Voice control of a Ring Battery Doorbell Plus works through Amazon Alexa, and Ring's articles on controlling a doorbell with Alexa and on connecting Alexa devices set out the sequence. In the Alexa app open More, Skills and Games, search for Ring, enable the Ring skill and sign in with your Ring account, then ask Alexa to discover devices. The doorbell appears as a device, and you can ask Alexa to show the front door on an Echo Show or a Fire TV,
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with a command such as show the front door, and Alexa can announce when someone rings the doorbell or when motion is detected, if you enable those announcements. A doorbell that does not appear after discovery usually means the Ring account was not linked, so open the skill's settings and link it again, or the doorbell is offline in Ring, which stops Alexa showing it. Check the doorbell is online in the Ring app first.
For the live view on an Echo Show, the doorbell must be online with a good signal, and a Battery Doorbell Plus wakes from sleep to stream, so there is a short delay of several seconds before the picture appears, and that is normal. Ring explains that live view uses battery, so heavy use drains the battery faster. If the announcements do not play, check in the Alexa app under the device's settings that the doorbell press and motion notifications are switched on, that Do Not Disturb is off on the Echo and that the Echo is connected to Wi-Fi.
If you changed your Amazon or Ring password, link the skill again. Remove and rediscover the device if its name changed. Voice control does not need a Ring Protect plan for live view, although recording and history need the plan. A command that Alexa does not understand may need the exact device name, so rename the doorbell in the Ring app to something simple such as Front Door. Keep the Echo's software updated. If the skill reports a problem, disable and enable it, then sign in again.
Differential
Likely causes of “Ring Battery Doorbell Plus does not respond to voice control”, and how to tell them apart
- 1
The skill is not linked
What separates it The doorbell does not appear
How to confirm Enable the Ring skill and sign in again
- 2
The doorbell is offline
What separates it Alexa cannot show it
How to confirm Fix the doorbell connection in the Ring app
- 3
A device name that changed
What separates it Alexa does not recognize the command
How to confirm Rename the doorbell and rediscover
- 4
Announcements off
What separates it No chime or motion announcement
How to confirm Enable them in the Alexa app
- 5
Do Not Disturb on the Echo
What separates it No announcements
How to confirm Turn it off
Before you touch a setting
Record this first — changing settings destroys the evidence
- Whether the doorbell is online in Ring
- The device name
- The Alexa announcement settings
- The Echo model
Try in this order
0 of 6 completedCheck the doorbell is online
ReversibleIn the Ring app.
Enable the Ring skill
ReversibleIn the Alexa app.
Discover devices
ReversibleAsk Alexa.
Rename the doorbell
ReversibleSimple name.
Turn on announcements
ReversibleIn the device settings.
Test show the front door
ReversibleOn an Echo Show.
Model-specific
What is true of this model and not of its siblings
- Wake delay
- Live view takes a few seconds to start.
- Battery
- Heavy live view drains it faster.
Stop boundary
When this stops being a self-service repair
- !If the skill will not link, disable and re-enable it, then contact Ring or Amazon support
- !If the doorbell is offline, fix that first
- !Update the Echo
Evidence ledger
Sources behind this answer
Exact questions
Common questions
Can Alexa show my Ring Battery Doorbell Plus?+
Yes, on an Echo Show or Fire TV.
Why is there a delay?+
The doorbell wakes from sleep.
Do I need a Ring plan?+
Not for live view.
Why does Alexa not find it?+
The skill is not linked or the doorbell is offline.