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Automatically display Ring Camera on Echo Show when motion detected
I have a Ring Spotlight Camera (not doorbell) and an Echo Show 5 with latest firmware/updates. I would like the Echo Show to automatically display live view when the camera detects motion. I assumed this feature existed already as this can be achieved with the ring doorbell but when I posted a “how do I do this?” query, a Community Manager confirmed this is not possible and suggested I register a feature request. This would be simple to implement and would make for a much better user experience. At the moment, the Echo Show will announce that motion has been detected but I then have to manually ask it to “Show camera” Nest Cams with Google assistants have this feature and I assumed Ring would too. I think I’ve backed the wrong horse as this feature is important to me !
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03-10-2020 07:51:11
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Also just purchased show 8 thought this would work on motion please add this feature to doorbell and blink cameras
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21-10-2020 12:24:25
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Great suggestion.... You really think the product managers would have thought about this.
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21-10-2020 12:46:19
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How do you get an Amazon Echo Show device to display the Live View Camera when motion detection occurs on Ring devices? Here is a solution that that currently works for me, I have an Echo Show 8, a Ring Pro HD Doorbell and Ring Driveway FloodLight/Camera. Also, I am using an Android Phone. Not sure of exact steps for IOS, but they should be similar…. Or not, hey it’s IOS ;-) Sorry for the length, trying to be thorough. Please post a reply if this works for you. I have it running with multiple Ring devices. First, make sure you can see the Live View camera from your Ring device on you Echo Show. - Example-\> Alexa, Show Front Door (or whatever you named your device) Next, make sure you can stop the Live View camera on your Echo Show from your Ring. - Example-\> Alexa, Stop If you can do these 2 things, proceed. We are going to be using these 2 commands. You will need 2 Routines for each camera, I'll the use the Pro HD Doorbell as the example below; Why 2 Routines? Because the “Custom Action” that tells Alexa to execute Commands must be the Last Action defined in the Routine, so we can't use 1 Routine to issue multiple Alexa Commands. We are going to use the Alexa Commands; {Alexa, Show Front Door} and {Alexa, Stop}, hence the test above. Also and most importantly, multiple Routines can be triggered from the same Motion Event on the same device, at the same time, this allows us to do multiple things in parallel!! These 2 routines will be executed in parallel when Motion is detected on your Ring device; - the 1st routine detects Motion on a Pro HD Doorbell and Shows the Doorbell Live View camera - the 2nd routine detects the same Motion on the same Pro HD Doorbell, Waits 4 minutes and Stops the Doorbell Live View camera To simplify, 2 Routines detect the same Motion at the same time, one turns on Live View, the other waits 4 minutes and turns Live View off. Open the Amazon Alexa App to create the 1st Routine; Select -\> More Select -\> Routines Select -\> + to add a new routine Select -\> + Enter routine name -- example-\> FD-Cam Show Select -\> Next Select -\> + When this happens Select -\> Smart Home Select -\> FrontDoorCamera (or whatever you called your doorbell/camera) Select -\> Motion Select -\> Detected Select -\> Next Select -\> + Add action Select -\> Custom (scroll to the bottom of the list, also this Custom action has to be the last item in the Routine…) Input -\> type in the input field--\> Show Front Door (this will tell Alexa to Start Showing Live View at the FrontDoorCamera) Select -\> Next (You will see this entered in the Action section as the Command, “Alexa, Show Front Door”) Scroll down if needed Select -\> From \ Choose Device Select -\> your “Echo Show Device” that you want the Live View camera to be shown on Select -\> Save Continue in the Amazon Alexa app to create the 2nd Routine; Select -\> + to add a new routine Select -\> + Enter routine name – example -\> FD-Cam Stop Select -\> Next Select -\> + When this happens Select -\> Smart Home Select -\> FrontDoorCamera (or whatever you called your doorbell/camera) Select -\> Motion Select -\> Detected Select -\> Next Select -\> + Add action Select -\> Wait Enter time duration for the Doorbell Camera to be in Live View (I used 4 minutes, 1 minute works great for testing) Select -\> Next Select -\> + Add action Select -\> Custom (scroll to the bottom of the list, also this Custom action has to be the last item in the Routine…) Input -\> type in the input field--\> Stop (this will tell Alexa to Stop Showing the Live View at the FrontDoorCamera) Select -\> Next (You will see this entered in the Action section as the Command, “Alexa, Stop”) Scroll down if needed Select -\> From \ Choose Device Select -\> your “Echo Show Device” that you want the Live View camera to be shown on Select -\> Save Hope this works for you. Please post a reply if this works. I have it running with multiple Ring devices.
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21-10-2020 03:02:52
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> _\> Hope this works for you. Please post a reply if this works. I have it running with multiple Ring devices._ Thanks @flyfish for your comprehensive reply. I had tried this previously, but it doesn't work for me. The instrusctions are slightly different on iOS and there isn't a "Custom" action to trigger unfortunately. I followed these steps: Create new routine \> Gave it a name \> pressed the [+] next to "when this happens", selected the device, ticked check box for "when motions is detected" .. then needed to select an action .. but there is no "custom" option. There is "Alea Says"; Caldendar; Calling; Date&Time; Devid Settings; Email; IFTTT; Messaging; Music; News; Skills; Smart Home; Trraffic; Wait; Weather. I can customise what Alexa says, so when motion is detected, I can get the Echo to say, "Show door camera" or "Alexa, show door camera" - but it won't follow it's own voice instruction. (It does show the camera if I speak the same words, "Alexa, show door camera"). I read that someone else has solved this by having a \*separate\* Amazon echo Dot that can issue the instruction for the Amazon Echo to respond to - but this seems like a crazy option ... It must be such an easy feature to enable !
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21-10-2020 11:41:28
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UpInSmoke
Bump. Got a show 5 with amazon day as part of the ring security package and figured this would be standard. Please make it happen
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19-10-2020 01:15:33
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