Ring is branching out beyond the best video doorbells and home security cameras into another area of home safety: Fire prevention. The company announced that it’s partnering with Kidde to launch a new smart smoke detector that will alert Ring customers in the event of a fire or smoke event in their home. In addition, the companies are also launching a professional monitoring service that will notify emergency services as well as emergency contacts. The companies will offer two products: a smart smoke & carbon monoxide detector and a smart smoke detector. Both will need to be hardwired, but will use two AA batteries as backup. The detectors connect directly to Wi-Fi, and no other Ring products are needed in order to use them.
