Ring’s Indoor Drone Cam Is Priced at $249.99 and Set to Ship Jan. 27, 2027, Pending FCC Approval

Ring has put a price and a ship date on a flying indoor security camera, with an important catch. On Nov. 10, the company said the Ring Drone Cam will begin shipping to U.S. customers on Jan. 27, 2027, for $249.99. The same About Amazon announcement carries a Federal Communications Commission disclaimer: the Drone Cam “has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission” and “is not, and may not be, offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained.”

This is a home-security gadget, not a Part 107 aircraft. Ring describes it as a flying indoor camera that stays on a dock until it is sent out to look around the house, either on a scheduled route or when another Ring device is triggered. It is not being sold as an outdoor drone, and it is not cleared for sale in the United States until the FCC signs off.

What Ring says the Drone Cam can do

The Drone Cam is the airborne half of a new line Ring is calling Ring Robotics. The other device, Ring Rover Cam, is a ground robot aimed at businesses. It is priced at $999.99, with U.S. shipping set to start on Dec. 16, 2026. Both run on a system Ring calls AI Pilot, which the company says uses the devices’ cameras, on-device sensors, specialized vision models and cloud processing to map a space, suggest patrol points and navigate around furniture or other obstacles.

According to the company page, the Drone Cam’s main features are:

• Custom flight routes that can be scheduled or flown on demand. Scheduled routes require a compatible Ring Protect plan.
• Automatic response flights to previously set patrol points when a connected Ring camera, sensor or alarm is triggered.
• A 148-degree field of view, the ability to rotate 360 degrees, and 2K video.
• Two built-in LED lights that turn on automatically in low light.
• Out-of-the-box use with Ring cameras, doorbells, sensors and alarms, and control from Alexa Home Map.

Ring says the drone powers down in its dock with the camera off, and only starts recording when a flight is triggered. The company also notes that the propellers are not quiet, which it presents as a feature: a flying camera is meant to be seen and heard if someone is in the house who should not be. Videos, Ring says, will be protected by its Throw Away the Key (TAKE) encryption. Founder and chief inventor Jamie Siminoff described the product as an answer to customers who wanted “eyes in the places a fixed camera couldn’t reach.”

The FCC caveat is the story, not a footnote

The January 2027 ship date and $249.99 price are Ring’s current plan, not a guarantee. Until the company obtains FCC authorization, it cannot legally sell or lease the Drone Cam in the United States. Ring has not said what happens to the ship date if that approval takes longer than expected. The Rover Cam, which rolls rather than flies, is on an earlier December 2026 timeline and does not carry the same FCC sales disclaimer on the announcement page.

What this means for drone pilots

Most Part 107 pilots will never fly one of these. The Drone Cam is designed to work indoors, on a rail the company maps for it, as part of a home-security kit. That is a different world from outdoor commercial work, but it is a sign of how quickly “a drone” is becoming a consumer device that happens to fly, complete with an AI navigation stack and a federal authorization hurdle. If you want to fly for work in actual airspace, you still need to know the rules, read airspace and pass the FAA knowledge test. Drone U’s Part 107 test prep course is built for that exam, and students have been known to take the online course in 3 days and pass the test. Pilots who also want to understand the automation side of these systems can look at Drone U’s AI automation classes.

Sources: About Amazon, “Ring announces Ring Robotics” (Nov. 10, 2026). Specs, price, ship date and the FCC disclaimer are from that page.

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