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 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

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

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. However, with the same resolution and viewing angle as its predecessor, there isn't much reason to upgrade; but for everyone else, this is the best battery-powered doorbell on the market.

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;

The Ring Video Doorbell 3 Plus mixes great physical design and convenience with a good app – but we think its smarts need more developing to keep it on top.

Video great; Pre-roll works well; Flexible installation is welcome; Great battery life

Requires subscription for any cloud storage (and no local option); More definable motion zones would be welcome; Lack of Google Assistant integration

Is Pre-Roll tech enough to tempt users towards the Ring Video Doorbell 3 Plus?

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

Earlier versions had one problem for my door frame they were slightly too wide. This version solves this and indeed another problem that I had never thought of. So the people at Ring have listened to my moans and probably that of others and now both are solved.

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

The Doorbell 3 Plus represents a big step forward in the battle against false motion detection, thanks to new close-range sensors. There's also Pre-Roll tech that, while not quite the same as continuous recording, provides a valuable few seconds of footage from before an event was triggered - perfect for reviewing any potential criminal activity. Those are welcome additions, but it's hard to recommend the upgrade from the Video Doorbell 2, which is identical in most other respects. If you're new to the market, however, the Doorbell 3 Pro is well worth considering.