It will be more difficult to falsify or manipulate Ring camera video in the future. On Thursday, the Amazon-owned device maker was introduced Call Verification, a new video authenticity feature that will allow anyone to determine if a video has been altered in any way.
The company says this could be useful when you come across common videos, such as those sent to you by a neighbor or those that purport to show some sort of incident.
While you may not be able to immediately determine if a TikTok video was created with artificial intelligence — like bunnies jumping on a trampolinefor example — you’ll be notified of any changes to a Ring video that someone has shared directly with you.
“Think of it like the tamper-evident seal on a medicine bottle — if someone changes the video in any way, even something small like cutting a few seconds or adjusting the brightness, the seal is broken,” Ring explained to communication.
The verification feature will be automatically enabled on every video recorded with a Ring device starting in December 2025, the company notes. Any changes or modifications, including cropping and filters, will break this seal of verification. Ring says this includes videos uploaded to sharing sites that compress footage.
Failure to verify does not necessarily mean the video is fake. It’s just a sign that it’s been corrupted. Maybe someone turned up the brightness for visibility, or it could mean the video was recorded before December 2025.
If verification fails, recipients can request a copy of the raw video. Ring suggests this could be useful for purposes such as insurance claims.
Verification will be available on all video downloaded or shared from the Ring cloud, regardless of the specific device that captured the footage. However, the company notes that content verification will not be compatible with videos recorded using end-to-end encryption – these will always appear as “unverified”, it said.
To verify the material, Ring will be able to visit Ring.com/verify and submit the video link and get immediate results.
TechCrunch noted that the site is not yet live, which could indicate that the announcement was shared prematurely. We also didn’t see the announcement on the Ring blog homepage at the time of publication, but we were able to preview the news via the blog post direct url. We asked the company for clarification.
