Ring has a new mission. ‘Hey, there’s raccoons in my backyard’


A person pushes the doorbell on his Ring doorbell camera, July 16, 2019, at his home in Wolcott, Conn. The Amazon.com Inc unit is looking to transform itself into a smart-camera business with a cheery social-media side hustle, sort of a mashup between Nextdoor and TikTok. — AP

For years, Ring touted its crime-fighting bona fides, selling smart doorbells that let homeowners remotely monitor their residences – and sometimes share what they recorded with local police.

Now the Amazon.com Inc unit is looking to transform itself into a smart-camera business with a cheery social-media side hustle, sort of a mashup between Nextdoor and TikTok.

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