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As reported by Geekwire, Amazon has acquired Ring, the Santa Monica, California, company behind the Ring Video Doorbell. The surprise move follows Amazon's acquisition of security cam and doorbell maker Blink in December, and will deliver Ring under Amazon's purview, whereas supposedly nonetheless allowing the company to function independently. The P1 fitness ring Video Doorbell permits you to see who's at your door with an app and chat with them if you'd like. The product will possible be built-in into the Amazon Key service that allows package delivery corporations, dog walkers and different services to entry your house by way of a smart lock. The Ring Highlight Cam additionally allows you to monitor the exterior of your home and sheds a gentle on your yard when you want it. The Spotlight Cam is sort of much like Amazon's Cloud Cam , and Ring's Video Doorbell works much like the Blink Video Doorbell , so the acquisition is not bringing any new performance under Amazon's purview. Somewhat, this looks like a move to shore up the breadth of Amazon's sensible house offerings. Since Amazon's digital assistant Alexa already works with Ring merchandise, I will be curious to see what other integrations come up from this transfer. The move comes a few weeks after good home big Nest joined forces with Google. The primary results of that union was the Nest Cam IQ adding functionality as a Google Assistant speaker. Ring didn't supply many specifics either. |
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