Amazon's Echo Show and the Ring Doorbell are a perfect match. Ring Doorbell is a smart doorbell that will let you see who's at your door and not have to answer. The cross-functionality allows you to manage visitors through the Ring Doorbell's camera, and communicate with them via the Show's microphone. Amazon Alexa makes it possible to do everything without even using your hands. This guide is based on the Amazon Echo Show 8.
Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2: How to connect your Ring Doorbell and Amazon Echo Show. It's easy to connect your Ring Doorbell and your Amazon Echo Show. You will only need to add the Ring Alexa skill via the Amazon Alexa smartphone application. This is how it works: Open the Amazon Alexa App. To open the settings menu, tap the three lines at the bottom right-hand side of the app. Tap Skills & Games. Tap the search button at the upper right-hand side. Hit the search button and type "Ring". Ring should be the first result in the Smart Home category. Ring's logo looks like a blue-and-white speech bubble with the word Ring inside. Tap it. Click the blue Allow To Use button. To log in to your Ring account, you'll be taken to the app browser. Enter your credentials, then tap Sign in. If you are already signed into your Ring app, click Enable Skill & Link Accounts. After your Ring account has been connected, you will be asked if your Ring devices are to be discovered. To begin the process, tap Discover Devices. Your Ring Doorbell should appear in the list shortly and connect automatically. If your Ring Doorbell is not connecting, turn it on and ask Alexa for help. You can use the Amazon Echo Show with Ring Doorbell to do these things
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Once you've connected your Ring Doorbell to your Amazon Echo Show you can start monitoring your home with your Alexa smart devices. Once your Ring Doorbell is set up, there are many cool things you can do. How to answer the door? Your Amazon Echo Show devices can automatically display footage from any Ring Video Doorbell whenever the button is pressed. If you prefer to keep the notifications tidy, you can limit this to specific devices. Alexa will use the label that you have set up for each Ring Doorbell to announce that someone has arrived at your door. This will let you know where your visitor is. You can personalize the labels of each Ring Doorbell to distinguish between different parts of your home. You can, for example, label the doorbell "back door" if you need one. Simply say the label name whenever you wish to interact with the doorbell.
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You can use "Alexa" or "Alexa talk to front door" for answering the front door. This will open up the video feed to the visitor and allow you to communicate with them via voice. If you have multiple Amazon Echo Show devices, one will be able communicate with your Ring Doorbell. The Ring Video Doorbell will not allow the visitor to enter your home. Unless you have a smart lock, you will have to go the old-fashioned route and just walk up to the door. After you answer the doorbell, you can't mute the microphone until the video feed is completely closed down. When you are done talking to someone, make sure you close the feed by saying "Alexa, stop." Do you worry about speaking in voice? There's an easy way to see who's at your front door, even if you don't want your microphone enabled. You can check your live video feed anytime. Sometimes you don't want the door to be answered but still want to see who's there. To get live video, say "Alexa show my front door" or the "Alexa show the front camera" command. You can end the feed by saying "Alexa. stop," "Alexa. hide my front door" or "Alexa. hide the front door camera." With the latest Fire TV update, you can now view your Ring camera live in picture-in–picture mode on your TV. You can also view footage from your Ring devices or other smart home devices that support Alexa. To do this, open your devices list and choose your Ring Video Doorbell. To help you choose where to swipe, tap on your screen. Choose Smart Home from the available icons. Source: Nick Sutrich/Android Central Search for your Ring Video Doorbell from your device list and click on it. To view the footage, click on it. Receive package alerts
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Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2 and 2020 Ring Video Doorbell owners can now set up special alerts to notify you when packages arrive at your door. This feature allows select Ring Video Doorbells to detect packages on your porch and send you an alert notification that includes a thumbnail of the package. Ring Video Doorbells also have the ability to detect movement using package detection. Ring Video Doorbells can also send special notifications to humans when they are detected. These steps will enable package detection. Open the Ring app from your smartphone. Open the Ring app on your smartphone and choose a supported video doorbell. Select motion settings in the doorbell settings. Select smart alerts. Select the video icon under the package header to activate package detection. To help the video doorbell recognize where packages are, create a package zone. Ask a professional to answer the question.
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Ring's Virtual Security Guard plan is perfect for small businesses or anyone who wants to have the security that professionals can provide. Virtual Security Guard is a $99 monthly add-on to existing Ring Protect plans. This allows security professionals to access any outdoor Ring cameras and allow them to interact with them. This is vital as indoor cameras cannot be enrolled in the Ring Virtual Security Guard program. You can add individual cameras to Virtual Security Guard once you have subscribed to it. This is done through the Ring app. An alert is sent to professional monitoring teams when a motion event occurs. They will review all footage that was recorded during the event. The third-party monitoring team can access your live footage and use the two way audio to alert potential intruders that authorities are on their way. A Ring Video Doorbell is not included in this plan, since that would be considered an outdoor camera. It's almost certain that this plan will only be used by businesses, since other Ring products such as the Ring Alarm Pro are more affordable for households. These are our top picks for equipment
Alexa, Supercharged Amazon Echo Show 8 (2nd Generation) Alexa can show and tell with the Amazon Echo Show 8 (2nd Generation). You don't even have to move a muscle or lift a finger. The display displays a live view of the front door so that you can interact with or dismiss visitors without opening the door. Alexa can also be used with many popular smart home products. Amazon: $130
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