One person's tool is another person's weapon as privacy concerns will most likel
By Todd Hassenfelt · November 13, 2026 · Curated by George's Blog
One person's tool is another person's weapon as privacy concerns will most likely surface with this latest product launch from Ring.
After introducing Bee Frontier in the last month, which is a wristband recording device that can be always on, Amazon is featuring Ring Robotic cams today with a drone and rover option. Now the rover is just a version of the old Astro device that never caught on, but the drone option is what I wanted to explore both from their PDP and Alexa for Shopping.
See some the images and answers in the carousel below, but here are some of the high (low) lights:
8 minute battery life with 60 recharge time needed.
Has LED spotlights so it can be used for Night patrol.
No audio features either way, just visual monitoring. Yet I guess some people might attach their Bee Frontier to the Ring Drone to record audio (I am not recommending that).
Range of drone is unknown outside of 3 floors of homes so unknown if your neighbor could use their Ring Drone to "patrol" your house.
Alexa indicates there are no safeguards such as owner verification or restrictions on whose home people could set up the drone listed, but indicates to contact Ring support to verify.
No warranty and is NOT waterproof.
Alexa indicated the listing doesn't mention any way to attach weapons to the Ring Drone Cam.
$299, but can't buy it yet, only request email when it is available.
See full details below and curious on how people react to this new offering.
Link to the Bee Frontier article I wrote when that was released: https://lnkd.in/gJGfAErp