Amazon’s Ring Debuts $5-a-Month Smoke Monitoring Service
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Amazon.com Inc.’s Ring home security unit on Monday announced upgrades for smoke and carbon monoxide monitoring as well as higher-quality video for some of its cameras.
The company is partnering with Kidde, a maker of smoke alarms, on a new line of detectors that integrate Ring technology, including mobile notifications through the Ring app. The two companies will launch the alarms in April. That same month, Ring will also roll out a $5-per-month service offering access to representatives who monitor smoke and carbon monoxide alerts and can notify a user’s emergency contacts. It will work with the new detectors Ring made with Kidde, along with an earlier Ring product, the Alarm Smoke & CO Listener.