Ring confirmed to The Verge that it has stopped promoting its Ring Automotive Cam, a dashcam / safety digital camera hybrid that data the street and the motive force whereas in movement and acts as a safety digital camera when a automobile is parked. The product, which launched at CES 2023, has been onerous to come back by since happening sale final January, and clients who tried to buy one in the previous few months are discovering these orders canceled.
“We have skilled ongoing delays with Automotive Cam and have determined to cease the sale of the machine,” Ring spokesperson Andrea McDonald instructed The Verge in an e-mail. “Clients who bought a Automotive Cam will proceed to obtain software program updates and help. We stay enthusiastic about alternatives to innovate within the auto area.”
McDonald declined to elaborate on what sort of delays or whether or not Ring will resume gross sales sooner or later.
“Clients who bought a Automotive Cam will proceed to obtain software program updates and help.
As I famous in my overview, the Ring Automotive Cam had a novel strategy however appeared to fall between two stools. It wasn’t that helpful should you wished a devoted dashcam (because of low video high quality and excessive month-to-month charges), and as a safety machine for safeguarding your automotive, it felt like overkill. It additionally did not capitalize on its Ring and Alexa connections, with restricted integrations and few voice-enabled options.
In an e-mail Amazon despatched to a Verge reader canceling his order for the machine, it shared an analogous response to Ring’s, citing “ongoing delays with Ring Automotive Cam’s availability.” He had positioned the order in October, nevertheless it was delayed till December and at last canceled this week.
Primarily based on on-line critiques, the Automotive Cam did ship to some clients early on, however since that preliminary rollout, the product has been primarily vaporware.