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Ring has a number of Video Doorbells within its portfolio, with eight separate options to choose between, all of which offer varying features, and the camera options are plentiful too. You’ll find person and package detection on all the Ring Video Doorbell options, though you will need a Ring Protect Subscription, while other features include things like Bird’s Eye View but these are restricted to certain models of doorbells and cameras.
Bird’s Eye View provides an aerial map view of motion events around your home, allowing you to see the path that people take when they visit. It’s powered by radar technology, and only some Ring Video Doorbell and cameras have this. If you have a compatible model however, this is how you set up Bird’s Eye View on Ring Video Doorbell or camera and how to use it.
- A compatible Ring Video Doorbell or camera
- Your smartphone or tablet
- The latest version of the Ring app
- Open the Ring app.
- Tap on your Ring Video Doorbell or camera.
- Select Motion Settings.
- Tap on Bird’s Eye Zones.
- Select ‘Set Up Feature‘ and follow the instructions.
- Choose between Satellite and Vector modes for the map.
- Mark the location of your Ring Doorbell or camera.
- Move the slider to match the green zone to your camera’s field of view.
- Press ‘Edit‘ to refine the Bird’s Eye Zone you have created.
- Test the zone.
- Tap ‘Enable Feature‘ to turn on.
As mentioned, Bird’s Eye View offers an Ariel map view of motion events around your home. It will appear in Live View and when you watch back recordings, allowing you to see each visitor’s path to your Ring device, traced with dots on a map.
Radar technology is used to determine the location of motion events and let you know when something happens in the area you choose. The Bird’s Eye Zones are accurate up to 9.5m and turning the Bird’s Eye Zone feature on will limit radar detection to that range.
Your Ring Video Doorbell or camera will ignore motion outside of your Bird’s Eye Zones once you have set them up. It’s also recommended that you use Camera Motion Zones to draw the areas you want motion detection on your camera view to be detected in order to get better accuracy.
Bird’s Eye View will work on any of the following cameras or doorbells:
That’s it! Bird’s Eye View should now be set up and you’ll get motion alerts from your Ring Video Doorbell or camera, exactly where you care about.
