Ring buying guide: Find the best video doorbell to gift this Christmas

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Three different types of Ring Doorbell
There’s a Ring Video Doorbell for everyone.

Since it was first introduced over a decade ago, Ring has changed the way we interact with our front doors, offering an easier, sleeker, smarter, and more practical solution to help know what’s happening around the home.

Ring and Amazon Freevee have come together to launch the friendliest Quick Replies. Here's how it works.

The Ring Video Doorbell provides an extra layer of security at your front door, offering peace of mind and an enhanced doorbell experience. The features of each Ring device—including Two Way Talk and Live View, which are standard and free on all Ring doorbells and cameras—have been carefully designed to cater to the evolving needs of today's busy and connected lifestyles. As a result, it has emerged as a game-changing product in the realm of smart home security.

Interested in a Ring Video Doorbell for yourself but unsure which one to buy? Here’s a rundown of the different Ring Video Doorbells.

There’s a Ring Video Doorbell for everyone.

Since it was first introduced over a decade ago, Ring has changed the way we interact with our front doors, offering an easier, sleeker, smarter, and more practical solution to help know what’s happening around the home.

Ring and Amazon Freevee have come together to launch the friendliest Quick Replies. Here's how it works.

The Ring Video Doorbell provides an extra layer of security at your front door, offering peace of mind and an enhanced doorbell experience. The features of each Ring device—including Two Way Talk and Live View, which are standard and free on all Ring doorbells and cameras—have been carefully designed to cater to the evolving needs of today's busy and connected lifestyles. As a result, it has emerged as a game-changing product in the realm of smart home security.

Interested in a Ring Video Doorbell for yourself but unsure which one to buy? Here’s a rundown of the different Ring Video Doorbells.

  • Ring Video Doorbell Wired
    Ring doorbell

    The Ring Video Doorbell Wired is the most affordable hardwired Ring Video Doorbell, and it has a lot to offer.

    As the name suggests, the Video Doorbell Wired is built to be wired into your home. In many cases, it can simply connect to the wires from your old doorbell, but in some cases, you may need an electrician to help with wiring.

    The Video Doorbell Wired offers a 1080p resolution, with a wide-angle lens that can capture video at 155 degrees. This doorbell offers a black and white night mode, and it offers features like customisable motion detection zones. Near motion zones allow you to set the camera to only notify you of motion near the camera, which can help eliminate notifications from the street, for example.

  • Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2
    Ring Doorbell

    The Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2 steps things up a little once again. This best-in-class wired doorbell camera with cutting-edge security features delivers enhanced Head-to-Toe HD+ Video, first of its kind 3D Motion Detection, and Bird’s Eye View. Perhaps the biggest upgrade is in the resolution, which sits in at 1536p on this camera, making for more detail in your video. That’s on top of the still-excellent motion zone support, and the colour night mode, which carries over to this excellent wired doorbell.

  • Ring Battery Video Doorbell Plus

    Battery Video Doorbell Plus is Ring’s first battery doorbell with a Head-to-Toe video so you can see more of who is at your front door or the package left on your doorstep. It also has the highest HD resolution of any Ring battery doorbell yet at 1536p with colour night vision, providing a crisp and clear view of everything happening at your front door.

  • Ring Video Doorbell (2nd Gen)
    Ring Intercom Doorbell

    The Ring Video Doorbell (2nd Gen) is powered by a built-in, rechargeable battery. The doorbell offers a 1080p video resolution and a 160 degrees field of view, plus it supports customizable motion zones. This camera has a black and white night mode too.

  • Ring Video Doorbell 4

    The Ring Video Doorbell 4 is another battery-powered doorbell offered by Ring. It has the same overall camera specs as the previous Video Doorbell 3, but also offers colour Pre-Roll so you get more context around what’s happening at your front door.

  • Ring Door View Cam
    an image of two people knocking on a door. There is a Ring Peephole Camera in the middle of the door.

    The Ring Door View Cam is designed to be mounted through your door’s peephole, and offers many of the same features as other Ring Video Doorbells. For example, you’ll get a 1080p resolution, with customisable motion zones and a 155-degree field of view—all in a doorbell that mounts to your door’s peephole.