Video Descriptions (beta)
Video Descriptions1 enhances your Video Preview Alerts with AI-powered insights. When your Ring cameras and doorbells detect motion or when someone rings your doorbell, you'll receive notifications that not only show animated previews of the recording but also include AI-generated textual descriptions of the activity. Now you can quickly understand what's happening around your home or business at a glance.
A compatible Ring subscription is required. Video Descriptions are available in English only.
During the beta stage of Video Descriptions, you may occasionally see two notifications on your unlocked phone screen. This is expected behaviour as we update previously sent notifications with additional information. We're continuously working to improve this experience.
Note: A Ring beta feature is a new or experimental feature. This allows Ring to gather valuable user feedback, identify bugs, and refine it. As a beta feature, results may vary initially as we continue to improve. The early access to innovative functionalities allows users to experience them firsthand and contribute to their development by sharing their experiences and insights.
Setting up Video Descriptions
You can go to Device Settings to activate or deactivate Video Descriptions for individual devices at any time.
After activating Video Descriptions, any new Ring devices added to your account will need to be activated individually using these steps:
Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.
Tap more (•••) on the camera you want to access.
- TapAlert Settings.
- TapVideo Descriptions.
How to use Video Descriptions on your mobile device
When a notification appears, you will be able to read the AI-generated description in the body of the notification. You can also tap the notification to expand it.
Why is one of my Video Descriptions inaccurate?
While Ring's Video Descriptions uses advanced AI technology to analyse video content, it may occasionally provide descriptions that aren't completely accurate. This can happen due to various factors such as:
- Limited visibility or poor lighting conditions
- Fast-moving objects or people
- Complex or overlapping activities in the scene
- Weather conditions affecting video quality
- Distance of the subject from the camera
We are committed to Responsible, Trusted AI
We are committed to ensuring we are building safe and responsible AI-powered products and features throughout our design, development, deployment, and operation. To help ensure Video Descriptions generates reliable and appropriate content, we built a protection system. The system consists of both VLM built-in guardrails and real-time guardrails to ensure appropriate descriptions are provided to customers.