AI Video Descriptions, AI Single Event Alert (beta) and Unusual Event Alert (beta)

Ring AI Video Descriptions, AI Single Event Alert, and AI Unusual Event Alert are AI features that help you understand what's happening around your home. Learn how these advanced AI features can enhance your Ring camera and doorbell experience.

Advanced AI features

Requirements and availability

Ring AI Video Descriptions, AI Single Event Alert, and AI Unusual Event Alert have the following requirements and availability:

• A compatible Ring subscription.

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• The primary language is set to English on the mobile device.
• AI Single Event Alert and AI Unusual Event Alert require the AI Video Descriptions feature to be turned on. If you turn off Video Descriptions, AI Single Event Alert and Unusual Event Alert automatically turn off.
• Not available for Ring devices in Illinois due to state legislation
• Not compatible with Ring Edge, Ring Alarm, Ring Alarm Pro (non-motion footage), or Ring Car Cam

Important note: Beta features are new or experimental. While you get early access to innovative features, results might vary as we continue making improvements based on user feedback.

Managing your AI alert features in the Ring app

1. Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.

2. Tap the

   menu (☰)

   .
3. Tap

   AI Features

   .
4. If prompted, read and then consent to using the AI features.
5. Toggle each AI feature on or off.
   • To turn all Main Features on or off, tap

     Turn On All

     or

     Turn Off All

     .
6. Tap

   Manage Devices

   for any enabled AI features to manage that specific feature.

Ring AI alert features information

AI Features is a menu option found in the Ring app, that allows you to manage AI Video Descriptions, AI Single Event Alert (beta), and AI Unusual Event Alert (beta) for Ring doorbells and cameras.

How AI Video Descriptions work

AI Video Descriptions adds detailed text to your Video Preview Alerts. When your Ring device detects motion or someone rings your doorbell, you'll get a notification with both an animated preview and an AI-generated description of the beginning of the activity. When AI Video Descriptions is on, you'll see text descriptions in your Event History. These descriptions help you quickly scan through your recordings.

Turning off the feature will remove all descriptions. You can activate or deactivate AI Video Descriptions for individual devices at any time. You will need to activate the AI Video Description feature on any new Ring devices that you add to your account.

To activate or deactivate AI Video Descriptions:

1. Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.

2. Tap more (•••) on the device you want to access.

3. Tap

   Alert Settings

   .
4. Tap

   Video Descriptions

   under Filters.

Important note: You'll need to activate AI Video Descriptions on any new Ring devices added to your account.

Understanding description accuracy

AI Video Descriptions might occasionally be inaccurate. Common reasons include:

• Poor lighting or limited visibility
• Fast-moving objects or people
• Complex or overlapping activities in the scene
• Weather conditions affecting video quality
• Objects or people too far from the camera

Getting AI Video Descriptions on Alexa screen notifications

The AI Video Descriptions feature works with Amazon Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 11. After you connect your Ring devices to your Alexa-enabled devices and turn on AI Video Descriptions in the Ring app, you can use commands like "Alexa, tell me when the pizza is delivered". Your Alexa device with a screen will announce when the pizza arrives. When you review Ring events on your Alexa device, text descriptions help you scan through your recordings quickly. Learn more about controlling your Ring doorbells and security cameras with Alexa.

How AI Single Event Alert works

AI Single Event Alert reduces notification clutter by combining similar alerts from the same camera within a set time period. You can turn AI Single Event Alert on or off in the Ring app. If you already had AI Video Descriptions activated, AI Single Event Alert will be auto-enabled on any new devices added to the account. To turn AI Single Event Alert on or off:

1. Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.

2. Tap more (•••) on the device you want to access.

3. Tap

   Alert Settings

   .
4. Tap

   AI Single Event Alerts

   .

Important note: Expect a brief delay in notifications when using AI Single Event Alert. The system needs extra time to check for similar events, but this helps reduce notification clutter. When your Ring device detects motion or someone rings your doorbell, you'll get a notification with both an animated preview and an AI-generated description of the beginning of the activity.

AI Unusual Event Alert (beta) (coming soon)

AI Unusual Event Alert reduces notification fatigue by intelligently filtering alerts, only notifying users of unusual events.

AI Unusual Event Alert works with Video Descriptions to identify unusual events on your property. The system analyzes motion detection patterns from your recent history and the type of activity, and will only send a notification for events that deviate from recent patterns. You can inspect each Unusual Event Alert in your Event History Timeline in the Ring app to read why the system marked the event as unusual.

After enabling AI Unusual Event Alert, the Ring app could display a message that indicates the feature is learning. AI Unusual Event Alert takes time to learn what is unusual, with learning times varying based on how often motion occurs. During the learning period, you will continue to receive notifications as normal.

Important note: You can expect a brief delay in AI Unusual Event Alert notifications as the system checks for similar events to reduce notification clutter. When your Ring device detects motion or someone rings your doorbell, you'll receive a notification with an animated preview and AI-generated description of the activity.

Finding your recordings

With these AI features on, all recordings are saved in your Event History. Similar events that happen around the same timeframe are grouped together in a carousel format for easy viewing. You can use the Event History Filter to view them without grouping. Learn more about viewing your Event History. Single Event Alert automatically groups similar videos that happen around the same timeframe in your Event History to help you find footage faster. This grouping feature only works when Single Event Alert is turned on. Videos are arranged chronologically, with the most recent event appearing first in each group.

AI Single Event Alert: Similar videos that happen around the same timeframe will be automatically grouped in your Event History to help you find footage faster. This grouping feature only works when Single Event Alert is turned on. Videos are arranged chronologically, with the most recent event appearing first in each group.

AI Unusual Event Alert: Displays a tag on the saved video in your Event History, allowing you to easily identify these events.

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 Vision-Language Model (VLM) built-in and real-time guardrails to ensure appropriate descriptions are provided to customers.