Three surprising ways your Ring doorbell’s battery is being drained faster – including bad WiFi

RING’S battery-powered video doorbells are hugely popular but there’s always the worry about when the power will die.

Typically, the Ring Video Doorbell‘s power should last for between six and 12 months without needing to be recharged.

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However, as we enter the colder months and home security moves to the front of people’s minds, preserving the battery life of your Ring Video Doorbell is even more important.

Here are three ways you can boost your device’s battery so it lasts longer.

Adjust motion settings

Motion detection is great for picking up on intruders, but busy areas which create false notifications will use more battery.

So it might be worth tinkering with the settings a bit so you’re less likely to be alerted about obvious non-threats.

You could lower the sensitivity so only movements closer to the camera are picked up by the Doorbell.

Consider switching on Privacy Zones, that way you can decide to cover a smaller area rather than everything the camera sees.

And change motion frequency to ‘Regularly’ or ‘Periodically’, as this will cut down on the amount of motion alerts you receive.

Improve the WiFi connection

Poor WiFi connectivity to your Ring doorbell can actually have an impact on the battery.

That’s because each time the device disconnects and tries to reconnect more energy is required from the battery.

You could try to improve the signal to your router by moving it a bit closer.

Don’t forget, routers don’t perform well generally when stuffed in places like a cupboard or even close to your TV – here are some tips on where you should and should not place your router.

If you’re still having trouble, it might be worth getting a WiFi extender.

Ring has one of its own called Ring Chime Pro.

Charge the battery fully

It’s tempting to just give your devices a quick charge for now and worry about the rest later.

But with the winter months approaching, colder temperatures will drain battery even faster.

So it’s best to give your Ring Video Doorbell battery a full recharge to 100 per cent each time.

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