Ring desktop app is going away, but Ring PWA is here to stay

It’s time to get progressive (with web apps).

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What you need to know

Are you a fan of the Ring - Always Home desktop app? Do you enjoy its functionalities and utility? Well, bad news: That app is getting discontinued on October 15, 2021, and not in a soft capacity that will still allow you to use it. No, it’s getting completely wiped out. When October 15 rolls around, all users will be logged out of the app forever, never to see it again.

However, all is not lost. In the sameannouncement postwherein Ring detailed the death of the desktop app, it also outlined how ring.com will fill the soon-to-be-formed gap in services (thanks, Bart W!). “Key features from the desktop app are available on ring.com, including Live View (launching August 19, 2021) and browser notifications (launching August 26, 2021),” the announcement post declares. In short, Ring is going the PWA (progressive web app) route.

You can stick with the desktop app until the middle of October if you truly want, but be ready to be kicked out when the time comes. Additionally, these features won’t be supported in the gap period between now and the app’s demise:

This development is creeping up all over the web. PWAs are slowly taking over, site by site, app by app. For example, theofficial Twitter app for Windows 10is now a PWA. Once Twitter’s received an update, you know everyone else won’t be far behind.

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