Question

Any plans for the Ring Cams and doorbell to provide continuous video feed? I've been using a Nest Cam to view on my iPads to see what's going on outside my house because it's a continuous feed but there's a monthly fee. The Ring cams stop sending live video after a few minutes but I'd like to see continuously like with my Nest Cam.  

Answer 1

I hope they don’t. Too much 24/7 bandwidth strain on the internet.  

Comments

I doubt that everyone would go for it especially if it costs more so the internet won't be "strained" as much

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@tommietommy nest monthly usage by quality setting: 360p: 18GB average (48GB max) 720p: 60GB average (160GB max) 1080p: 140GB average (380GB max) So Nest knocked all cameras down to the lowest quality to lessen the strain on the network since usage is way up.  

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@gamal I haven't noticed any loss in quality. Are you saying they lowered it to their servers where it's recorded? Cant the live, continuous feed stay on the users local network?  

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I read they just set all the cameras back to default on April 15th. You have to manually change them back if you want. Google search “nest lowered quality”.  

Answer 2

Have you used nest inside? I am thinking about putting one for the nursery and wanted continuous feed

Comments

@methodist Motions will record. But only up to 1 minute. 10 mins for live feed

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@aroid10 ah ok!  

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Yes it works the same way inside: continuous feed

Answer 3

Live is 10 minutes on ring. It's only £25 per year for the subscription or £80 for unlimited devices. I bought a few nest cams last year Took them back to the shop and had a full refund. Nest wanted £240 per year per camera for cloud storage. I think ring will extend the view time. I doubt it will be 24/7

Answer 4

Ring was supposed to have brought out 24/7 recording last year. I got tired of waiting and bought a nest camera. The quality isn't anywhere near my floodlights, and nest has been very unreliable, to the point they've been refunding people. If ring ever does 24/7 recording, that nest camera will be gone.  

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I have 2 NEST cameras inside the house, but they are just expensive for the monitoring and to much money invested in RING to change now.  

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I have 3 ring products (2 floodlights and a pro doorbell). The ring products are far better quality products than the Nest. Ring also has a better reliability, and when ring has problems, they are much faster at fixing them too. The ONLY thing nest has over ring is the 24/7 recording. I've had the nest outdoor camera since January, and it's averaged being down once a month for a few hours at a time.  

Answer 5

Ring has said in the past that they do plan to provide 24/7, but that it will be at a higher fee tier. Who knows when. Personally, I'm not interested. way too much days use for my taste. But there are certainly applications for it.  

Answer 6

If you want 24/7 video, I suggest you put a security camera with a DVR or NVR with 2-5 Terabyte capacity.