When Ring originally showed video end-to-end encryption in January 2021, the only video doorbells it worked on were the Ring Pro 2 and Ring Elite, leaving its most popular battery-powered devices — such as the Ring 4, Ring Video doorbell — out of the privacy party. It was also available on all of its wired and plug-in cameras, including the Ring Floodlight Cam, but not on the battery-powered Ring Stick Up Cam (battery).
End-to-end encryption is now available on all Ring cameras and doorbells, with the exception of the Ring Video Doorbell Wired, the company’s most affordable buzzer. Ring’s website has a handbook with enrollment steps.
But the new privacy safeguards come with restrictions. Users who choose end-to-end encryption lose the ability to preview videos on the Ring app’s Event Timeline view and in rich alerts, which offer a glimpse of activity before launching the app.
