Overview
- Ring officially announced the Smart Lock on Wednesday and set U.S. pricing at $249 with three finishes and a planned Q1 2027 availability that depends on Federal Communications Commission authorization.
- The lock’s Power Dial is a hand‑turned mechanism that charges a supercapacitor to deliver roughly 10–30 seconds of power in tests, enough to enter a PIN or use another unlock method but not to recharge the main battery.
- Owners can unlock the device by fingerprint, a backlit touchscreen keypad, the Ring mobile app, or voice through Alexa, and the lock uses a replaceable Ring battery pack that Ring says lasts about a year and will alert the app when it needs charging.
- The Smart Lock connects over Amazon Sidewalk for remote status and management rather than relying solely on home Wi‑Fi, and Ring did not announce Apple Home or Matter support at launch.
- Ring launched several new cameras at the same time, some available now and others for preorder, and the company emphasized the lock has no onboard camera and will not auto‑unlock based on camera face recognition while rolling out new customer‑controlled encryption features.