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Ring Battery Video Doorbell (newest gen)
- Cloud integration
- Cloud required
- Wi-Fi
Prices verified September 2026
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The UK's default doorbell at a sharp £79.99 — the right call for most households, but know what you give up against the £219.99 Pro: 2K instead of Retinal 4K, 6x zoom instead of 10x, no radar-based 3D motion or Bird's Eye Zones. The sealed, non-removable battery needs a USB-C top-up every few months; there's no spare pack to swap in. Ding and motion event entities are also currently unreliable in HA on this exact model. Still cloud-only, with a Ring Home subscription needed for recorded clips. If local control matters more than the ecosystem, the Reolink Video Doorbell WiFi is £10 more, fully local, and Works with Home Assistant certified.
What can Home Assistant control on the Ring Battery Video Doorbell (newest gen)?
| Control | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Live view | Camera | On-demand live stream; consumes a Ring Protect subscription slot for continuous access. |
| Last activity | Camera | Thumbnail/snapshot of the most recent event; more reliably updated than the ding/motion event entities on this specific model per community reports. |
| Battery | Sensor (%) | Standard Ring battery-percentage sensor; reports the same way regardless of the internal battery being non-removable. |
| Ding / motion | Event | Should fire on button press and motion, but multiple reports describe these entities as entirely absent on this model's firmware. |
| Motion detection | Switch | Enables/disables Ring-side motion detection; PIR-only zones, no radar-based 3D motion or Bird's Eye View data exists on this hardware. |
Multiple reports against Home Assistant's core repo describe this exact newest-gen base doorbell showing up with its ding and motion event entities missing entirely rather than just simplified — only the camera stream, last-activity snapshot, battery and volume reliably come through — and it's been treated as a lower priority to fix, so the gap looks likely to persist. That's a step down from even older swappable-battery Ring doorbells, and a different failure mode from the Pro model, which does get proper ding/motion events, just no 3D-zone data in HA. The non-removable battery still reports through the same generic battery-percentage sensor as every other Ring device, so there's no distinct internal-battery entity to worry about. Given the event entities are unreliable, a more dependable automation is watching the last-activity camera entity's update timestamp as a proxy trigger for something happening at the door, since it keeps populating even when the dedicated ding/motion events don't fire.
Specs
| zoom | up to 6x Enhanced Zoom |
|---|---|
| power | built-in non-removable battery, charges via USB-C (removal tool included); can also be hardwired to existing bell wiring or paired with an optional solar charger accessory |
| storage | cloud only (Ring Home subscription from £4.99/month for recorded clips; live view/notifications free) |
| ip rating | not officially IP-rated by Ring; stated as weather-resistant with no published rating figure (contrast with Reolink's published IP65) |
| dimensions | 12.8 x 6.2 x 2.8cm |
| resolution | Retinal 2K |
| battery life | approx. 6-12 months per charge for typical use (Ring's general estimate for battery doorbells; not confirmed as SKU-specific for this 2K model) |
| field of view | not published in exact degrees by Ring for this SKU — described only as 'Head-to-Toe' framing |
How does the Ring Battery Video Doorbell (newest gen) compare?
| Product | From | Protocol | Local control | Integration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ring Battery Video Doorbell (newest gen) (this product) | £79.99 | Wi-Fi | Cloud | Cloud |
| Aqara Doorbell Camera Hub G410 | £109.99 | Wi-Fi, Thread, Matter | Yes | Native |
| Arlo Essential Video Doorbell | £134.08 | Wi-Fi | Cloud | HACS |
| Blink Video Doorbell | £23 | Wi-Fi | Cloud | Cloud |
Frequently asked questions
- Does the Ring Battery Video Doorbell (newest gen) work with Home Assistant locally?
- Partly. The Ring Battery Video Doorbell (newest gen) connects to Home Assistant through the manufacturer's cloud integration (ring), which relies on the Ring cloud. It works in Home Assistant, but commands go via the internet and stop working during an outage of your connection or the Ring service.
- Which protocol does the Ring Battery Video Doorbell (newest gen) use, and do I need a hub?
- The Ring Battery Video Doorbell (newest gen) uses Wi-Fi. To pair it with Home Assistant you need no hub — it joins your Wi-Fi network directly. Ring's own hub is not required when you integrate through the manufacturer's cloud integration (ring).
- How much does the Ring Battery Video Doorbell (newest gen) cost in the UK?
- The lowest price we have listed for the Ring Battery Video Doorbell (newest gen) is £79.99 at Amazon UK. Prices were last checked in September 2026 and change often, so confirm on the retailer's page before buying.