Ring’s renter-friendly ‘Peephole’ camera gets a 2K upgrade starting at $99
Amazon’s Ring is upgrading its clever Peephole Cam with 2K resolution, and it’s available for pre-order now.
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Amazon brings 4K and 2K video to its new battery-powered Ring Doorbell – when will Nest?
Amazon this week announced a new collection of Ring Doorbell models that include upgrade 4K and 2K video on battery-powered hardware, something Google has yet to do in its Nest lineup.
Expand Expanding CloseAmazon launches 4K Ring cameras, AI to find lost dogs, new speakers ahead of Google Home revamp
Ahead of tomorrow’s Google Home and Nest revamp, Amazon today laid out a collection of new Ring and Blink hardware, Echo speakers, and introduced a clever new AI feature that helps locate lost dogs.
Expand Expanding CloseRing beats Google Nest to the punch with AI-powered natural language search for video
Amazon’s Ring has just announced AI-powered search for video events captured by its cameras, beating Google to the punch on the idea.
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Ring’s new Battery Doorbell takes notes from Nest Doorbell, but for $80 less
Amazon’s Ring today announced its new Battery Doorbell, a $100 option that works without wires and has the same big upgrade Google made in its latest generation.
Expand Expanding ClosePixel’s At A Glance will soon support Ring doorbell notifications
Google is preparing to expand Pixel’s support for showing At A Glance notifications from smart doorbells to also include alerts from Ring products.
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Some Ring doorbells can catch fire when installed incorrectly, recall underway
One of the biggest names in the smart home game is Amazon-owned Ring. The brand’s video doorbells are also widely used, but now a Ring doorbell recall has been issued over some units catching fire.
Expand Expanding CloseFollowing Google Nest, Ring makes two-factor authentication mandatory for users
Just last week Google announced that it would soon be making two-factor authentication mandatory for users still on a Nest account. Today, Amazon-owned Ring is following that by making two-factor authentication mandatory for everyone and that starts today.
Nest competitor Ring reportedly gave employees full access to customers’ live camera feeds
Last year, Amazon made waves in the smart home space by acquiring Ring for over $1 billion. Known for home security doorbells, a new report today claims that the company has a lax stance towards privacy that allowed more employees than seemingly necessary to access customers’ live camera feeds.