Amazon Ring doorbells get fire alerts, an app store, and new sensors

Amazon is beefing up its Ring smart doorbells with new features, including new fire alerts, an app store, and a new set of Ring sensors.

Announced at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, the company said the new ring sensors can detect motion, openings, broken glass and smoke, and can also monitor carbon monoxide levels, leaks, temperature changes and air quality. They also allow you to control lighting and devices connected to your smart home network.

Amazon is also adding a new app store to the Ring app to let users use its cameras with third-party apps. The store is currently only available in the US, and users will be able to browse a selection of apps in the coming weeks. While the company didn’t specify what kind of apps the store will feature, it said those apps will focus on small business operations and everyday home needs.

And as wildfires become more common in drought-stricken areas, the company has partnered with fire monitoring app Watch Duty to display real-time updates and early warnings in the Neighbors section of the Ring app. Users can also share live updates in this section using their Ring cameras.

Specifically, the new devices coming out support Amazon’s Sidewalk shared network feature, which creates a mesh network between the company’s Echo and Ring devices by sharing a small portion of your bandwidth, allowing the devices to work even when they’re not in wireless range of your Wi-Fi router.

Amazon is also adding a new AI-based feature to Ring cameras that learns a property’s daily patterns and alerts users if anything out of the ordinary happens. Called “AI Unusual Event Alerts,” the company said the feature allows the Ring camera to display specific alerts when it detects a person, based on location, actions and clothing.

For people who subscribe to Amazon’s Virtual Security Guard services, these warnings could automatically trigger intervention. Last month, the company rolled out features that use video recognition to trigger Alexa responses and send you personalized notifications based on a database of 50 people.

The company has also released a new Ring Car Alarm with built-in GPS for vehicle tracking.