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Ring joins the Z-Wave Alliance Board of Directors
Joining the Z-Wave Alliance's Board of Directors means Ring will have more voice in Z-Wave's priorities, including future features for the wireless standard
Ring is joining the Z-Wave Alliance's Board of Directors — the 11th company to be added to the board. The home security company is also now what the Alliance calls a "principal member."
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Z-Wave is a wireless standard — if a device works with Z-Wave and connects across the network, it will link and connect with any other device that also works with Z-Wave. To date, there are more than 700 members of the Z-Wave Alliance, building thousands of smart home devices, including those from Abode, Fibaro, Schlage, Vivint, Yale, and more.
Ring, which Amazon purchased in 2018 for $1 billion, makes home security devices, including video doorbells, security cameras, and home surveillance systems. The company's Ring Alarm Security Kit is the first suite of devices bundled together to add SmartStart, a Z-Wave feature that is now mandatory for all devices built on the Z-Wave 700 platform.
SmartStart makes it very simple to link Z-Wave devices together. You scan a QR code, and you're ready to start using a product even before it's out of the box.
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There are currently 11 companies on the Z-Wave Alliance's board,, including SmartThings, Jasco Products, LG Uplus, Silicon Labs, Ingersoll Rand Nexia Intelligence, Alarm.com, ADT, Assa Abloy, Leedarson, and Nortek Security & Control.
"The desire to feel safe and secure at home continues to be a powerful driver of smart home adoption," said Mitchell Klein, Z-Wave Alliance's executive director. "With Z-Wave as the leading IoT technology in the residential security market, we're thrilled to be adding one of the biggest DIY security players to our Board of Directors to lend their voice and expertise. We believe that together we can continue to give consumers everywhere peace of mind and make Z-Wave the most deployed smart home protocol in the world."
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