Ring Car Connect

[sjmcman]

For any Ring security systems or camera users, an upcoming application which integrates with Sentry Mode:

“Tap into your car’s built-in cameras to get alerts and watch recorded video in the Ring App. The first compatible cars are Tesla models 3, S, X, & Y. Watch Tesla Sentry Mode and recorded driving footage over wifi or from anywhere with an optional LTE connectivity plan.”

Sounds interesting, but I’d really like to see the specs.

 

[xG35]

Neat product.. but not sure why Tesla just didn't just create that capability in their app. This partnership is an odd one.

 

[newtnyc]

What does this physically look like? Wonder if it fits with an existing hub or if it replaces it.

 

[sjmcman]

Judging by the photo, it looks like custom hardware which links to your Ring account. My guess is you’d have to replace your Jeda or Taptes hub to use this.

 

[Crisss1205]

Judging by the photo, it looks like custom hardware which links to your Ring account. My guess is you’d have to replace your Jeda or Taptes hub to use this.

Yea, it has its own LTE and WiFi. A little redundant, but I guess Tesla doesn't want them using the built in LTE.

 

[Xtek]

Yea, it has its own LTE and WiFi. A little redundant, but I guess Tesla doesn't want them using the built in LTE.

How is it redundant? You can use WiFi for local connectivity if you're out of service of LTE or to upload higher quality video.

 

[sjmcman]

How is it redundant? You can use WiFi for local connectivity if you're out of service of LTE or to upload higher quality video.

I read that slightly differently, in that it requires Wifi or LTE to work and that the car's connectivity could provide that? We may need to wait and see the specs, but it's own LTE service would be a big disincentive.

 

[Xtek]

I read that slightly differently, in that it requires Wifi or LTE to work and that the car's connectivity could provide that? We may need to wait and see the specs, but it's own LTE service would be a big disincentive.

It can't use the car's connectivity.

 

[sjmcman]

In that case, paying connectivity for yet another device isn't appealing.

 

[newtnyc]

It seems that the only value here is the ability to remotely see videos after one has been recorded. There is no live view, notifications are provided only if there is a wifi connection or we pay for an additional LTE subscription (does not say whether Tesla premium connectivity is enough or if we need to buy another one). I don't quite see the point of paying for ($199) hardware and ($??) access plan to only have the ability to see pre-recoded videos on my phone.

 

[P3dStealth]

Cool but not very useful. It's just wireless access to the sentry storage drive pretty much.

 

[Ruffles]

I wonder what will arrive first, this or my Jeda hub?

 

[Crisss1205]

How is it redundant? You can use WiFi for local connectivity if you're out of service of LTE or to upload higher quality video.

The Ring Connect has its own LTE that you need to pay for. Not sure if it will be included in the existing Ring protect subscription or if you would need a separate subscription. It would be better if it used the Tesla’s built in connection. That is why it is redundant. The car already has LTE and WiFi, but the Ring connect also does too.

 

[buddhra]

Ring is taking a pretty big risk on this, IMO. Surely Tesla will add this functionality at some point to the app.

Maybe it will still be worth it to a Ring user to have it in their app with other cameras, but seems like a small market to me.

 

[morinma]

What I find this interesting. Ring is owned by Amazon. I wonder why Tesla doesn't create this functional on their own.