Setting up and controlling Groups in the Ring app

One of the most powerful ways to use your Ring cameras is to group them together using Groups in the Ring app. Grouping your Ring devices allows them to react intelligently to events that happen on your property.

You can, for example, turn on all the lights on one side of the house when any Spotlight Cam or Floodlight Cam in the group detects motion. You can also turn on and off and control all camera lights rather than using them individually, and control your camera lights using an Alexa-enabled device.

Adding a device to a Group

When you set up an eligible new device in the Ring app, you will have the opportunity to either create a new group for it or assign it to an existing group. Simply follow the in-app instructions to add the device to an existing group or create a new one.

If a device is already set up in the Ring app, follow these instructions:

1. Open the Ring app.
2. Tap the device you wish to add to a group.
3. Tap

   Device Settings.
4. Tap

   General Settings.
5. Tap

   Light

   Group.
6. Choose an existing Light Group you wish to add the device to, or Tap

   Assign to New Group

   and choose a name for the new Light Group.
7. Tap

   Save.

Controlling lights using Groups

To turn on all the lights in a group when any camera in the group detects motion:

1. Open the Ring app.
2. Tap the

   Lights

   shortcut.
3. Select the Group you wish to control.
4. Tap

   Settings.
5. Tap

   Motion Settings.
6. Select the device(s) you want to detect motion and trigger all of the lights in the group to turn on.
   • You can set a

     Motion Schedule

     to define times when motion notifications should be disabled.

To turn on all lights at once:

1. Open the Ring app.
2. Tap the

   Lights

   shortcut.
3. Tap

   Turn On All Lights.
   • Tap

     Turn Off All Lights

     to turn them off again.

Checking the status of a group

To check on the status of all the devices in a group, follow these instructions:

1. Open the Ring app.
2. Tap the

   Lights

   shortcut.
3. Select the Group you wish to check.
4. The device's status will be shown below its name.
5. The following statuses can be shown:
6. Lights on
7. Lights off
8. Device is offline
9. Low battery (for battery-powered devices)

Remove a device from a group

To remove a device from a group, do the following:

1. Tap the menu

   (☰)

   .
2. Tap

   Devices

   .
3. Select the Group you would like to edit under

   Lights

   .
4. Tap

   Settings

   .
5. Tap

   General Settings

   .
6. Tap

   Edit Group

   .
7. Tap the toggle next to a device to remove it from the group.
8. Tap

   Save

   .

Removing a group

1. Open the Ring app.
2. Tap the

   Lights

   shortcut.
3. Select the Group you wish to remove.
4. Tap

   General Settings.
5. Tap

   Remove This Group.