Ring intercom: To display live view in linked camera when intercom is buzzed
I would like to see the Ring app display a live view of the chosen linked camera when someone rings the intercom & not just a record a video of the event in the linked camera on the intercom answer screen. In fact I personally feel that feature this would be much more useful than a video recording of the event. As would allow the user to see who is Ringing the intercom in real-time.I had made this suggestion to customer services who advised in an email reply that I should switch to the camera tab in the Ring app to get a live view of the caller at the intercom when the intercom is rung. But this does not work as by the time you've switched to the chosen camera to see who has pressed the intercom button. The intercom feature in the app has timed out & you can no longer answer the intercom call.Please could you add an auto live view feature in a future update to the Ring app, to display a live view of the linked camera on the intercom answer page in the Ring app? EDIT: If you agree that this should be a feature, please like the original post to show your support and help bring the issue to Ring's attention. This is how Ring judges the popularity of a feature request and may consider implementing popular new features in future updates. To date, many of you have viewed and agreed with the initial request, but only two people have taken the time to show their support by liking the post.
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06-11-2022 06:35:50
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- J
I thought this works, when I bought my Intercom and a ring cam this week. Apparently it still doesn't. @ring: this ist a musthave feature! If someone is calling via ring intercom (which is great with my ritto doorbell system!) the linked camera should display the video. This should especially work on echo show devices and Ring App. Thank you.
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15-06-2023 11:12:09
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- O
This is actually what I planned and was hoping to do too. Intercom is a great idea but it's not possible to answer an Intercom call AND watch the live view from the Spotlight Cam at the door. Additionally it would also be awesome to be able to use the Ring Chime as a notification for Intercom! Please @ring add those features.
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17-10-2023 06:57:55
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DYes, bought a ring intercom with a security camera for this exact purpose!! It's very misleading where they say you can link your security camera to the ring intercom.. sure it triggers recording, but we want to see who's at the door. Please update the app to allow this
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18-10-2023 09:16:53
- B
Why is this not a feature yet it’s very frustrating it won’t even work but trying to make it a routine in Alexa please Ring sort it out
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02-02-2024 05:10:36
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neilm-uk
This gives rise to an interesting problem - what if someone else has a Ring Intercom in the same building, so that there are 2x Ring Intercom in the building. Does this other resident add their own Ring camera overlooking the entrance too, or is there a way to "share" a single Ring camera? Now imagine there are 20x Ring Intercom in the same building... 20x individual Ring cameras overlooking the entrance? Obviously this idea doesn't "scale" if multiple residents have their own Ring Intercom and Ring camera, but it's a nice idea if Ring Intercom users can "share" a Ring camera. There are however data protection/privacy/lease issues that may need to be taken into consideration - data protection is a big issue when managing CCTV systems, installing a private camera to the exterior of the building may be against an individual's lease, and may also not be popular with neighbours or the building management etc. However a proper video-based intercom is maybe a better idea (assuming a future version of Ring Intercom is ever able to support video as well as audio) as even a shared single camera becomes an issue when the owner of the camera moves out (or if it breaks) etc. Supported communal infra is always a better option...
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08-11-2022 10:26:37
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