The Ring Car Cam seems to have been discontinued

Ring confirmed to The Verge that it has stopped promoting its Ring Car Cam, a dashcam / safety digicam hybrid that data the highway and the driving force whereas in movement and acts as a safety digicam when a automobile is parked. The product, which launched at CES 2023, has been laborious to come by since occurring sale final January, and prospects who tried to buy one in the previous few months are discovering these orders canceled.

“We’ve skilled ongoing delays with Car Cam and have determined to cease the sale of the machine,” Ring spokesperson Andrea McDonald advised The Verge in an e mail. “Customers who bought a Car Cam will proceed to obtain software program updates and help. We stay enthusiastic about alternatives to innovate within the auto area.” 

McDonald declined to elaborate on what sort of delays or whether or not Ring will resume gross sales sooner or later.

As I famous in my evaluate, the Ring Car Cam had a novel method however appeared to fall between two stools. It wasn’t that helpful when you needed a devoted dashcam (thanks to low video high quality and excessive month-to-month charges), and as a safety machine for safeguarding your automotive, it felt like overkill. It additionally did not capitalize on its Ring and Alexa connections, with restricted integrations and few voice-enabled options.

In an e mail Amazon despatched to a Verge reader canceling his order for the machine, it shared an analogous response to Ring’s, citing “ongoing delays with Ring Car Cam’s availability.” He had positioned the order in October, but it surely was delayed till December and at last canceled this week.

Based on on-line critiques, the Car Cam did ship to some prospects early on, however since that preliminary rollout, the product has been primarily vaporware.