This new, improved Nextdoor might be just the social app we need right now

The app notorious for serving as a bulletin board for neighborhood tattletales is getting an AI-centered redesign, and it's bringing some pretty useful features.

In a post this week, Nextdoor announced its biggest app redesign ever. At the core of the new app, Nextdoor says, are three components: Alerts, News, and Faves.

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Real-time safety alerts: "Neighbors have long turned to Nextdoor in moments of crisis," the company says. New alerts provide information on everything from daily weather and traffic to critical incidents like power outages, severe storms, and wildfires. These alerts will appear on a dynamic neighborhood map that lets you have conversations with neighbors and public agency partners like fire departments.  

Local news from trusted sources: Local happenings are at the center of the Nextdoor experience, so the company is making sure you're ...