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hey guys I'm Megan Morton for Senate appliances here on this chilly December morning on my front porch with ring this is a 199 dollar Wi-Fi enabled video doorbell so here's how it works whenever someone rings rings doorbell you will get a push notification on your phone Android or iOS and then it will link you to a live video stream so you can actually see who is at your front door and talk to them be a two-way talk this may also unfamiliar to you because ring is actually a rebranded door bot if you remember door bot I tested here on my front door and experienced a lot of issues with its video quality and it's 2-way talk functionality given all the issues I had with door bot and all the problems that a lot of people seem to have with door bot ring is a definite improvement I received my push alerts within 5 to 10 seconds sometimes it varied and would go a little bit higher but the average was a few seconds so there wasn't a huge lag time and the video quality was much better they did bump it up to 720p which could be a problem if you have low bandwidth it could cause some pixelation and some other sort of problems when you're trying to view a video but overall I had a pretty good experience I did test ring at two different locations to see if there were differences between Wi-Fi connections proximities two routers and so on here at my house I didn't notice a bit longer lag time and the video quality wasn't quite as good at the other location I did notice that the video quality was a bit better and that the push notifications seemed a little bit faster from the time I rung the belt when I received them on my phone so it will vary depending on your Wi-Fi connection if you're a door bot user ring is a definite improvement but I would still hold out for my sky Bell review I am testing that next it is a direct ring competitor and it has some very interesting features including motion alerts that I think might make it a promising addition to the Wi-Fi enabled video doorbell realm thanks for watching this video of ring be sure to check out our other smart home reviews on cnet.com I'm Megan molar 1014 at a pad