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Pre-Roll and Advanced Pre-Roll

With Pre-Roll or Advanced Pre-Roll, select Ring devices can begin recording video a few seconds prior to motion detection or a doorbell press. This feature requires a Ring Home subscription. Without a Ring Home Plan, Pre-Roll is shown as a picture-in-picture during a Live View when answering an alert. If you tap on the Pre-Roll picture-in-picture, the screen expands and Live View appears as the smaller image. Advanced Pre-Roll is only available on all wired Video Doorbells and Security Cameras.

Using Pre-Roll

Pre-roll is available on select battery-powered doorbells.

  • Works in well-illuminated areas. Low light conditions may affect the Pre-Roll functionality at night.
  • Pre-Roll will capture the previous four seconds before a motion event is triggered.
  • Pre-Roll is enabled by default in the Ring app.

To turn Pre-Roll on or off, follow these steps in the Ring app:

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

  2. Tap your device's Settings.

    .
  3. Tap the Device Settings tile.

  4. Tap
    Video Settings
    .
  5. Tap
    Pre-Roll
    . Toggle the switch to turn Pre-Roll on or off.

Using Advanced Pre-Roll

Advanced Pre-Roll is always enabled on all wired Video Doorbells and Security Cameras.

  • Advanced Pre-Roll will capture the previous six seconds before a motion event is triggered.
  • Records in full color and high definition.
  • Has full functionality on low light.
  • Has full sound in each recording.
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

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