Amazon to launch Ring ‘neighbourhood watch’ app in UK amid US privacy fears
The Neighbours app will be available for free within the main Ring app from 21 October. Composite: RingView image in fullscreenThe Neighbours app will be available for free within the main Ring app from 21 October. “Instead what you see in WhatsApp or other services is quite a broad-stroked flood of information, the bins being left out, that sort of thing.
- ▪The Neighbours app will be available for free within the main Ring app from 21 October.
- ▪Composite: RingView image in fullscreenThe Neighbours app will be available for free within the main Ring app from 21 October.
- ▪“Instead what you see in WhatsApp or other services is quite a broad-stroked flood of information, the bins being left out, that sort of thing.
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The Neighbours app will be available for free within the main Ring app from 21 October. Composite: RingView image in fullscreenThe Neighbours app will be available for free within the main Ring app from 21 October. Composite: RingAmazonAmazon to launch Ring ‘neighbourhood watch’ app in UK amid US privacy fearsDoorbell firm aims to replace WhatsApp or Facebook groups with platform where people can post about safety or lost petsSamuel Gibbs Consumer technology editorWed 16 Sep 2026 10.00 EDTLast modified on Wed 16 Sep 2026 10.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAmazon’s doorbell camera maker Ring is to launch its Neighbours community app in the UK in an attempt to supplant neighbourhood WhatsApp or Facebook groups.The service is intended as a modern equivalent of a community message…
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