This Black Friday, you're likely to have packages filled with new purchases arriving at your door To greet those deliveries, you might want a smart doorbell, and Amazon's latest promotion offers the Ring Video Doorbell 3 for $13999

This price is a $60 discount off the list price and is also the lowest price we have seen so far In addition, the more advanced Ring Video Doorbell 3 Plus is available for $15999, a $70 discount from the MSRP of $22999 The Echo Show 5, an Alexa-enabled smart speaker with built-in display, can also be an excellent smart home starter kit for just $10 extra on either doorbell

Ring Video Doorbell 3 provides camera coverage of the door at any time of day or night to see who is approaching, and since Ring is an Amazon Group brand, it works well with other smart home kits

The Ring app displays a camera feed, but also has customization options This includes features like Motion Zones, which allows you to flag which areas to prioritize, which is useful if you live on a busy street It can also be further narrowed down so that you only receive notifications on your phone if it detects a person approaching, rather than receiving a notification every time there is movement by the door

The biggest new feature in Video Doorbell 3 is "pre-roll," which shows a short video clip before each motion event to give more context However, there is an additional $20 fee to view full color and resolution video in the Plus version

To take full advantage of Doorbell, one must sign up for Ring's subscription service This subscription service costs $3 per month or $30 per year for a single doorbell and allows 60 days of video recorded by the doorbell to be stored in cloud storage Meanwhile, for $10/month or $100/year, one can receive support for an unlimited number of doorbells or other Ring products