Amazon.com: Amazon Astro, Household robot for home monitoring, with Alexa, Includes a Ring Home Trial

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Meet

Astro

Keep home closer with Astro, the household robot for home monitoring, with Alexa. When you're away, use the Astro app to see a live view of your home, check in on specific areas, and get activity alerts. When you're home, Astro can follow you from room to room playing your favorite music, podcasts or shows, and find you to deliver calls, reminders, alarms, and timers set with Alexa.

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Introducing
Intelligent Motion

Astro navigates gracefully and effortlessly through your ever-changing home using advanced learning algorithms and sensor fusion.

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Astro moves around objects with ease and keeps a safe distance from people, pets, and stairs.

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Ask Astro to follow you or deliver a message or reminder to someone else.

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Astro will hang out nearby in low-traffic areas and go to the charger to top up its battery when needed.

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Check in on your home from anywhere

With the Astro app, you can see a live view of your home and check in on specific rooms, people, or things. During setup, Astro learns a map of your home that you can view in the app at any time. Simply tap where you want Astro to go, then raise or lower the periscope for a better look. You can even sound a siren if you see something suspicious.

Real-time home monitoring alerts

Get push notifications from the Astro app when Astro detects certain sounds like glass breaking, or smoke or carbon monoxide alarms.

Set home monitoring to Away to receive an alert when Astro detects an unrecognized person.

Increased peace of mind with Ring Home Premium

With Ring Home Premium, have Astro proactively investigate detected events such as sounds of glass breaking or smoke/CO alarms, schedule patrols of your home while away and access up to 180 days of Astro and Ring Video Event History. Activate your Ring Home Trial now by linking your Amazon and Ring accounts. Subscribe to Ring Home Premium to continue accessing these features. If you’re an existing Ring Home Premium subscriber, your plan will continue unless cancelled.

Included
with Astro

With Ring Home Premium


View your home from anywhere via live view in the Astro app


Remotely control Astro to navigate your home


Speak with anyone close to Astro using two way talk

Get alerts when Astro detects an unrecognized person

Access up to 180 days of Astro and Ring Video Event History


Schedule Astro for autonomous patrols

Configure Astro to investigate detected events (e.g. smoke & CO alarms, glass breaking sounds) and send you smart alerts

Save and view videos from investigations

Sound a siren on Astro when activity is detected inside

Unlock Ring Home Premium benefits for compatible Ring devices (e.g Ring Alarm and Ring Video Doorbells)

Sync home monitoring mode (disarmed, home or away) with Ring Alarm

Disarm Astro monitoring by voice (not available on accounts with Ring Alarm system)

Astro brings Alexa
to you

Get your favorite Alexa features like news, entertainment, and routines — delivered right to you. Enable Amazon Kids on Astro for free parental controls, kid-friendly Alexa responses, and more.

“Astro, call mom.”

“Astro, take this to Alicia.”

“Astro, remind Lucas to take the trash out at 7pm.”

On a video call, Astro can move
with you, keeping you in frame.

Create a visual ID to have Astro recognize you and bring you something, like a beverage.

Astro can deliver reminders, timers, and alerts to you.

Check on your pets
anytime, anywhere

Enable smart alerts to receive notifications when Astro detects your dogs or cats.

With any Ring Home Plan, you can also receive video clips when your pet is detected.

More home
monitoring alerts

Astro can learn if your doors or windows are open. Unlock additional capabilities with Ring Home Premium, including alerts. Just ask, “Astro, is my front door open?

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Designed to protect your privacy

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Turn off mics, cameras, and motion with one press of a button.

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Define out of bounds zones to let Astro know where it's not allowed to go.

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If you create a visual ID, Astro uses on-device processing to recognize your face.

Do even more
with Astro

Outfit Astro with compatible accessories that fit conveniently in its cargo bin. Sold separately.

Toss treats with Furbo Dog Camera

Ziploc storage container

OMRON wrist blood pressure monitor

Send snacks with a custom food and dishwasher safe Ziploc container , designed to fit in Astro's cargo bin.

Frequently asked questions

Q: When does my Ring Home Trial begin?

Your trial begins once you link your Amazon and Ring accounts, and add your Astro device for the first time to a location associated with your Ring account using the Ring app. Existing Ring Home Basic and Standard subscribers will enjoy a trial of Astro's advanced home monitoring features. Existing Ring Home Premium subscribers will already have access
to these features.

Q: Will I be charged when my Ring Home Trial ends?

If you are not an existing Ring Home subscriber, you will not be charged when your trial ends. You will need
to manually subscribe to Ring Home Premium to continue receiving its benefits, including Astro's advanced home monitoring features. If you are an existing monthly or yearly Ring Home subscriber, your existing subscription will continue to automatically renew at its current
price.

Q: What features come with Ring Home Premium for Astro?

When you subscribe to Ring Home Premium, you can access Astro's advanced home monitoring features. This includes scheduling Astro to autonomously patrol your home while you’re away, configuring Astro to investigate detected events such as sounds of glass breaking or smoke/CO alarms and sending you Smart Alerts. Patrol and investigation videos are saved in Ring’s cloud storage for up to 180 days. The subscription also allows you to create a routine on Astro to scare off intruders with dog barking sounds when motion is detected outside and enables Astro to work with other compatible devices such as Ring Alarm and Ring Video Doorbells. Refer to the chart above for more details on what’s included in Astro and the additional benefits Ring Home Premium unlocks.