The ability to view recordings has evolved and made it increasingly more difficult to use the recordings to gather information about specific events.
The lack of detail in the small general review screen and the fact that the small image on that small screen cannot be “zoomed” means that the only option is to “expand” the image.
When you do so, the huge “transport” buttons placed directly in the middle of the screen block a large percentage of the image and, by default, remain in the middle of the screen for the entire video. It’s not clear as to what is going to happen when you tap the screen and the screen responses seem to vary with updates.
It used to be possible to “zoom” the image on recordings, but that ability has been removed except for the “live view” …which is useless since what you need to view is past tense.
At the moment, the only way to deal with the need to view the entire screen is to log into ring.com on a PC and view the recording using a pc browser… kinda hard to do when one is mobile.
Related, the most recent change is that where it used to be possible to return from the “expanded view” to the device and event being viewed, now the user is returned to the “All Cameras” screen where it is then necessary to reselect a specific camera, then navigate back through the recorded events to find the recording the user needs.
As a developer, it appears that the people making decisions about the ring interface and those coding the app _ do not use the app _, and, as a result, they have no connection with what ring users _ NEED _.
Here’s hoping that this post will get to someone at ring who cares about the app.
Sincerely,
Beverly Howard
Original Doorbell, Pro Doorbell, Floodlight Cam, 3 Stickup Cams
plus, I have installed and been consulted friends and neighbors on many other installs.
App (up to date) on Android 9
At the moment, I feel that this is still a valuable product, but that is changing
Another Question, why does this forum not allow including screenshots in posts?