Ring’s descriptive alerts take the guesswork out of checking your camera feed
Ring’s new feature summarizes what your camera sees, so you don’t have to play back every motion alert to find out.
- Ring is rolling out AI-powered Video Descriptions that summarize camera footage in plain text.
- The feature helps users quickly distinguish urgent events from routine activity.
- It’s currently in beta for Ring Home Premium users in the US and Canada.
Smart home cameras have long sent vague alerts, which can be a double-edged sword. You want to know what’s happening on your property, but it can be stressful to get the notification only to realize on playback that it was clearly a false alarm. Ring’s latest update aims to make those notifications more specific, describing what your camera sees.
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff announced the new Ring Video Descriptions in an Amazon post. Powered by generative AI, they’re now rolling out in beta for Ring Home Premium subscribers in the US and Canada. Instead of generic motion alerts, users will now see short text summaries of what their cameras actually capture, such as “a person is walking up the steps with a black dog” or “two people are peering into a white car in the driveway.”
