Amazon's Ring finally launched a shipping indoor security drone — the $249.99 Drone Cam, arriving January 27, 2027, nearly six years after the Always Home Cam was first announced — alongside a $999.99 Rover Cam patrol robot for businesses that reuses the guts of the discontinued Astro. Both run Ring's new AI Pilot navigation software, dock with cameras off until triggered, and can be dispatched on schedules or automatically when other Ring sensors fire. The Rover ships December 16 and targets warehouses, offices and retail floors with a periscope camera and 4K streaming. Ring pitches the products as 'autonomous, mobile security,' but the launch carries familiar baggage: past FTC scrutiny over employee access to customer footage, a class action over facial recognition, and now a flying camera that records inside bedrooms and bathrooms. The drone still lacks FCC authorization, and scheduled patrols require a Ring Protect subscription. Critics remain unimpressed: Gizmodo calls the flying Ring camera a device that 'makes sense in almost no context,' warning about pets and the further normalization of indoor surveillance.
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