Amazon-Owned Blink Debuts Doorbell Cam With Wider View, Person Detection

Blink, the Amazon.com Inc.-owned hardware brand known for its connected doorbells and video cameras, introduced new devices on Thursday, the latest entries in a saturated market for smart-home gadgets.

Compared with its predecessor, the newest Blink Video Doorbell provides a more expansive 150-degree “head-to-toe” field of view that should give a fuller preview of guests and package deliveries, according to the company. The device runs on three standard AA batteries and is rated for as much as two years of battery life, it added.