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  Brad

  Not the base station, but there is a Ring Chime just for that purpose. I have one and it works just fine. [https://www.amazon.com/Ring-Chime-Wi-Fi-Enabled-Speaker-Doorbell/dp/B011MYEMKQ/](https://www.amazon.com/Ring-Chime-Wi-Fi-Enabled-Speaker-Doorbell/dp/B011MYEMKQ/)

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  01-11-2019 08:30:47

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  MJV

  Thanks. I'll buy that if necessary, just hoped there was a way around it. How about the ring going through an Echo?

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  01-11-2019 08:59:31

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  Brad

  > @MJV wrote: > > Thanks. I'll buy that if necessary, just hoped there was a way around it. How about the ring going through an Echo? The Ring Chime is your only option today. I expect Ring to add further cross-product integration as time goes by . . . but right now . . . get a Ring Chime. EDIT \>\> It appears I gave you a wrong answer . . . sorry . . . [https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018032731-Doorbell-Announcement-Notifications-Through-Amazon-Alexa](https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018032731-Doorbell-Announcement-Notifications-Through-Amazon-Alexa) but you may not like the settings you need on the echo, you have to turn on communications, I leave mine on do not disturb.

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  02-11-2019 05:01:10

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  Tom_Ring

  Hi @bholding. The Base Station is not capable of making a Chime for your Doorbell. [quote="Brad, post:2, topic:954"] Not the base station, but there is a Ring Chime just for that purpose. I have one and it works just fine. [/quote]

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  06-05-2021 05:49:32

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  LondonDaveUK

  This is very annoying. I DONT want another electrical device taking up a plug socket when the base station is right there. Extra electricity extra cost extra time figuring the stupid thing out. Extra annoyed !!! I just want to use the base station as a chime. Bet Apple would !

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  19-03-2022 03:58:38

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  user6484

  Of course the base station could make a sound, triggered by the doorbell, because it has a speaker and already gives audio feedback from my other Ring products. It's simply more profitable for you to sell a separate chime product. This is not sustainable and I am a disappointed customer.

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  24-03-2022 09:40:31

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  eshock

  This would be an obvious feature. Not sure how the engineers didn't think of it. Furthermore, the base station should be capable of completely replacing an existing old-fashioned hardwired door bell system (hardwire power + doorbell button wiring). It seems they have never actually installed this thing in a real house before.

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  21-11-2019 07:30:30

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  hotandcold

  Or... they wanted to sell chimes.

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  02-05-2020 04:24:49

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  helloring

  Bumping this thread in hopes of catching a Ring product manager's eye. This is such an obvious and elegant feature for the Base Station.

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  02-11-2020 04:50:14

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  Tom_Ring

  Hi neighbors. As we value our neighbors' feedback, we've created a [Feature Request board](https://community.ring.com/c/products/feature-request-board/24). Feel free to add this and any future feature requests there. This will help us to organize and share your requests with our teams here, as well as allow other neighbors to comment and add interest, all in one place. Feel free to link that post you make in the Feature Request board here so other neighbors that come to this thread can easily find your feature!

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  03-11-2020 03:56:04

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  Stoffer

  This is really stupid. I'm really suprised how bad doorbells from Ring is. The first one I bought should be connected to my hfi, which was really difficult. No one mentioned in the description that you could not just connect it to power. Then I bought one for battery, and then you cannot even hear the bell on the base station? WTf are the developers doing :(

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  05-12-2020 07:04:47

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  reachnoah

  Says paper no longer exists. Not interested in feature requests anymore? Allowing the alarm base station to act as a doorbell chime seems like a no brainer. Can we get that going?

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  28-03-2021 02:49:58

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  stratparrott

  They want all of your outlets

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  10-03-2021 10:11:41

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  rlawson

  While I love Ring and the customer service, this is a major ball drop in their software dev team... The chime is absolutely unnecessary. In fact, I'll pay the $30 to fund the code push rather than eat more electricity/outlet usage.

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  22-03-2021 06:38:27

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  bholding

  If I purchase a video doorbell, can I link it to the alarm base station so it makes a chime when pushed (so I don't need to buy a separate chime box?) I know the base station can be set to chime when a contact sensor is triggered, so hoping the same option is available for a ring doorbell?

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  04-05-2021 02:34:22

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