Cool. I’d appreciate it. I have the 4K floodlight arriving today that covers the same area as my doorbell so I’ll probably wait until the 4K doorbell goes on sale to upgrade
Ring’s latest wired doorbell 4K products offer excellent picture quality and fast/reliable alerts, especially with a POE connection, but they don’t offer good integration with Apple Home. Also, Ring products only record locally with the addition of the $250 Ring Alarm Pro base station and the most expensive Ring plan ($200/year).
Assuming you have wired power to your doorbell and aren’t reliant on battery power, and can wait a few months, keep an eye out for the upcoming Aqara G400 doorbell (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e9_Kv7tUmao). It will offer good integration with Apple Home including recording directly to NAS storage or the Apple iCloud, with video alerts on AppleTV. It should be available to purchase by the end of April.
All the Ring wired-only cameras (not the battery models with a wired option) save extra video to before and after the detection event, which avoids what you describe. Unlike Ring’s prior cameras based on 5-year-old technology (I.e., every Ring camera released before August 2025), the new wired-only 4K cameras released in September/October 2025 don’t miss motion. These are the first Ring doorbell cameras that are more advanced (in terms of electronics and sensors) than what Reolink and Ubiquiti have offered for 2+ years.
https://ring.com/support/articles/wtr7r/24-7-recording-security-cams?hasLangChanged=true - top one on the list. Mine is being delivered today so I can confirm when I install it.
My ring battery lasts 3 months without charge. You can also buy the solar panel which you can mount above the ring if you don't have an existing doorbell wire to keep it charged and then you don't need to unscrew it to charge.
You can also adjust the "fence" on your ring so it doesn't pick up road traffic if that is an issue. Mine did initially get set off by the bin truck but I adjusted it and now there is no issues.
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