A homeowner using Live View in the Ring app to speak to someone in their driveway.

Use Bird’s Eye View to see your visitors’ paths

Bird's Eye View shows the path a visitor takes when they are detected by your camera. Powered by radar technology, Bird's Eye View shows each visitor's movements as a series of color-coded motion dots on an aerial map of your property.

For example, you can see the current location of a delivery person dropping off a package, as well as the route they took, even if they leave the camera’s field of view before you begin a live stream.

Bird's Eye View

Bird’s Eye View is available with:

  • Battery Doorbell Pro
  • Wired Doorbell Pro (Video Doorbell Pro 2)
  • Floodlight Cam Wired Pro
  • Spotlight Cam Pro
  • Stick Up Cam Pro

You may need to download the latest version of the Ring app and update the operating system on your mobile device to get this feature.

How to turn on Bird’s Eye View

When you set up Bird’s Eye Zones for a compatible Ring device, Bird's Eye View is automatically enabled for the device on your account and the accounts of any Shared Users with access to the device.

To manually Bird’s Eye View on in the Ring app:

For Wired Doorbell Pro and Floodlight Cam Wired Pro

  1. Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.

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

  3. Tap your device's Settings.

  4. Tap
    Device Settings
    .
  5. Tap
    Video Settings
    .
  6. Tap
    Bird's Eye View
    .
  7. Toggle
    Show on Timeline
    on.
  8. Tap
    Save
    .

For Spotlight Cam Pro, Stick Up Cam Pro and Battery Doorbell Pro

  1. Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.

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

  3. Tap your device's Settings.

  4. Tap
    Device Settings
    .
  5. Tap
    Video Settings
    .
  6. Tap
    Picture in Picture
    .
  7. Toggle on
    Picture in Picture
    .
  8. Select
    Bird's Eye View
    .
  9. Tap
    Save
    .

How to watch Bird's Eye View

Bird's Eye View appears as a picture-in-picture image when you:

  • Start a Live View when there’s a visitor, or
  • Watch a motion recording on your timeline, which you access by tapping on a Camera Preview on the Ring app dashboard, but not in your

Yellow dots in Bird’s Eye View track the current path of your visitor. As each dot gets older, it fades before disappearing completely after a few seconds. These dots appear in both live streams and motion recordings1 on your timeline.

Gray dots, which appear only in live steams, show where motion was detected before you answered the alert. The most recent dot is white, and the trail fades away soon after you begin the live stream.

To watch Bird’s Eye View as the main video and the camera view as the picture-in-picture, tap on the picture-in-picture window.

To hide Bird’s Eye View while you’re watching a live stream or recording, tap the X in the lower left corner of the Bird’s Eye View picture-in-picture window.

Note: It is not possible to share Bird’s Eye View videos.

How to turn off Bird’s Eye View

In the Ring app: For Wired Doorbell Pro (formerly Video Doorbell Pro 2) and Floodlight Cam Wired Pro

  1. Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.

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

  3. Tap your device's Settings.

  4. Tap
    Device Settings
    .
  5. Tap
    Video Settings
    .
  6. Tap
    Bird's Eye View
    .
  7. Toggle
    Show on Timeline
    to the off position.
  8. Tap
    Save
    .

For Spotlight Cam Pro, Stick Up Cam Pro and Battery Doorbell Pro

  1. Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.

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

  3. Tap your device's Settings.

  4. Tap
    Device Settings
    .
  5. Tap
    Video Settings
    .
  6. Tap
    Picture in Picture
    .
  7. Select
    Pre-Roll
    or toggle off
    Picture in Picture
    .
  8. Tap
    Save
    .

Last updated 7 days ago