Managing Alexa Announcements for Ring devices

With Alexa Announcements, you can connect your Ring and Echo devices to hear Alexa tell you when someone presses your doorbell button or motion is detected. With a Ring subscription plan, Alexa can also tell you when a person or a package arrives at your door with Person and Package Detection Announcements. Announcements are currently supported in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain.

Understanding Person and Package Announcements

• When a motion alert is triggered on your Ring device, your Echo will flash, make a chiming sound, and announce that someone is at the door.
• Compatible Echo devices with a screen will also show you a

  Live View

  from your doorbell for 15 seconds after the doorbell is pressed.
• Announcements expire as soon as they are played on your Echo device. On your Alexa app, there will be a notification card for any Announcements that were delivered.

Setting up Alexa Announcements

To hear Alexa Announcements, you will need to connect your Ring and Alexa-enabled devices.

Follow these steps in the Alexa app to set up Alexa Announcements:

1. Tap the lightbulb icon at the bottom corner of your screen.
2. Tap the

   Video Doorbell or Security Camera

   you wish to be notified about.
3. Turn on the

   Doorbell Press Notifications

   (for doorbells) and the

   Motion Announcements

   toggle (for both doorbells and security cameras). You can customize your announcements here.

Note: Each Echo device will need its communication and Announcements features turned on, and Do Not Disturb turned off. You will not get Announcements for any shared devices.

Setting up Person and Package Announcements from Alexa

You can turn on Person and Package Detection Announcements to hear an audio message on your Alexa-enabled device when your camera or doorbell detects a person or package.

Note: Package Detection is available for select doorbells and requires a subscription to a Ring Home Plan.

Turn on Alexa Person and Package Detection Announcements

1. Enable

   Smart Alerts

   in the Ring app and toggle on

   Package Alerts

   . Under

   Person

   toggle on the bell icon to enable Person Alerts.
2. Open the Alexa app, tap

   Cameras

   , and select the Ring camera that you wish to enable Person and Package Detection Announcements for.
3. Tap the settings gear in the top right corner.
4. Toggle the button on for

   Person Detection Announcements

   and

   Package Detection Announcements

   .
5. Tap

   Camera Event Settings

   to customize Person and Package Announcements.
6. Tap

   Person Detection,

   then toggle the button on

   to enable

   Mobile Notifications

   and

   Announcements

   .
7. Tap the arrow in the top left corner to go back to the previous screen.
8. Tap

   Package Detection

   , then toggle the button on

   to enable

   Mobile Notifications

   and

   Announcements

   .
9. Tap

   Announcement Devices

   and select the Echo device(s) on which you wish to hear Announcements. If you have multiple Echo devices with Announcements enabled, all of them will make the Announcement.

Note: You can go into Motion Settings in the Ring app at any time to adjust your Package Zone or change the detection sensitivity for motion and packages. Learn more about adjusting your Package Zone in Smart Alerts.

Selecting which Echo Devices send Announcements

1. Tap

   Devices

   in the lower right corner of your screen.
2. Tap

   All Devices

   .
3. Tap the

   Video Doorbell

   or

   Security Camera

   you wish to be notified about.
4. Tap

   Announcement Devices

   and select the Echo device(s) on which you wish to hear Announcements.
5. If you have multiple Echo devices with

   Announcements

   enabled, all of them will make the Announcement. You can adjust this setting on the Alexa app.