Amazon Alexa + Ring
Browse posts, comment, and join in the discussion about how Ring works with Alexa-enabled Echo devices.
Echo Show(s) not showing Live Video or notifications on screen when button pressed
Hi All,Thanks for letting me be part of the community. I recently bought two Ring door bells and new echo show 5 in Prime day deals.. it was so cheap..! i am in the UKAnyway haven't fitted doorbells yet but wanted to setup first and see how they work. Both bells are connected and running, from battery, i have enabled alexa skills, set up which echo's announcement on bell press.However, when i press the button the Echo's ring and announce which bell has been pressed - however echo show's don't show anything on the screen at all - don't even come up with a graphic let alone show a live feed. I believe live view should come up automatically when bell is pressed.If i press the bell and ask 'Alexa, Answer the Side Door' it does then login and show me a live view or if on a normal alexa 'talk to the side door.. 'Driving me and the household insane with me testing :)I have tried:- Deleting skill, doorbells and re-adding- Change email address for Ring to same as Amazon as I read someone did that - although that makes no sense- Rebooting Echo Show- Only have one echo show in announcement list and removing all other devices of which there is a lotCan Anyone help please?_ **TLDR: Press button Echo Show doesn't show live view automatically?** _
37127 •
0 •
8 •
15-10-2020 20:29:15
Responses (16)
- S
Did you rename your Echo Show at some point? Sounds like the same issue:[https://community.ring.com/t5/Ring-App/Bug-Report-Echo-Show-not-automatically-showing-proven/m-p/56291/highlight/true#M5444](https://community.ring.com/t5/Ring-App/Bug-Report-Echo-Show-not-automatically-showing-proven/m-p/56291/highlight/true#M5444)
•0
19-10-2020 21:26:09
•
BAhh thank you good spot. I added a new Echo Show (to make it 3 in my household) before I installed my Ring doorbells. But didn't rename I don't think.. Also if I had renamed would that mean it wouldn't work on any of them. After a few days now - I get notifications of Movement on my Echo Show screens but nothing on screen when door bell is pushed on either device. I get the sound alerts as expected.I can view or talk to cameras from my echo shows no problem at allIt's very odd indeed
•0
21-10-2020 07:52:10
- P
same issue here, my echo show will play the notification sound when the ring door bell is pressed, however no video is playing automatically, meanwhile all other devices such as iphone, ipad can receive the notifications as well.
•0
10-11-2020 18:27:45
•
BStill having same problem - however it did work once that I noticed :-) Actually just tried now and one echo showed picture and other didn't - perhaps it can only send to one echo show at a time.. and I am looking at wrong one :-)
•1
11-11-2020 15:24:15
SI am experiencing the same issue on my new Echo Show 5 I purchased today to go with my Ring Doorbell Pro. Called Amazon and they say that live view is not a feature so very disappointed with feedback while the Alexa App says that Announcement and Live View will work on devices with screens. Hope Ring can help here in this forum though they are also part of Amazon.
•0
27-11-2020 22:27:02
- M
Same for me and my friend. I can view if I ask via Alexa but it doesnt autoshow. Nothing has changed on my settings.
•0
11-11-2020 15:04:33
•
Didn't find an answer ?
Log in or create your Ring account to post a question and join in the on the conversation.
Community Resources
Most Helpful Members
View All
©2024 Ring LLC or its affiliates
Tom_Ring
Hi @bounderboy. Does the Live View pull up on any other devices? If your Live View in general is having issues, it would cause your Echo Show to also have issues. [Here](https://community.ring.com/t5/Ring-Device-Tips-and-How-To-s/Live-View-Not-Activating-and-Connecting-Troubleshooting-Tips/ba-p/821) is a Community article for troubleshooting Live View. If your Live View works on other devices, such as a phone or tablet, just not on your Echo Show, try going [here](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201952240) for support on the Echo Show. If you need support with your Doorbell and it's Live View function, please read our response to COVID-19 [here](https://support.ring.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360041597471) to see how to contact support. We're taking additional steps to protect our team and help reduce the spread of COVID-19. This has resulted in longer than normal wait times.
1
16-10-2020 16:26:50
•