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Amazon has bought a US firm that makes high-tech doorbells in a move expected to help the online retailer improve how it delivers parcels.<\/p>\n

Ring makes doorbells that record live videos of customers’ doorsteps, then sends the videos to their smartphones.<\/p>\n

The doorbell could help Amazon customers trust\u00a0its new service\u00a0which lets couriers open people’s front doors and put deliveries inside.<\/p>\n

Amazon is reported to have paid more than $1bn to secure the Ring deal.<\/p>\n

Amazon and Ring both declined to comment on the price, which was reported by Reuters.<\/p>\n

An Amazon spokesman said it bought Ring to help customers keep their homes “safe and secure.”<\/p>\n

Ring said working with Amazon will allow it to “achieve even more” as it develops home security products.<\/p>\n

Amazon’s smart speaker Alexa already works with Ring gadgets and Amazon’s venture capital arm invested in Ring last year.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2012, Ring has more than 2,000 employees, about one million customers and estimated sales in 2016 of $155m,\u00a0the Los Angeles Times reported\u00a0last year.<\/p>\n

The firm was previously known as Bot Home Automation.<\/p>\n

Amazon already makes products for the home, such as its “Cloud Cam” security camera and voice-controlled devices like the Echo speaker, which users can command to perform tasks such as turning on and off lights and playing music.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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