Ring is adding a new feature to verify video content

It will be very difficult to fake or manipulate Ring camera videos going forward. On Thursday, the device manufacturer Amazon be explained Ring Verify, a new video verification tool that will let anyone know if a video has been tampered with in any way.

The company says this can be useful when you come across videos you’ve shared, such as those sent to you by a neighbor or someone who wants to show you other events.

Although you may not be able to immediately recognize if a certain TikTok video was created by AI – like rabbits jumping on a trampolinefor example – you will be notified of any updates to a ring video that someone has shared directly with you.

“Think of it like a clear seal on a medicine bottle — if someone changes the video in any way, even as small as cutting out a few seconds or changing the lighting, the seal breaks,” Ring explained in a statement. to announce.

The warranty will be activated for every video recorded by the Ring device from December 2025 onwards, the company says. Any changes or modifications, including cropping and filtering, will violate the seal. Ring says this includes videos uploaded to websites that include images.

Failure to verify does not mean the video is fake. It is just a sign that it has been changed. Maybe someone turned up the light to make it stand out, or it could mean the video was shot before December 2025.

If verification fails, recipients can request an unedited video. Ring suggests that this could be useful for things like insurance claims.

The guarantee will be available for all videos downloaded or shared from the ring cloud, regardless of the device that captured the images. But the company notes that verifying content won’t work with videos recorded using end-to-end encryption — these will always show as “unverified,” it said.

To confirm the viewing, Ring will be able to go to the website ring.com/verify and submit their video link and get instant results.

TechCrunch noted that the site was down, which could suggest the announcement was shared too early. We didn’t see the announcement on the front page of the Ring blog at the time of publication but we were able to preview the news via the blog. direct link. We have asked the company to let us know.