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Ring video doorbells are deeply discounted at Amazon right now: Save up to 40%
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If you’ve been thinking about getting a video doorbell to boost your home security, now is the time to do it — Amazon has discounted Ring doorbells by as much as 40%. With Father’s Day right around the corner, these security devices also make a perfect gift for Dad.
A Ring video doorbell allows you to monitor who approaches your front door and interact with them, even if you’re not at home. Using a mobile app, you’ll receive a notification anytime someone walks up to your door.
And if you have a compatible smart home hub — like the Amazon Echo Show 8 ($150) — you get this same control from inside your home, without having to go to the door to see who’s there. So if your home already has Wi-Fi and you use a smartphone or home hub, self-installing a wired or wireless Nest video doorbell can be done in less than 30 minutes.
Discover great deals on the most popular Ring video doorbells
Our in-house team of consumer electronics experts has curated this list of the best deals on wired and wireless Ring video doorbells at Amazon — just in time for Father’s Day 2024.
Ring Video Doorbell: $60 (40% off)
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Ring offers a handful of video doorbell models, but right now, two of its most popular offerings are on sale. This entry-level and current version of the Ring Video Doorbell is 40% off at Amazon, so you’ll pay just $60 for it. Choose between a satin nickel or Venetian bronze housing color.
This Ring video doorbell model offers 1080p video resolution and allows you to see and hear whoever approaches your door using your smartphone, tablet, Amazon Echo home hub or computer. This recently enhanced model offers improved motion detection, crisper night vision and more privacy controls.
Once installed, the doorbell automatically sends your smartphone (or compatible equipment) a notification whenever its motion sensor is activated or someone physically presses the doorbell button. You can view who’s at the door and choose whether or not to speak with them in real-time from wherever you happen to be.
This video doorbell model can be powered using an internal (rechargeable) battery or be hardwired to your home’s existing doorbell wiring in less than 30 minutes and without needing an electrician.
The doorbell comes with a 180-day trial subscription to the Ring Protect service, which unlocks all of the video doorbell’s features and functions. A subscription then costs between $50 and $200 per year, depending on the service tier you choose. (You can still use the doorbell without a subscription.)
Ring Battery Doorbell Plus: $120 (20% off)
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Released in 2023, this is a newer and slightly more feature-packed version of the Ring Video Doorbell. It’s currently on sale for $120, which is 20% off its usual $150 price.
One of the features that set this model of the Ring doorbell apart is that the 1526p resolution camera can display whoever approaches your door from a head-to-toe perspective. This lets you see if a delivery person leaves something on the ground near your door. Plus, this model offers real-time notifications and a two-way talk feature.
In addition to improved motion detection and more privacy options, this model offers full-color night vision, so you can see who’s at your door even if the porch light is turned off. This is a battery-powered (wireless) version of the Ring video doorbell. It comes with everything needed to install it in less than 30 minutes.
The doorbell comes with a 180-day trial subscription to the Ring Protect service. It works with any iPhone or Android phone, an Amazon Echo home hub, and most computers and tablets.
Ring Video Doorbell and Ring Chime combo: $95 (save 24%)
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This bundle deal is for the 2020 version of the Ring Video Doorbell and a Ring Chime accessory. The chime gets placed within your home and allows you to hear the doorbell when it rings, without having to refer to your smartphone, home hub, tablet or computer.
For a limited time, you can snag this bundle for just $95, which is a savings of 24% off of its usual $125 price. For the doorbell, choose between a satin nickel or Venetian bronze housing color. The integrated camera offers 1080p resolution, with motion detection, adjustable privacy zones and night vision capabilities.
It too comes with a 180-day trial subscription to the Ring Protect service. The doorbell runs using a rechargeable battery pack or can be hardwired to your home using your existing doorbell’s wiring.
Ring Stick Up Cam (battery powered): $70 (30% off)
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While a video doorbell allows you to see what’s happening around your home’s doorway, when you add one or more Ring Stick Up Cams around the outside perimeter of your home, you can monitor whatever is happening across a much wider space.
These wireless, battery-powered, indoor/outdoor, 1080p resolution cameras are currently 30% off on Amazon, so you’ll pay just $70. They work using the same mobile app as any of the Ring Video Doorbells.
