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Setting Up Sound Detection in the Ring App

Wired Doorbell Pro and Floodlight Cam Pro can detect and notify you about specific sounds such as car alarms and dog barks with Sound Detection.

This feature requires a Ring Home Standard or Premium subscription.

The recordings of these events will also appear as entries in your Event History and Event Summary

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How to set up Sound Detection in the Ring app

For each device you want to set up Sound Detection for:

  1. Tap
    menu (≡)
    on the top left.
  2. Tap
    Devices
    .
  3. Tap your Wired Doorbell Pro or Floodlight Cam Wired Pro.
  4. Tap
    Sound Detection
    .
  5. Toggle on the sounds you want to receive notifications and recordings for.
    • Optional: Adjust your device’s sound detection sensitivity to low, medium, or high.

You can review, share and delete your Sound Detection recordings from Event History.

Learn how to share, unshare, and delete recordings

Troubleshooting notifications

If you’re not receiving notifications, make sure that:

  1. Tap
    menu (☰)
    on the top left.
  2. Tap
    Devices
    .
  3. Tap your Wired Doorbell Pro or Floodlight Cam Wired Pro.
  4. Tap
    Device Settings.
  5. Tap
    Privacy Settings.
  6. Toggle on
    Audio Streaming and Recording.

Last updated 4 months ago