Your Ring doorbell’s next job might not be finding lost pets

Your Ring doorbell’s next job might not be finding lost pets. Leaked CEO emails obtained by 404 Media reveal plans to expand “Search Party” beyond dogs to “zero out crime” despite public privacy pledges.
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Amazon’s Ring cancels partnership with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police

This news comes less than a week after Ring’s Super Bowl commercial stoked controversy over the company’s capacity for mass surveillance.

Ring’s Search Party Super Bowl ad sold pet love and surveillance fears. Here’s how to opt out

Ring’s Search Party Super Bowl ad tugged at heartstrings, but the feature adds extra AI scanning to your cameras. Here’s how to find the per-camera toggles in Control Center and disable both pet and fire detection.
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Ring now lets anyone use the Neighbors app to report and find lost pets

Ring is expanding its Search Party for Dogs feature, letting anyone use the Neighbors app to report and find lost pets by tapping into nearby outdoor cameras and community alerts.
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Ring brings its ‘Search Party’ feature for finding lost dogs to non-Ring camera owners

Ring’s Search Party feature for finding lost dogs is now available across the U.S. — even if you don’t own a Ring camera.

Your Ring camera footage now comes with a security seal to prevent tampering

Ring has introduced a new security feature called Ring Verify that lets users easily check if security footage has been edited.
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Ring is adding a new content verification feature to videos

Ring says the new feature will identify if video edits have been made, even if they’re minor.

Ring founder details the camera company’s ‘intelligent assistant’ era

AI is ushering in Ring’s next chapter, as the Amazon-owned video doorbell maker shifts toward becoming an “intelligent assistant.”

The phone is dead. Long live . . . what exactly?

“We’re not going to be using iPhones in 10 years,” Callaghan says flatly. “I kind of don’t think we’ll be using them in five years.”

Your Ring doorbell now lets Alexa+ answer the door for you

Amazon is rolling out a new feature to Ring doorbells that lets Alexa+ answer the door and interact with visitors.
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