Nextdoor Relaunches Network With a Focus on News, Alerts and AI

Nextdoor Holdings Inc., the neighborhood-focused social network, unveiled a slew of new features as part of a sweeping redesign that aims to highlight more urgent content and boost user engagement.

The changes include an alert system for critical events, including power outages and severe weather, Nextdoor said on Tuesday. And there’s a local news offering that will prominently feature reports from 3,500 partner publications around the US, UK and Canada, displayed in a carousel at the top of users’ feeds.