Ring's 2020 flagship battery-powered doorbell is its most feature packed, complete with Pre-roll to capture events before they even happen. It'll quickly become a reliable part of your smart home that you use everyday. However, the basic Ring Video Doorbell is almost as good for half the price.

Pre-roll to capture events before they happen is a welcome addition; Removable battery; Good quality footage; Can customise outer casing; Customisable motion controls

Standard Video Doorbell (2nd gen) is half the price; App suffering from feature creep; You'll want a Chime or Chime Pro; Needs a Ring Protect subscription to maximise

Ring's 2020 flagship battery-powered doorbell is its most feature packed, complete with Pre-roll to capture events before they even happen. It'll quickly become a reliable part of your smart home that you use everyday. However, the basic Ring Video Doorbell is almost as good for half the price.

Pre-roll to capture events before they happen is a welcome addition; Removable battery; Good quality footage; Can customise outer casing; Customisable motion controls;

Standard Video Doorbell (2nd gen) is half the price; App suffering from feature creep; You'll want a Chime or Chime Pro; Needs a Ring Protect subscription to maximise;

If you want to boost your home security, read of our Ring Video Doorbell 3 Plus review to see if is the video doorbell for you

Comprehensive set of features; New four second pre-roll of each event; App is highly intuitive and best in class; Sleek design; Lots of opportunities to personalise notifications; Integrates easily with Alexa

Expensive compared to competitors

The Ring Video Doorbell 3 Plus retails for $229 and only works with Amazon Alexa. Overall, the Ring Video Doorbell 3 Plus is an improvement over previous iterations. As someone who has used the Ring Video Doorbell 2 before, I can say that the Ring 3 Plus is noticeably better at detecting motion and...

Pre-Roll footage; Enhanced in-app privacy controls; Hardwire or battery

Only works with Amazon Alexa

If you don't have wires, this is the Ring you've been looking for

Easy install; Battery-powered; Pre-Roll feature works well; 1080p HD streaming; Works with Alexa; Best value cloud storage plan

Expensive; Big and bulky; No 24/7 recording; No Pre-Roll at night; Slow connections; No Google Assistant

Excellent all round perfomer, but is it worth the premium over the basic Ring doorbell?

The Ring Video Doorbell 3 Plus is a smart wireless doorbell that is easy to install and offers dual-band Wi-Fi, Alexa and IFTTT support, and Pre-Roll tech that captures a few seconds of video before an event.

Completely wireless; Sharp 1080p video; Pre-Roll video capture; Dual-band Wi-Fi; Supports Amazon Alexa voice commands and IFTTT applets

Doesn't support Apple HomeKit or Google Assistant; Requires subscription to view recorded video

The newest addition to the Ring family, the Video Doorbell 3 Plus ($229.99), is a wireless, battery operated smart doorbell that installs in minutes and delivers sharp 1080p video. It offers motion detection, support for Amazon Alexa voice commands and IFTTT applets, and unlike the Ring Video Doorbell 2, it features the company's Pre-Roll buffering technology that captures four seconds of video before a motion event. Access to recorded video requires a paid subscription, but it’s a smart choice for users who don’t feel comfortable working with wiring, as well as existing Ring product owners. That said, our Editors’ Choice, the $99 RemoBell S, is significantly cheaper and offers better all-around specs with free cloud access.Design and Features The Video Doorbell 3 Plus looks identical to the Video Doorbell 2 that we reviewed in 2018. At 5.1 by 2.4 by 1.1 inches (HWD), it’s bigger than the Ring Doorbell Pro (4.5 by 1.8 by 0.8 inches) and the Vivint Doorbell Camera Pro (4.6 by 1.5 b...

The Ring Video Doorbell 3 Plus is a smart wireless doorbell that is easy to install and offers dual-band Wi-Fi, Alexa and IFTTT support, and Pre-Roll tech that captures a few seconds of video before an event.

Completely wireless; Sharp 1080p video; Pre-Roll video capture; Dual-band Wi-Fi; Supports Amazon Alexa voice commands and IFTTT applets

Doesn't support Apple HomeKit or Google Assistant; Requires subscription to view recorded video

With 1080p high-def video, real-time notifications, and a quick-release battery, is the Ring 3 Plus the best doorbell?...

Simple installation Good video/audio quality Flexible motion controls User-customizable alerts Pre-roll video capture

Battery life varies Bell/chime not included Resolution bested by competitors Night vision could be better

The Ring Video Doorbell 3 Plus comes with clever pre-roll technology, allowing you to get a better sense of what caused an event to happen. In addition, it comes with greater control over motion alerts, which successfully reduces the number of alerts you receive.

Powerful motion and notification control; Clear audio and video; Pre-roll gives you more sense of what's going on

Timeline is fiddly to navigate