Six years after it first showed an indoor flying camera, Ring is back with two robot cameras that can patrol a space on their own. The Ring Drone Cam is a flying indoor camera for the home. The Ring Rover Cam is a wheeled robot aimed at businesses, according to an About Amazon announcement from November 10.
The Drone Cam is $249.99 and the Rover Cam is $999.99, official U.S. prices that can change. The Rover is on preorder, with U.S. shipping set to start December 16, 2026. The Drone Cam is planned for January 27, 2027, but cannot be sold until it receives FCC authorization. Ring is taking email sign-ups for now, and has not listed prices or ship dates for any other country.
Both devices use what Ring calls AI Pilot, which uses cameras, on-device sensors, and cloud processing to map a space, suggest patrol points, and steer around obstacles. The drone records only while it is flying, and its camera stays off in the dock. It has no microphone or speaker. Official flight time is up to 8 minutes under controlled conditions.
The Rover has a Sleep Mode that retracts the camera mast, plus a button that can turn off the mics, camera, and motion. When it sits at its charger, it can still record if it detects a person, unless Sleep Mode is on. It cannot use stairs, and Ring rates it for one indoor floor of up to 5,000 sq ft.
Videos from both, Ring says, will be protected by Throw Away the Key encryption (TAKE). Ring temporarily holds a copy of the encryption keys in the cloud for up to 24 hours to power features you have turned on, then deletes those copies.
After that, Ring says, only you and any Shared Users you enable retain the keys on enrolled devices. Optional end-to-end encryption is a separate setting. Scheduled patrols and saved video history need a compatible Ring Protect plan, though Ring says some other features still work without one.
This follows Ring’s Always Home Cam, which we covered in 2020 and which later went through a U.S. invite program. Ring has faced privacy scrutiny before. In 2023, the FTC alleged that Ring let employees and contractors access customers’ private videos, and a stipulated order included a $5.8 million judgment. Ring neither admitted nor denied the allegations.
We’d want to see how TAKE and those privacy modes hold up once people actually live with these cameras. For now, we’re not sure I’d trust the drone not colliding with family crystal heirlooms.
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