Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam: Flexible Monitoring With Limited Resolution

EDITORS' NOTE This is the most recent version of the Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam. Read our review from June 30, 2025 below. With the Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam, you can see what’s going on in every corner of your room, thanks to a smooth mechanical pan and tilt mechanism that you control from your phone. This indoor home security camera delivers sharp daytime and nighttime video, but its 1080p resolution is relatively low by current standards, and recorded video requires a paid subscription. At $79.99, it's a solid value for a pan and tilt camera, but for a few dollars less, the Eufy E220 Indoor Cam ($51.99) offers 1440p (2K) video, free local video storage, and support for Alexa, Apple HomeKit, and Google. As such, it remains our Editors’ Choice winner for indoor security cameras. Design: Minimalist and Unobtrusive The Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam looks nearly identical to the $59.99 Ring Indoor Cam , but sits atop a motorized base that offers 360 degrees of horizontal panning and 169 degrees of tilt maneuverability. It’s a wired camera that measures 5.7 by 2.3 by 2.3 inches (HWD) and comes in Black, Blush (pink), Charcoal (gray), Starlight (off-white), or White. Included in the box is a 10-foot USB-A to USB-C power cable, a USB-C power adapter, and a wall/ceiling mounting bracket and hardware. (Credit: John R. Delaney) As with the Indoor Cam, the Pan-Tilt Cam has a manual privacy cover that slides over the lens to effectively shut down the camera. The front of the device holds the lens, a microphone, and an LED status indicator that glows solid blue while the camera is recording. The indicator light otherwise slowly blinks blue during setup, pulses blue when two-way talk is activated, and flashes red and blue when the camera has lost its Wi-Fi connection. There’s a speaker at the bottom, a reset button on top, and a USB-C power port on the back of the device. The camera captures video at 1080p (1,920 by 1,080) resolution, has a 143-degree field of view,