Ring doorbell won’t connect to Alexa Echodot

I have recently bought a ring doorbell and echo dot as a combined package from Amazon. So far I’m not impressed with the overly complex setup process and after 4 hours I still can’t get the Amazon echo dot to tell me when someone is at the door, although it will allow me to talk to the person at the door if it is imitated with the echodot. Go figure. I’ve read a lot of recent reviews that say the same thing. Is this a known fault? Is this a cynical ploy to get me to buy a separate chime? Or a bit of both…? Distinctly unimpressed.