Ring cameras can now recognize faces and help to find lost pets

Amazon’s Ring announced several new AI-powered features and products aimed at enhancing home security and convenience. The headline feature, “Familiar Faces,” uses artificial intelligence to recognize friends and family members, allowing users to receive alerts only for unfamiliar visitors and reduce unnecessary notifications. This feature integrates with the new Alexa+ Greetings system, which acts as a smart doorbell assistant by providing personalized greetings and managing visitor interactions. Additionally, Ring introduced “Search Party,” an AI-driven tool to help find lost pets by connecting Ring users in the same neighborhood to report sightings voluntarily. Search Party will initially support dogs starting in November, with plans to expand to cats and other pets. These new capabilities will be available on Ring’s upcoming Retinal 2K and Retinal 4K product lines, which feature “Retinal Vision” technology designed to optimize video quality continuously using AI. The Retinal 2K devices include the Indoor Cam Plus ($59.99) and Wired Doorbell Plus ($179.99), while the