![]() ![]() If you buy one camrea, an extra $150 may not be a big deal, but if you buy 10, it is (even after their volume discounts). It also isn’t price compeitive if you want a lot of cameras as, for their cheapest POE camera (the type you would use in a newly constructed or renovated smarthome) is about 4 times the price of what a generic POE camera would cost (one that would allow full access to the video feeds). However, it is not for a serious “smarthome” as it locks its owners out of some very basic and important features. Ring produces an acceptable product for renters or others in temporary setups as it is very quick and easy to setup without drilling a single hole and no need for any “programming”. Of course this would need to be disabled on battery and solar powered devices, but, as Ring may forget, they sell a lot of wired devices. Technically it should be very easy as they are (hopefully) encrypting the data coming out of the camera anyway, all they need to do is make sure you are a paying customer before giving your viewing client a temporary decryption key. Yes, it is bad PR to charge you for no reason, but it is worse PR to ■■■■■■■ the devices simply to avoid such PR. That said, I don’t see any reason why they can’t simply charge you to use the camera over a lan. ![]() The obvious solution to that would be allowing for a direct connection between the viewing client and the camera, but that challenges their second issue which is to keep the most valuable features of the camera locked up through a monthly fee. The first is to keep their bandwith costs reasonable (seems like they bounce all the video off their servers). ![]() They are clearly trying to deal with two issues. I hope this helps anyone with this ridiculous issue!! At least I got the 10 minute LIVE view back again. The Win10 app is junk now and very limited in what you can do anyhow. You’ll have all the same features on your PC just as you would with the Ring app on your phone (it’s the same app). and download the Ring app from the Google play store from there just as you would for mobile, and use that for your PC. Install BlueStacks which is an Android Emulator for PC and Mac. Completely useless when you’re away from home only to get get timed out in seconds. Just all of a sudden AFTER I paid for the Ring subscription…wtf? Totally lost even the 10 minutes it used to have. It’s very frustrating and I’m about to cancel my subscription and go with a completely different camera system.Īnd just to rub salt in to the wound, I too am having the same LIVE view 40 second timeout issue recently as others using the Win10 app. It’s really absurd not to have this option, especially for paying the subscription. If you are having trouble with the Alexa Live View feature please check out this Community article for helpful tips to get your Live View running smoothly.Another vote here to fix this issue and extend LIVE view to continuous. You will be muted and need to tap the Microphone button to speak with the visitor. Now you are all set and Live View will automatically activate on your chosen Echo Show devices.Toggle the Doorbell Press Announcements toggle to the On position (to the right).Tap Announcement Devices in the top of the Announcements section to confirm that you have one of the required Echo Show or Echo Spot devices connected to your Doorbell.Select the Video Doorbell from the list of devices.Open the Devices section in the Alexa Skill app in the bottom right corner, then select Cameras.Once it is connected, follow the steps below to turn on the Automatic Live View feature in your Alexa Skill app. Learn how to connect it in this Ring Help Center article. First, make sure your Ring Video Doorbell is connected to your Alexa device. You can have Live View automatically begin streaming on these Echo Show devices when someone presses your Doorbell. Answering your Ring Video Doorbell is easier than ever with an Echo Show or Echo Spot. ![]()
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