Connect Ring to Amazon Alexa for the Smart Home

The Ring is a company known for selling the Smart Home Products specifically designed for the security and protection of the home. When you think about the ring, the video doorbells may come to your mind, but the Ring is also popular for selling the smart security lighting, security cameras, and security systems. The ring also has a partnership with smart device companies like Amazon for easy integration with the system and usage. If you are using Alexa, you can connect Ring to it and monitor the home activities through the Alexa application. Now, you may have a question that How to Connect Ring to Alexa? In this guide, we are going to focus on the connectivity process of Ring to Alexa. Follow the mentioned guidelines carefully to easily connect your device.

Why you should connect the Ring to Alexa?

Just like the other smart device partied with Alexa, you can also connect the Ring to Alexa and control it using the voice commands. It is necessary to have Alexa device which supports the videos like Amazon Echo Spot, Echo Show, or Amazon Fire TV.

How to Connect Ring to Alexa?

Below is the step by step guidelines you can use to connect Ring to Alexa:

• Go to the ‘Ring Alexa Skill, and click on the ‘Enable’ option.
• Open the Alexa app.
• Go to the ‘Devices’ tab in the Alexa application ( you can find the Tab option in the lower right corner of the bottom navigation bar).
• Now, click on the ‘+’ sign present in the upper right corner.
• Click to ‘Add Device’.
• Choose the ‘Camera’.
• Choose ‘Ring’.
• Click to Continue.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup process.
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How to Control Ring Camera?

Once you are done with the Setup, you can ask the Amazon Alexa to show the live feed from the camera or doorbell. Just say, Alexa Show My Front Door, and Alexa will show you that. When you are done with viewing the Live Video Feed, say ‘Alexa, Stop’ or ‘Alexa, hide front door.’

So, these are simple guidelines that how to Connect Ring to Alexa. The mentioned steps are very simple and easy to execute. Once you are done with the connectivity process, you can view the live feed whenever you want and manage the security of your home. So, follow the guidelines are connect the Ring to your Alexa now.

How to Troubleshoot Alexa Device is Unresponsive?

Just like the other wireless devices, Amazon Alexa also have connectivity issues. Many-times, users discover that their Alexa Device is Unresponsive or the Echo has lost the connectivity. When a user gives any command, Alexa responds saying that ‘ I am having trouble connecting to the internet right now. The light ring start flashing red instead of blue. Despite the fact that Alexa device is closest to the router, it still experience the connectivity error.

Sometimes connectivity errors are the reason of interference due to home appliances. Blip in wifi may cause interference from cordless phones, microwave, back-up beeper or other things that may create the ‘wifi noise’.

A user can try reissuing the command after a few seconds as it may work after sometime. Also, a user can try to reboot the device to fix this problem. To reboot the device, simply press the power button for 30 seconds. The power button is present on the top of the Alexa.

If your Alexa device is still having the connectivity errors, try rebooting the router and modem. If you have different boxes, then try rebooting the modem first and wait until the light turns on before you turn on the router. Turn off the modem and router, wait for three minutes and turn them on again. Now, wait for another 3 to 5 minutes before you turn on the router.

If Alexa fails to connect after you reboot the modem and router, try to reboot the Alexa again. If it fails, then you can try to update the wifi settings.

• Go to the ‘Menu’ in Alexa App and choose the ‘Settings’ option.
• Choose your device and click on the ‘Update WiFi’ option.
• Press and hold the ‘Action’ button on your Echo device until the light ring turns to the orange. The application will connect to the Echo device and you will be able to see the list of wireless networks.
• Choose your wireless network and enter ‘password’. If there is no wifi network, scroll to the down and choose ‘Add a Network’ option.
• Choose ‘Connect’ and once you are connected, the confirmation will appear on your application.

This will help you to fix the ‘Alexa Device is Unresponsive’ issue and your device will start working again. To check, you can say ‘Are you connected to the internet?’. This will help you to check if the connectivity error is fixed or not.