(CNN Business) Ring, the Amazon-owned home security business, introduced a flying camera on Thursday that may excite home-surveillance fans but is almost certain to rankle privacy advocates. Users can set up paths for the drone via a smartphone app, or if the drone detects motion in a part of your home it can fly on its own to that spot and take video of what's going on. Set for release next year, the drone is meant for indoor use only, and it can be set to work with the Ring Alarm system so that it will fly a preset route if the alarm is triggered. The camera is blocked when the drone is sitting in its dock, she said. "We know when something happens our customers want to be able to see exactly what's going on, but it's not always feasible to have whole-home coverage," Rouhi said, explaining why Ring created the drone.

Source: CNN September 24, 2020 19:52 UTC