Question: Does the Ring app have a soft reboot function? if not, why not?
Firstly, not to confuse this with hard rebooting (pressing the reset button or cutting power to device). This seems to be the common answer found during searches, which is actually very inconvenient.
Why? 1) all network or electronic devices will require a restart at some point (some more often than others). Its the nature of firmware and software traffic generating eventual confusion glitches. 2) Most people will install these cams mounted somewhere high up. Physical hard resetting makes is very inconvenient.
Btw, other cam manufacturers have this adhoc feature.
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Hi @ExplorerMike. You can now reboot your Ring Doorbell or Security Camera from the Ring app as long as it is still online and connected to the internet. You can read more in our Help Center Article here . If you’re experiencing any concerns with the performance of your Ring Doorbell or Security Camera, you can use this feature to reboot it from within the Ring app as a troubleshooting step. As with all new features, this is on a slow rollout so you may not see the feature in your Ring app yet. 
This doesn’t work. When you press the reboot button there is about a one second pause and then a message that reboot is complete. Clearly it takes longer than a second.
Hi @JettMcP. The reboot happens very quickly and it is normal for the message to pop up in a few seconds.