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Ring Indoor Cam (2nd gen) review

A small plug-in indoor camera with a sliding cover you move by hand. Ring states 1080p, a 140° field of view, two-way audio with noise suppression and video history of up to 180 days on a subscription.

The bottom line Buy it as part of a Ring system, not on its own. The subscription is the real price, and it never stops.

This is a camera that makes sense inside an ecosystem and much less sense outside one. If a household already has Ring doorbells or an alarm, adding an Indoor Cam means one app, one notification stream and one plan. Bought on its own, it is a fixed 1080p camera with no card slot.

The subscription is not optional in practice

Ring states video history of up to 180 days, and that history is a subscription feature. There is no local storage on this model. A camera that detects and notifies but keeps nothing is a camera that tells you something happened and cannot show you what — which is rarely what anybody bought.

Counted over three years, the plan usually exceeds the price difference between this camera and one that records to a card. That is a real number worth doing before ordering.

What is good about it

The build is neat, it plugs into a socket without a bracket, and the sliding cover is a privacy control anybody in the room can see and operate. Ring states active noise suppression on the microphone, which makes the two-way audio genuinely usable rather than a novelty.

At 140° it sees a whole room from a corner shelf without panning, and there is no motor to fail.

Who it suits

Existing Ring households. Everyone else should compare the three-year cost against a camera with a card slot before deciding.

Availability

On sale from 30 € to 50 € on the German, American, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores at the time of checking.

Not found on the British Amazon store, where the buy link falls back to a local search rather than to a page that does not exist.

Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 2 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What we like, and what we don't

Strengths

  • Manual privacy cover you slide across the lens yourself
  • Fits into an existing Ring system — one app, one notification stream
  • Small enough to sit on a shelf, plugs straight into a socket
  • Noise suppression on the microphone, stated by Ring

Compromises

  • Video history requires a Ring Home subscription — without it, the camera alerts but keeps nothing
  • No local card slot at all
  • Fixed 140° view: it does not pan or tilt
  • 1080p, where several cheaper cameras here are 2K

Specifications

Resolution1080p HD, stated by Ring
Field of view140°, fixed
PrivacyManual sliding cover over the lens
StorageCloud only, up to 180 days on subscription
AudioTwo-way with active noise suppression
PowerPlugs into a standard socket
Amazon referenceB0B6GKHS2S (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN0840268936556

Questions people actually ask

Does it record without a subscription?

No. Ring states video history of up to 180 days as a subscription feature, and there is no card slot on this camera. Without a plan it will still detect and notify in real time, but nothing is kept — which is precisely the thing you wanted a camera for.

Is the manual cover better than a motorised shutter?

It is more honest and less convenient. Nobody can close it remotely, so it cannot be reopened remotely either — but it also does not close itself when you arm the system, which a motorised shutter can. For a bedroom, manual is arguably the right answer.

Should I buy it if I do not already own Ring?

Probably not. Its main advantage is that it joins an existing Ring system on one app with one set of notifications. Bought alone, it is a 1080p fixed camera with no local storage, and this hub has cheaper cameras that record to a card.