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Amazon Ring Appstore Challenge 2026

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Amazon Ring Appstore Challenge 2026
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智能家居应用开发

About this hackathon

Ring (Amazon's smart-home brand) invites US college students to pitch, build and launch real apps for the Ring Appstore. Up to 1,000 finalists get a free Ring hardware kit and weekly office hours with engineers; the top awards go to the apps with the most real revenue and users, and you keep your app.

Status
Deadline
2026-11-20
Starts
2026-10-22
Who
Students (Legal US residents (50 states + DC), 18+, enrolled in a degree program and authorized to work in the US)
Level
Intermediate
Prize
$500k · $500,000 cash: Top Revenue $250,000, Most Impactful for Aging in Place $100,000, Fan Favorite $75,000, Most Creative $75,000; every finalist also gets a Ring hardware kit
Size
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Format
Hybrid · Hawthorne, CA · International
Location
Hawthorne, CA
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Original listing (Chinese)

The full original listing below is in Chinese, as published in the Hack123 newsletter.

一句话简介：Ring（Amazon 旗下智能家居品牌）面向美国在校大学生举办的应用商店挑战赛，⁠‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‍‍‍‍‌‌‌‍‍⁠从提案、开发到上线运营，为 Ring Appstore 打造面向真实用户的应用。

看点：个人或最多 3 人组队，提案 500 词以内，评审按创新 50%、技术可行与 Ring 集成 30%、用户价值 20% 打分；入围者最多 1,000 名，免费获得 Ring 硬件套件、开发者门户与工程师每周答疑；上线期以真实收入与用户数决出两项大奖，应用赛后仍归开发者所有。

奖金：500,000 美元现金：最高收入奖 250,000 美元、适老化最具影响力奖 100,000 美元、最受欢迎奖 75,000 美元、最具创意奖 75,000 美元；入围者另各获一套 Ring 硬件套件。

报名：报名免费，11月20日 23:59（美国东部时间）截止，或收到 1,500 份合格报名即提前截止；入围名单不晚于 12 月 14 日公布。

截止日期：11月20日 23:59（美国东部时间）（混合，美国）

活动日期：2026年10月22日—2027年6月3日（混合，霍桑）

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