How to Get Person Alerts, Vehicle Alerts and Other Smart Alerts

With Person Alerts, you can get notified when a person is detected in the field of view on select Ring doorbells and cameras. Vehicle Detection can send you a special Vehicle Alert, record the event or both.

This feature requires a compatible Ring Home subscription.

How to manage Smart Alerts in the Ring app

Smart Alerts are available for battery-powered, solar, plug-in and wired Ring devices. 

To enable Smart Alerts:

1. Tap the

   menu (≡)

   on the top left.
2. Tap

   Devices

   .
3. Tap the device that you want to adjust.
4. Tap

   Motion Settings

   .
5. Tap

   Smart Alerts

   .
6. Tap

   Enable Feature

   .
7. Tap

   Continue

   .
8. Select the notification options that you want for

   Person, Vehicle

   or

   Other Motion

   .
   • You'll see a video camera where you can select or de-select recording and a bell icon to represent alert notifications.
   • Vehicle Detection will be rolled out over time to eligible Ring security cameras and video doorbells. More devices will be enabled to use Vehicle Detection in the future.
   • Check Smart Alerts in your Ring app for availability of Vehicle Detection.
9. After you've adjusted your settings tap

   Done.

To access Smart Alerts once you've enabled them:

1. Tap the

   menu (≡)

   on the top left.
2. Tap

   Devices

   .
3. Tap the device that you want to adjust.
4. Tap

   Motion Settings

   .
5. Tap

   Smart Alerts

   .

Person Detection and Vehicle Detection Tips and Troubleshooting

Person Detection Tips

• With only Person Detection enabled on a plug-in or wired device, you may not be able to adjust the Motion Sensitivity slider.
• If your camera is unable to identify whether a motion event contains a person, due to lighting, weather or other conditions, you may still get Motion Alerts.

Vehicle Detection Tips

• For vehicles in clear view of your camera or in a garage, follow our

  device angle and height guidelines.
• If using Vehicle Detection with

  Bird's Eye Zones

  , make sure your

  Camera Motion Zon

  e and Bird's Eye Zone overlap each other so that both zones cover the area you want to monitor.
• Adjusting Motion Sensitivity or turning off Bird’s Eye Zones can help further customize the area you monitor.

Vehicle Detection can be used with:

• Battery Video Doorbell
• Battery Video Doorbell Pro
• Battery Video Doorbell Plus
• Video Doorbell Wired
• Wired Video Doorbell Pro
• Indoor Cam (2nd Gen)
• Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam
• Spotlight Cam Pro
• Spotlight Cam Plus
• Floodlight Cam Wired Pro
• Floodlight Cam Wired Plus

Learn what Ring device you have in the Ring app.