Each camera has a built-in motion sensor and offers full-color night vision. And like the video doorbells, the Ring Stick Up Cam allows you to see and interact in real-time with anyone who approaches your property. The camera comes with a 180-day trial subscription to the Ring Protect service.
Ring Video Doorbell bundle with Stick Up Cam and Ring Alarm $300 (35% off)
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This eight-piece bundle includes the Ring doorbell, Ring cam and Ring alarm. The 1080p HD video doorbell features enhanced motion detection, privacy zones and improved night vision.
Designed to be powered by a built-in rechargeable battery or connected to existing doorbell wires, the doorbell adds a sense of security for your home and surroundings.
The setup is easy, connecting to Wi-Fi through the Ring app and mounting with the tools included. The Ring app provides you with mobile notifications when someone presses the doorbell or triggers motion sensors. You can also pair it with your Alexa devices for announcements and added convenience.
Regularly $400, you can get this Ring video doorbell bundle for just $300 at Amazon.
Ring Floodlight Cam with motion detection $140 (30% off)
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The Ring Floodlight Cam features 1080p HD resolution with motion-activated LED floodlights, a 105dB security siren and two-way talk. It allows you to receive notifications on your phone and check in anytime with Live View in the Ring app.
The device can be easily hardwired and connected to Wi-Fi for continuous security. Pair it with Alexa or a compatible device to monitor your home and get real-time notifications when motion is detected around your driveway, garage or backyard.
When paired with the Ring app, this device enhances your security by allowing you to view what’s happening, turn on lights, speak to visitors and even sound the siren if needed.
Find the Ring Floodlight Cam on sale at Amazon for $140, reduced from $200.
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Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic.
Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to Iran’s Shiite theocracy in his campaign and long has held Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the final arbiter of all matters of state in the country. But even Pezeshkian’s modest aims will be challenged by an Iranian government still largely held by hard-liners, the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, and Western fears over Tehran enriching uranium to near-weapons-grade levels.
A vote count offered by authorities put Pezeshkian as the winner with 16.3 million votes to Jalili’s 13.5 million in Friday’s election.
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Supporters of Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and longtime lawmaker, entered the streets of Tehran and other cities before dawn to celebrate as his lead grew over Jalili, a hard-line former nuclear negotiator.
But Pezeshkian’s win still sees Iran at a delicate moment, with tensions high in the Mideast over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, Iran’s advancing nuclear program, and a looming U.S. election that could put any chance of a detente between Tehran and Washington at risk.
The first round of voting June 28 saw the lowest turnout in the history of the Islamic Republic since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iranian officials have long pointed to turnout as a sign of support for the country’s Shiite theocracy, which has been under strain after years of sanctions crushing Iran’s economy, mass demonstrations and intense crackdowns on all dissent.
Government officials up to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei predicted a higher participation rate as voting got underway, with state television airing images of modest lines at some polling centers across the country.
However, online videos purported to show some polls empty while a survey of several dozen sites in the capital, Tehran, saw light traffic amid a heavy security presence on the streets.
The election came amid heightened regional tensions. In April, Iran launched its first-ever direct attack on Israel over the war in Gaza, while militia groups that Tehran arms in the region — such as the Lebanese Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi rebels — are engaged in the fighting and have escalated their attacks.
Iran is also enriching uranium at near weapons-grade levels and maintains a stockpile large enough to build several nuclear weapons, should it choose to do so. And while Khamenei remains the final decision-maker on matters of state, whichever man ends up winning the presidency could bend the country’s foreign policy toward either confrontation or collaboration with the West.
The campaign also repeatedly touched on what would happen if former President Donald Trump, who unilaterally withdrew America from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, won the November election. Iran has held indirect talks with President Joe Biden’s administration, though there’s been no clear movement back toward constraining Tehran’s nuclear program for the lifting of economic sanctions.
More than 61 million Iranians over the age of 18 were eligible to vote, with about 18 million of them between 18 and 30. Voting was to end at 6 p.m. but was extended until midnight to boost participation.
The late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a May helicopter crash, was seen as a protégé of Khamenei and a potential successor as supreme leader.
Still, many knew him for his involvement in the mass executions that Iran conducted in 1988, and for his role in the bloody crackdowns on dissent that followed protests over the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman detained by police over allegedly improperly wearing the mandatory headscarf, or hijab.
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