I’m a Ring doorbell expert and there’s a simple check to find out if your battery is reaching the end of its life

AS gadgets age, their batteries do too – which is why your Ring doorbell might be struggling to hold its charge.

Without power, Ring security devices are rendered useless and it can be a faff having to recharge the battery all the time.

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To see your battery charge percentage in the Ring app, simply follow these steps:

1. Tap the three lines on the top left of the Dashboard screen.
2. Tap Devices.
3. Tap the doorbell or camera you want to check.
4. Tap Device Health.
5. Check the percentage under Battery Level.

Once you’ve checked your battery and determined that it needs a charge, charge it.

It can take up to eight hours to fully charge a Ring battery, so make sure that you’ve kept the battery in the charger long enough.

Alternatively, you could invest in a Ring Solar Charger so you don’t need to recharge the battery as often.

Once the battery is fully charged, check the percentage in the app again.

If you’ve charged your Ring device with a removable battery, but your Ring app battery percentage hasn’t changed – fear not.

You likely just need to make sure that you’ve placed the battery back into the device until it clicks in place.

Once the battery is properly reinstalled, the new charge percentage will register in the Ring app under Device Health.

However, if you’ve had your Ring Video Doorbell for many years and the battery won’t hold a charge, it may be time to let it go.

Batteries in older devices lose their power over time, and so there’s a good chance that your device needs to be replaced.

If you have been using a Ring Solar Charger to power up your Ring Video Doorbell (1st Generation), it’s possible that the battery is no longer strong enough to get fully charged from the trickle charge that comes from the Solar Charger.

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