Person reviewing their Neighbors app feed on a mobile phone.

Customizing Your Neighbors App Notifications and Feed

Customize your Neighbors feed and update push notifications directly in the Ring app or the Neighbors app.

How to update your push notifications

Customize your push notifications to only see relevant posts. 

In the Ring app:

  1. Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.

  2. Tap the Neighbors shortcut tile.

  3. Tap the
    gear icon
    on the upper right.
  4. Tap
    Neighborhood Settings
    .
  5. Tap
    Push Notification Settings
    .

In the Neighbors app:

  1. Tap the
    menu (≡)
    on the top left side of your dashboard.
  2. Tap
    Neighborhood Settings
    .
  3. Tap
    Push Notification Settings
    .
  4. Tap
    Filter Alerts
    by Type.
  5. Tap
    Advanced Settings
    to filter alert topics.
  6. Tap back to the
    Push Notification Settings
    screen to select Alert Tones, Schedule, Safety Report Notifications, or Comment Notifications.

Learn how to disable your Neighbors feed and notifications

How to customize the Neighbors feed

In the Ring app:

  1. Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.

  2. Tap the Neighbors shortcut tile.

  3. Tap the
    gear icon
    on the upper right.
  4. Tap
    Neighborhood Settings
    .
  5. Tap
    Feed Settings.
  6. Tap
    Advanced Settings
    to choose and refine what topics you want to see in your feed.

In the Neighbors app:

  1. Tap on the
    menu (≡)
    on the top left of your dashboard.
  2. Tap
    Neighborhood Settings
    .
  3. Tap
    Feed Settings.
  4. Tap
    Advanced Settings
    to refine what topics you want to see in your feed.

How to find a post quickly without disrupting your settings

  1. Go to your
    Community Feed
    .
  2. Tap
    Feed Settings
    above the first post on the feed.
  3. Select
    Advanced Settings.
  4. Within
    Advanced Settings
    , you can specify the topics for which you want to receive Push Notifications.

How to edit your email settings

Receive a summary of the events happening in your neighborhood based on the preferences you selected in your Feed settings.

In the Ring app:

  1. Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.

  2. Tap the Neighbors shortcut tile.

  3. Tap the
    gear icon
    on the upper right.
  4. Tap
    Neighborhood Settings
  5. Tap
    Email Notification Settings.
  6. Select
    Notification Settings
    – Weekly or Off.

In the Neighbors app:

  1. Tap the
    menu (≡)
    in the top left corner.
  2. Tap
    Neighborhood Settings
    .
  3. Tap
    Email Notification Settings.
  4. Select
    Notification Settings
    - Weekly or Off.

How to only see nearby posts

Only see nearby posts from a selected area in your feed.

In the Ring app:

  1. Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.

  2. Tap the Neighbors shortcut tile.

  3. Tap the
    gear icon
    on the upper right.
  4. Tap
    Customize
    Neighborhood
    .
  5. Tap
    Neighborhood Area
    .
  6. Drag the slider left/right to make your neighborhood area larger or smaller.
  7. Press and slide your finger over one of the eight radius dots to customize your neighborhood shape.

In the Neighbors app:

  1. On your neighborhood feed, tap the
    menu (≡)
    on the top left.
  2. Tap
    Neighborhood Settings.
  3. Tap
    Customize Neighborhood Area.
  4. Drag the slider left/right to make your neighborhood area larger or smaller.
  5. Press and slide your finger over one of the eight radius dots to customize your neighborhood shape.

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