{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c6cf6dc213de8d7e3b046ea0","clusterId":"c_6e9f310b17c4c89310eaefea","slug":"ring-announces-its-first-smart-lock-with-a-dead-battery-backup","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Ring Announces Its First Smart Lock With a Dead-Battery Backup","summary":"Ring, the Amazon subsidiary known for cameras and doorbells, announced the Ring Smart Lock. It has a fingerprint reader, touchscreen keypad, and dial, and unlocks by fingerprint, key, the Ring app, or Alexa. Ring says turning the dial manually revives the lock when the battery dies. It comes in brass, silver, and black, uses Amazon Sidewalk, and goes on sale in the United States in early 2027.","whyItMatters":"Ring built its camera and doorbell business on Amazon's device network, so the lock extends that same network to the front door itself.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eRing\u0026#39;s pitch for the lock is aimed at the part of smart locks owners dislike most: what happens when the battery dies. Per Ring, turning the dial several times by hand brings the lock back, so no spare key, spare battery, or locksmith is needed.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fingerprint reader, keypad, and dial sit alongside app control. From the Ring app owners can check door status and set who may unlock, and during which hours. Amazon Sidewalk handles remote locking, status updates, and PIN synchronization when the owner is away, through a network built between nearby Amazon devices. It works with Ring doorbells and cameras and takes voice commands through Amazon Echo and Alexa.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ring's dead-battery fix depends on Amazon Sidewalk, the low-bandwidth network that needs other Amazon devices nearby. The lock survives a dead battery only if the neighborhood does.","twitterPost":"Ring's backup depends on Amazon Sidewalk. A dead battery survives only if other Amazon devices are nearby.","threadsPost":"Ring's Smart Lock keeps working after the battery dies because turning the dial manually revives it. That fix sits on top of Amazon Sidewalk, the low-bandwidth network that leans on other Amazon devices in range. The lock's dead-battery promise is really a neighborhood-coverage promise.","newsletterBlurb":"Ring announced the Ring Smart Lock, its first smart lock product, with a fingerprint reader, touchscreen keypad, and dial. Ring says turning the dial by hand revives the lock when its battery dies, avoiding a spare key or a locksmith. It uses Amazon Sidewalk for remote locking and PIN sync, works with Ring doorbells and cameras and Alexa, and arrives in the United States in early 2027.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20261008-ring-smart-lock/\",\"title\":\"Amazon-owned Ring announces its first smart lock, with a backup feature that prevents it from becoming a brick when the battery dies\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4600,"outputTokens":602,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791430630,"createdAt":"2026-10-08T03:32:03.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T03:36:08.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T03:36:08.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6e9f310b17c4c89310eaefea","canonicalTitle":"Amazon傘下のRingが初のスマートロックを発表、バッテリーが切れても文鎮化しないバックアップ機能付き","representativeArticleId":"a_90e3ef539f6a703df7fd217a","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-08T02:27:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-08T02:27:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T03:36:08.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20261008-ring-smart-lock/","title":"Amazon傘下のRingが初のスマートロックを発表、バッテリーが切れても文鎮化しないバックアップ機能付き"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}