intercom handset and is battery-powered.<\/em><\/figcaption>Image: Ring<\/cite><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
While Ring Intercom will work in the US, Siminoff said Ring chose to focus on Europe for launch, where there\u2019s a larger potentially untapped market. \u201cI think everyone always figures that once you get to Amazon, you just have magic wands full of engineers and unlimited resources,\u201d he says. \u201cBut we do have to focus, so we wanted to focus on Europe, get it launched there, get it going, then we\u2019ll bring it to the US.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Ring says you can link Ring Intercom to other Ring devices like the Ring Indoor Cam, there\u2019s no combined functionality; it\u2019s just that both devices can be accessed from the same app. Intercom is a purely audio device. \u201cThere are ways you could add video to these types of devices,\u201d says Siminoff. \u201cBut it\u2019s a much tougher thing to do and involves more parties, such as the building owner. \u201c With Ring Intercom, you can stay connected to your front door with a device you can buy and install on your own \u201cwith just a couple of screws and half an hour on a Sunday,\u201d says Siminoff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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