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Gilliard is an English professor at Michigan’s Macomb Community College and a prominent critic of Ring and other technology that he says can reinforce race barriers and discrimination. AP Photo/Mike HouseholderThe cameras offer a wide view from wherever they are positioned. Homeowners get phone alerts with streaming video if the doorbell rings or the device's heat sensors detect a person or a passing car. Ring's basic doorbell sells for $99, with recurring charges starting at $3 a month for users who want footage stored. Ring says it stores the recordings for two months. Many law enforcement agencies nationwide said the idea to partner with Ring came after the company promoted its product at law enforcement conferences.

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I'm a reluctant smart speaker user, so I found this weird at first. But it's also the closest my house has come to the McFly house in Back to the Future Part II, welcoming home every family member by name. The Nest Hello also works with the Nest X Yale smart lock, so that you can lock and unlock your door using your smartphone and assign codes to guests. However, you can't use your voice to control it with Alexa or another voice assistant as you can with August's and Schlage's smart locks. MORE: Know Where Your Kids Are With These GPS TrackersWhile some Nest products such as the Nest Learning Thermostat, Nest Protect smoke alarm and Nest Cam have IFTTT support, as of this writing, the Nest Hello does not, although some Nest Cam recipes do work. Nest Hello's facial recognition seems like a natural fit for this kind of automation — imagine setting different rules for different people — so we hope it comes along eventually.

 

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The agreement even includes mechanisms by which Amazon can track and reward the effectiveness of the department’s shilling. Ring donated 15 doorbell cameras to the department, which police can distribute to the community. Each time a Ring user in the jurisdiction downloads the “Neighbors” app that links them to the portal, the Lakeland police get another $10 toward more free Ring cameras. And of course, the more cameras in the community, the more footage police can request via the portal. The document also requires police to maintain several job postings, including a social media coordinator and press contact for Ring promotions. A Doorbell camera is an in built camera with a doorbell, which can be connected to a smartphone through the Internet.