Ring is coming out with a Car Cam

Ring, makers of the widely popular home security Doorbell Cameras, are taking their technology on the road.  Now you can take a look at Ring’s brand new dashcam, courtesy of The Tape Drive, which posted an image of a Ring-branded camera that looks like it’s made to fit on a car’s dashboard. Based on a support article which Zats Not Funny discovered (and claims may have been published inadvertently) Ring’s Car Cam will have Alexa integration and the ability to start recording if you tell it you’ve been pulled over.

The Car Cam was originally announced by the Amazon-owned company in September as a dashboard-mounted device that would record both the inside and outside of the vehicle, and was priced at $199. However, the Ring support article about the Car Cam that’s been posted on the company’s site says that the camera attaches to the windshield as well. The design, as depicted in The Tape Drive’s findings does seem like it could allow for that, if it comes apart into two pieces or extends. We’ll likely have to wait for an official announcement to get a good idea of how it works (and to see if this is actually an image of the Car Cam at all).

The support article confirms many of the features that were teased when Amazon announced the Car Cam last September, but reveals several new ones as well. It states that the camera will plug into your car’s OBD-II port, and that a subscription service isn’t required for the camera, as it saves videos locally, which you can access via Wi-Fi and the Ring app.


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