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- Ring's first smart lock adds a hand-crank power dial
Ring announced its first smart lock this week, featuring a hand-powered dial on the exterior that generates enough electricity to wake the keypad so you can enter a PIN or scan a fingerprint when the battery is dead. It supports fingerprint, PIN (including temporary codes), the Ring app and Alexa, and uses a removable Quick Release Ultra battery pack that can be recharged at home. The lock is slated for early 2027 at $250 in black, silver and brass; battery life, Matter compatibility and third-party integrations remain undisclosed.
ZDNET AI · 🔥 0 - Alexa Plus one year on: great smart home control, weak personal assistant
The Verge's Jennifer Pattison Tuohy spent a year living with Amazon's AI-powered Alexa Plus, from early access in July 2025 through its full launch in February 2026. She calls it the best smart home assistant she has tested — responses dropped from 10–15 seconds to 3–5 seconds, and routines, calendar import, shopping and recipe help all improved — but says its personal-assistant features are still underbaked and it fumbles complex or time-sensitive requests. Her biggest complaint is the constant advertising on Echo Show displays, which Amazon says it will remove only through Photo Gallery Unlimited at $2.99 per month per device.
The Verge AI · 🔥 0 - Ring founder bets AI will transform home security
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff said the company is expanding beyond its signature video doorbell into a broader smart-home security ecosystem, including a new smart lock. He argued that cameras, locks and other connected devices will become the physical "appendages" of increasingly powerful AI systems inside the home, and addressed rising competition as Apple prepares to enter the category.
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