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Ring Battery Doorbell Plus does not respond to voice control

Ring Battery Doorbell Plus does not respond to voice control: microphone/wake, account linking, device name/room and provider service should be separated. Scoped to 5F77E9.

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. 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. 2

    The doorbell is offline

    What separates it Alexa cannot show it

    How to confirm Fix the doorbell connection in the Ring app

  3. 3

    A device name that changed

    What separates it Alexa does not recognize the command

    How to confirm Rename the doorbell and rediscover

  4. 4

    Announcements off

    What separates it No chime or motion announcement

    How to confirm Enable them in the Alexa app

  5. 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

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  1. Check the doorbell is online

    Reversible

    In the Ring app.

  2. Enable the Ring skill

    Reversible

    In the Alexa app.

  3. Discover devices

    Reversible

    Ask Alexa.

  4. Rename the doorbell

    Reversible

    Simple name.

  5. Turn on announcements

    Reversible

    In the device settings.

  6. Test show the front door

    Reversible

    On 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

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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.

Wrong device or version?

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