Lennar Homes Offered With Ring-Based Smart Home Package as Standard

Lennar is offering Ring smart home devices as standard in Lennar Communities Connected by Ring, blogged the company Tuesday. The houses have pre-installed smart home devices that can be monitored and controlled from anywhere via the Ring app, it said. Homes can be designed to adapt to buyers’ needs, said Ring founder Jamie Siminoff. Lennar Executive Chairman Stuart Miller said Ring’s mission of “making neighborhoods safer aligns perfectly with ours,” and its suite of smart home products “simplifies life rather than complicating it.” Lennar connected homes include a Ring security system that alerts homeowners when doors and windows are opened or a motion sensor is triggered. When an alarm is activated, a Ring Listener sends mobile notifications to the Ring app. A Flo by Moen smart water shutoff valve protects against leaks. An eero Pro 6 mesh router provides Wi-Fi, and Honeywell supplies the T6 Pro Z-Wave smart thermostat. Ring’s Video Doorbell Pro delivers instant alerts on the app when visitors press the doorbell or trigger motion sensors, Ring said. Homeowners can see and speak to visitors from their smartphones or let them in by unlocking the door from anywhere using Level Lock on the app. For packages from Ring parent Amazon, they can use Key by Amazon for contactless delivery inside the garage with the LiftMaster myQ Smart Garage Control, also included in the package. Not all devices can be controlled by the Ring app, said a disclaimer. The eero router’s network settings have to be managed by the eero app, and the LiftMaster smart garage door has to use the myQ app, accessible from the Garage tile via the Ring app. Residents can stay in touch with community members through the Neighbors app, which provides “hyper-local” real-time alerts from neighbors, the Ring team and, in some areas, local public safety agencies, they said. It wasn’t clear if the community feature uses Amazon Sidewalk. The company didn’t respond to questions.