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Glass break sensor
It would be great to have an actual glass break sensor for the alarm system. It’s a real short coming of the ring alarm system that otherwise is a very good system. I do not wish to use an echo to listen for glass break sounds. A dedicated glass break sensor that is fine tuned to the sounds of breaking glass and can pick up the shock waves from glass breakage would be a much better solution
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19-03-2020 04:06:08
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- G
Echoing the call for Ring glass break sensors. Any proper alarm system should include these.
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15-12-2020 14:27:38
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- M
So when do you know ring will give us the glass break sensors? Or will it?
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03-01-2021 03:33:57
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- J
I was a ring doorbell user for several years. I invested in a ring alarm system and was led to believe the ring alarm had glass break sensors. This whole notion of the Alexa integration is not a security solution. I need sensors that are directly connected to alarm monitoring. A mere alert on my phone tied into Alexa sounds is not a solution. I see that this is a topic for many. As painful as it will be, I will be moving away from the ring platform if this does not get resolved.
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04-01-2021 04:11:55
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- A
I bought into Ring to get a "real" security system after spending much time trying to DIY a solution in Smartthings. Way too much cloud and third party machinations only to end up with a 'hobby" system. Ring has everything EXCEPT a real glass break sensor. Alexa is NOT an answer - not even properly integrated to trigger an alarm. Even Smartthings supports the [Utilitech Z-Wave Glass Break Detector ](https://www.zwaveproducts.com/products/gb00z-2-gocontrol-smart-glass-break-detector?variant=22465794113621¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_campaign=gs-2019-09-18&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign&gclid=Cj0KCQiAlsv_BRDtARIsAHMGVSayWvLRLn_ZVjhZmZUo0wpY6x1QkMSECSWqxEJzGXk0ofrEiEck_hAaAgT0EALw_wcB) Come on!! There are other options out there - you don't need to re-invent the wheel. [Z-Wave Glass Break ](https://www.climax.com.tw/new/acgs-23zw.php)Fortunately, Ring does support some third party devices like the First Alert Z-Wave Smoke & CO Detector, so I was able to move those from Smartthings to Ring. Please... Give us a real Glass Break Detector. If nothing else, at least IFTTT integration would give the Community a chance to help out.Apologies if this came across as a rant. I love my Ring - it's a real security system. Just plug the hole.
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05-01-2021 02:32:11
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BiggieD
Please add a glass break detector, I would purchase several, lack of support for glass break detection is the reason I haven't purchased a ring security system.
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07-12-2020 18:35:56
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