- Ring had launched an updated Outdoor Camera and Peephole Camera 2K
- They will both go on sale in August 2026
- The outdoor camera costs £99.99 (approx $130 / AU$190) and the peephole camera is £79.99 (approx $110 / AU$150)
Ring has announced two brand new smart security cameras, one for outdoor mounting and one for mounting in the peephole of your door.
Let’s start with the outdoor option first. The new Ring Outdoor Camera (2nd generation) is available in both cable and battery versions. It has a wide-angle lens (140 degrees horizontally and 85 degrees vertically) and delivers 2K resolution with up to 6x enhanced zoom. It has black and white night vision, customizable privacy zones and motion detection, and you can talk to visitors via Live View and Two-Way Talk. If you subscribe to Ring Protect, you can also get intelligent alerts and the ability to rewind time to review recordings. Wi-Fi is single-band Wi-Fi 4, using the 2.4 GHz frequency band.
One of the big selling points here is ease of installation: mounting the camera is easy and it’s designed to withstand temperatures from -20ºC to +50ªC, although Ring says the camera can temporarily switch itself off if it’s in direct sunlight in extreme heat conditions.
The Ring Outdoor Camera (2nd generation) has a list price of £99.99 (approx. $130 / AU$190) and will be available from August 12, 2026. Pre-orders are open now.
Ring Peephole Camera 2K: this peep is quite cheap and fits in doors that are quite deep
The new Ring Peephole Camera 2K is more stylish than its rather boxy predecessor with a more triangular shape and a nice mottled finish. It fits through the space where you would normally have an optical peephole and there is no need to drill, run cables or do anything as it is completely wireless and runs on a rechargeable battery. It is designed to fit peepholes from 12mm to 14mm in size and pass through doors between 32.5mm and 60mm.
I think this will be particularly popular with apartment dwellers, especially tenants who can’t make physical changes to the property: just unscrew the optical peephole, install the camera and you can take it with you when you move. However, don’t forget to keep the original peephole somewhere you can find it again.
Like the new outdoor camera (2nd generation), the resolution is 2K with up to 6x improved zoom, Live View and Two-Way Talk, but there’s no night vision here, so make sure the door is facing a well-lit area. Ring says the camera is set for low light, but this camera doesn’t see in the dark like the outdoor camera does.
The field of view is 140 x 140 degrees to deliver ‘head to toe’ images and the quick release battery is easily removed for charging. Wi-Fi is Wi-Fi 4 on the 2.4 GHz frequency band.
Ring Peephole Camera 2K will be available from August 19, 2026 and pre-orders are open now. List price is £79.99 (approx $110 / AU$150).
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