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Setting Up Ring Cameras to Record When Alarm is Triggered

When your Ring Alarm is triggered, every second counts. You can set your Ring cameras and doorbells to start recording the instant your Alarm is triggered.

1Reviewing previously recorded video on your Ring cameras and doorbells requires a Ring Home subscription.

Setting up Linked Devices to start recording when Alarm is triggered

  1. Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.

  2. Tap the Alarm tile under Devices.

  3. Tap your device's Settings.

  4. Tap
    Linked Devices
    .
  5. Press
    Tap here to link devices
     to adjust what happens when the alarm sounds.
  6. Select the devices you wish to begin recording video when an alarm is triggered or begins entry delay.

Note: Live View must be enabled in order to set a device for simultaneous recording. Turning Live View off on a device will supersede an order for the simultaneous record.2

Last updated 1 month ago

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    Your Ring motion event videos in the cloud are stored temporarily, up to 180 days. Changing your video storage time will only affect videos that are recorded after you adjust your storage time setting. Check Ring Subscription Plans for more information.
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