Using Ring Intercom with your Alexa-enabled device
You can connect your Amazon Echo Speakers, Echo Show, Echo Dot, Fire TV or Fire Tablet to your Ring Intercom and use Alexa voice commands to do the following:
- Answer your Ring Intercom
- End a conversation
- Unlock your building entrance
Answer your Ring Intercom with Alexa
After you’ve connected your Ring Intercom to your Alexa-enabled device, you can answer calls and speak to your visitors through your Echo or Fire TV device.
To speak to your visitor, you can say:
- Alexa, speak to [Ring Intercom Name].
- Alexa, talk to [Ring Intercom Name].
Ending two-way conversations
In order to finish a two-way conversation with a visitor on your Ring Intercom, you can say:
- Alexa, exit.
- Alexa, stop.
- Alexa, quit.
Configure unlock by voice for your Ring Intercom
Follow the steps to enable unlock by voice and create a voice code:
- Open the Alexa app and tap theDevicesicon in the footer
- TapAll Devicesat the top
- TapRing Intercom
- TapSettingsin the top right corner
- TapUnlock by voice
- If you want to use a voice code to unlock your entrance, toggleVoice code for unlockon and create your voice code.
- The Alexa app will ask for your Amazon account password that you use for your Alexa-enabled device
Unlock your building entrance using Alexa with Ring Intercom
To unlock the building door using Alexa, say Alexa, unlock [Ring Intercom Name] or Alexa, open [Ring Intercom Name]. If you have enabled Voice code for unlock in the Alexa app, Alexa will then ask you for your voice code to complete the action.
Note: If you use an Echo Dot to unlock your building entrance, you will need to end the two-way conversation with visitor first and then say Alexa, unlock [Ring Intercom Name] or Alexa, open [Ring Intercom Name]. If you have enabled Voice code for unlock in the Alexa app, Alexa will then ask you for your voice code to complete the action.
Create a Routine to play a voice alert through Alexa when visitor calls you at the intercom lobby
Use Alexa Routines to allow Alexa to play custom voice and sound alerts on your Amazon Echo Speakers, Echo Show, Echo Dot, Fire TV or Fire Tablet when an incoming call is received.
These steps show how to create a Routine to pause video content on FireTV and have Alexa FireTV say "someone is at your lobby" when an incoming call is detected.
- Open the Alexa app.
- TapMore.
- SelectRoutinesfrom the menu.
- Select theYour Routinestab.
- Tap the+icon toCreate Routine.
- TapAdd an eventunder theWhensection.
- TapSmart Home.
- Select your Ring Intercom device from theChoose Devicescreen.
- TapSave.
- TapAdd an actionunder theAlexa Willsection.
- Choose what FireTV device will do the action.
- Choose what action FireTV completes (e.g. Pause Video).
- TapNext.
- TapAdd an actionunder theAlexa Willsection.
- ChooseAlexa Says.
- ChooseCustomised.
- Enter "Someone is at your lobby" response.
- TapNext.
- Choose FireTV device you want to hear that message from.
- TapSave.
Additional actions, such as playing an alert sound, can be added as well.