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Here's everything Amazon announced at its fall hardware event
Amazon held its annual fall hardware event on Tuesday. As in years past, the company had a lot to share in a short amount of time. We saw it announce new Echo, Kindle and Ring devices. It also had a few surprises up its sleeve from Eero and some of its other subsidiaries. Here's everything the company unveiled today.
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Ring brings radar detection to its Spotlight Cam Pro
We've already seen Ring add Bird's Eye View -- its fancy 3D motion detection -- to its flagship security camera and its flagship outdoor light camera. Consequently, you get no prizes for guessing that the feature is now coming to the new Ring Spotlight Cam Pro. The new Pro Spotlight Cam is joined by a Spotlight Cam Plus, which offers a slightly nicer design than its predecessor. For the uninitiated, Birds Eye View is a system that offers users a top-down map of their area, showing the path a person took to your front door. It's designed to let you know if someone's been peering into your windows, or anywhere else, while on your porch.
Ring Spotlight Cam review: Intruders can't hide in darkness with this camera on watch
The Ring Video Doorbell 2 and Ring Stick Up Cam provide easy and effective ways to set up a pretty strong security perimeter around the outside of your home, but it could be made considerably stronger with the addition of its new Spotlight Cam. This outdoor camera/porch-light hybrid, illuminates and records video when when its motion sensor is tripped. Ideally suited for the darker nooks and on your property that are susceptible to breach after sundown, it comes in three models: Spotlight Cam Battery, Spotlight Cam Solar, and Spotlight Cam Wired ($199 each). I tested the Spotlight Cam Wired and it's a great option if you have easily accessible outdoor power outlets. The spotlight is provided by an LED light strips on either side of a 140-degree wide-angle lens, which activate when motion is detected.