Wired Doorbell Pro (3rd Gen)

Surprised the new doorbell pro doesn’t record 24/7… I’m curious why that is

Oh yea? I don’t see it anywhere

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

Worth a try, will return if I can’t get 4K to work

Bought the 4k wired doorbell Sept 30. Amazon shows delivery tomorrow

It does, ring updated their help pages for it yesterday. The plus is not on the list however.

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.

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.

Pro might be better if it will fit

Pro was top of the line when I bought it and it works well. I have no idea which doorbell is best.

I have a Ring Pro doorbell which works well and stores on the cloud. I also have POE NVR CAMERAS and one of them points at the front door about 17 ft away.

I wonder if these new devices will improve overheating now that 24/7 recording is being added (to the Pro model.) My current Wired Pro is really warm to the touch even on cool days. I had constant “Doorbell is trying to cool down” messages this summer.

I wouldn’t consider the pro overpriced since it’s one of the only models that doesn’t miss a ton of motion events, and doesn’t completely skip the first 5-10 seconds of motion before finally recording. Since it’s a security device, reliability is extremely important to me. So the pro is actually the only model I’d ever be willing to use.