Ring, the company behind the popular connected doorbell, recently published an app called Neighbors. The idea is to connect neighborhoods together by providing residents with real-time security and crime alerts and safety information. This function was previously limited to the Ring app, but now it's being broken out into its own affair.

The app provides push notifications for alerts and displays a map with info published by fellow neighbors, the Ring team, and law enforcement. So if a nearby house had a package stolen, you'll know about it. Users can post text, photos, and videos of anything they find suspicious or of an actual crime. This collective source of information can not only help prevent further crimes from happening, but also possibly provide local police with facial and vehicular information of the criminals.

Neighbors is available right now on Android and iOS. Just use the widget below to get started.

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