Tag: Ring

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Coinciding with a shift in the leadership at Ring, new customers can expect to pay a subscription for features previously offered with their Ring Alarm devices. The company issued an email to owners and provided a support center article recently that details the change and what features will be affected by the new decision. Specifically listed changes include arming and disarming digitally which has changed to require non-subscribers to use the Ring Keypad at home,...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Only five years after its acquisition by Amazon for $1 billion, Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff is stepping down. In a blog post on Ring’s website the CEO discussed his departure which will take place on March 22. Siminoff founded the company in 2013 as Doorbot. The company was crowdfunded and raised an initial $364,000, more than the requested amount of $250,000. In describing his decision to step down from the role Siminoff said that, “Invention is my true passion....

Any time, any place, any day. A little Blondie to start things off. Our operators are ready to receive you, and if you hadn’t guessed it’s still a little quiet on the news front here. Everyone’s still in that holiday funk and trying to shake it off. Which is not to say there’s been no news, far from it! CES 2023 wrapped up this past week and we got a good look at the tech lineup for the coming year. For example, Ring announced the arrival of their security camera for cars....

I’ve spent a lot of time recently thinking about passwords. I mean, who doesn’t do that these days?  Using a new streaming service? Password. Changing financial institutions? Password. Starting a new job? Probably a dozen new passwords. In a recent blog I discussed just how prevalent the data breach has become in our daily lives and how much is affected by it. It reveals our security vulnerabilities all the way down to our habits. That kind of problem isn’t targeted at any...

HAWTHORNE, Calif.—Ring, whose mission is to make neighborhoods safer, has announced the rollout of a new integration for cameras that support ONVIF, an open standard that allows devices to communicate with each other, even if they are from different manufacturers. Examples of these cameras include the dome cameras you often see on commercial buildings and small businesses. Once available in late April, Ring customers with Ring Alarm Pro and a Ring Protect...

FISHERS, Ind.—CEDIA, the global industry association for the home technology industry, has announced a community for Ring Professionals within the association. The new initiative will grant Ring Pros access to a carefully selected educational curriculum and a variety of member benefits. “Our goal at CEDIA is to welcome innovation from all corners of the industry, which is why we’re so excited to work more closely with Ring to expand access to CEDIA benefits and trainings to pros...

HAWTHORNE, Calif.—Ring announced an exclusive partnership to help support alarm professionals as well as several new home security devices, features and services recently, from robotics to connectivity to computer vision. Ring’s exclusive collaboration with The Home Depot uses custom Ring home security products and services to provide builders with an affordable, customizable solution to protect job sites big and small. “We’ve seen how effective Ring devices can be in...

BOCA RATON, Fla.—ADT has settled a lawsuit against Ring LLC, an Amazon company and provider of smart home security devices. As per the settlement, Ring will release a new version of its Outdoor Siren product and will discontinue the marketing and sale of the current design. “ADT and Ring are pleased to have reached a mutually agreeable resolution,” said David Smail, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at ADT. “Ring will release a new version of the Outdoor...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—SnapAV, a manufacturer and exclusive source of A/V, security, control, networking and remote management products for professional integrators, announced it now carries core Ring products, including the pro-focused “X Line,” on SnapAV.com and in SnapAV Local Pro Stores for U.S.-based SnapAV partners. The addition of the Ring X Line highlights the distributor’s focus on providing the best, most in-demand products from both in-house SnapAV brands...

SEATTLE—Ring announced that it is teaming up with Lennar, one of the nation’s leading homebuilders, to change the homebuying experience by including some of the most desirable connected home features as a standard. In Lennar Communities Connected by Ring, all homes have been designed with pre-installed smart home devices, which can be monitored and controlled anytime from anywhere via the Ring App, to help make homeowners’ lives easier from the day they move in. “At...