Pre-Roll and Advanced Pre-Roll
Pre-Roll and Advanced Pre-Roll enable you to view more complete motion events. A Ring device with Pre-Roll or Advanced Pre-Roll will capture the few seconds before a motion event is triggered and attach it to the event clip. This provides you with a better look at what's happening outside your door.
Ring devices with Pre-Roll:
- Battery Doorbell Pro
- Video Doorbell 3 Plus
- Video Doorbell 4
- Spotlight Cam Pro Battery
- Stick Up Cam Pro, Battery, Plug-In and Solar
Ring devices with Advanced Pre-Roll:
- Wired Ring devices
Learn more about Advanced Pre-Roll.
Feature | Pre-Roll | Advanced Pre-Roll |
Pre-Roll video length | 4 seconds | 6 seconds |
View | As a picture-in-picture in Live View when answering an alert, and at the beginning of a recorded video in your timeline | At the beginning of a recorded video in your timeline |
Color | Black and white for Video Doorbell 3 Plus; Full color for Video Doorbell 4, Spotlight Cam Pro Battery and Stick Up Cam Pro, Battery, Plug-In, and Solar) | Full color |
Definition | Low definition | High definition |
Sound | No sound | Full sound |
Low light | Does not function | Full functionality |
Last updated 10 months ago