Setting up a Smart Lighting Motion Sensor with an Echo (4th Generation) woes
Hi, I am trying to set up a new Smart Lighting Motion Sensor using a 4th generation Echo. Using the Ring app, I follow the instructions to add a Smart Lighting device. Scan the QR code, select Echo (4th Generation), and I get the "Please set up a compatible Alexa-enabled device. I follow those instructions, Echo sets up and connects to the Wi-Fi. Next I am asked if I would like to set up smart home devices, and follow those instructions. The Alexa app on the phone is looking for new devices but never sees the Smart Lighting Motion sensor. I have also gone in through the Alexa app on my phone and tried to add the device. I see the other Ring cameras. What am I missing??
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07-02-2022 12:40:21
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Have the exact issue. I bought the Ring Floodlight Wired with the understanding that I can use my Echo 4's and 5's as a bridge but nope.
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02-12-2023 08:10:01
UThe manual, advertising and product detail page about this device is incorrect and misleading. The fourth generation Alexa Dot does not work as a bridge. I just called support and they confirmed that only the Alexa Echo (which looks exactly the same as the Dot but is slightly bigger so don't be fooled by the pictures on Ring's website advertising how it works as a bridge) works. This sort of vague "it's not lying if I just omit the truth" advertising is all over the place regarding various Ring smart lighting devices but fourth generation Alexa devices do not work as a bridge nor can you buy the required Bridge separately.
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13-05-2025 12:09:53
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Hi @mikesn5va. If the solution here does not help you use your Echo 4th generation as a Ring Bridge, give our [support team](https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036196372) a call for further assistance.
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04-12-2023 06:18:06
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bill23323
Thanks Marley_Ring. I looked at that page and a good many more pages, youtube's, and other product review sites. Nothing tried worked at all. So fell back to Plan B, which was to order a 4-pack of the A19 smart bulbs which I needed anyway. The 4-pack included a bridge. Once the bridge was installed, it all seemed to work. The motion sensor connects to the bridge, along with the A19 bulbs. Alexa can control them all, for now. Also, I did try to connect an A19 bulb prior to the unboxing and setting up the bridge. This effort also failed with the same exact symptoms, the products not connecting.
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09-02-2022 09:42:45
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