I just got my new seasonal Holiday App Alert Tones today (Nov 27), so it appears they are beginning to be pushed out. If you don’t have them yet, it should be very soon as Ring does the rollout. (I’m an Android phone user, on USA east coast area).
This year’s tones are:
Deck the Halls
Elves
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
H o H o H o!
Jingle Bells 1
Jingle Bells 2
Silent Night
Sleigh Bells
I Have a Little Dreidel
Ma’oz Tzur
Oh Hanukkah
The Halloween tones are now gone, although the “Thanksgiving Turkey” tone is still there (I guess for a little while longer). Of course, the ‘standard tones’ also remain.
Is it possible for me to incorporate my own created ringtones/alerts? I don’t like tones because I don’t remember whats assignend to what. And the generic voice ones don’t say like Pool, sideyard, Front yard, etc. I want to know imediatly which of my doorbells, Spotlights, Stickup cams, etc… are detecting motion/alerts. Examples:
Motion Detected at the pool.
Motion detected at the Garage.
“” “” at the back yard
at the front yard
at the external Garage
You get the idea. DIngs/Dongs/chimes tell me nothing for a multiple door and camera system setup. I don’t want to guess where the motion/alert is coming from.
Instead of having Ring pick the additional voice announcements (or Alert/Chirp sounds) for us, would it be possible to add a new Alert/Chirp sound selection, called “Custom” . . . and then also provide a method for the user to “Import” a sound file into this Custom slot on each device/sensor/doorbell?
Different ‘Sound Files’ can obtained off the Internet. And you could even make your own sound voice-recording file too! You could then Import tailored voice-recordings, such as: “Someone is Ringing your Backdoor Doorbell”, or “Motion in your Living-room”, or “Your Side Door is open”, or “Motion at your Backyard Cam.” I bet some people wound make some funny voice-recordings, like “Welcome Home Your Highness” for your door sensor chirp. The point is, having an added new ‘Custom’ feature could provide endless Alert/Chirp choices!
Although some people workaround this utilizing the Amazon Echo that can provide this ability, but I would prefer a “Custom” Alert/Chirp selection listed right along with the other choices of ‘Windchimes, Harp, etc.’, all in the Ring App. Additionally, I’m resistant to having an Echo in my house, because the idea of something listening to everything in my house I still find a bit too creepy for me (I’ve disabled “Listening” abilities of my other high-tech devices in my house). You can see that this could be distinctive aubible Chirps to know which Door, and which DoorBell, Motion Detector, Contact Sensor, and Video Camera too.
Now, if you think this “Custom” Alert/Chirp option (with Import capability) would be nice to have, click on link below and click the Thumbs Up Icon. Ring Teams notice Feature Requests with higher Thumbs Up numbers, and then are more likely to incorporate the Feature Request. There are quite a few similar posts requesting either wanting larger Alert/Chirps selections, or more Voice announcements. Hopefully this “Custom” option would meet everyone’s needs.
I can’t believe custom ringtones haven’t been implemented yet.
An import feature to customize device and location notifications should be a high priority for the development team.
It’s available on the competition.
Any updates on this? This is very essential for homes with multiple external doors, swimming pools etc. I bought Ring system 3 days ago and I can’t believe this feature is not available. I feel like returning the system if Ring can’t have this feature. Its completely useless for me if the chirp of my wife opening the kitchen yard door (pretty safe) is same as that of my child walking near the pool (warning) vs someone opening my side yard door. (another warning).
I want to be able yo upload my own mp3 file to play when the doorbell is pressed. This would need to be also be uploaded to any chime (multiple files for the chime, one for each bell).
I want to choose what plays rather being told what should be played when someone presses my doorbell.
With my old doorbell i could upload up to 8 mp3 files for the bell to use.
I could change it regularly depending on the season.
Just because its called a doorbell does not mean it had to play bells or, or even appalling electronically generated sounds of bells.
I have already supported the customisation of alarm sounds that you posted on here but really this is not the same thing. This request is about the sounds the doorbell make when the button is pressed…nothing to do with the alarm system.
The sound your doorbell makes is an App Alert Tone for your rings (doorbell button depressed), such as Ring Default, Antique Ding Dong, Ping Pong, Cowbell, etc. So mine wasn’t just meant for alarm system devices, but rather meant to have the additional “Custom” added to the list of available App Alert Tones where you could import your personal sound file into that “Custom” spot, for any Ring device, including the Chime & Chime Pro, and any device that has Alert Tone or Chirp sound selection list. So then it could be heard on your Chime/Chime Pro device, Base Station, and Ring App too.
Many thanks too for the “Thumbs Up” on my Feature Request Board
Maybe I am not correct but as far as I can see there are two sets of sounds here … and the reason for my post is that I beleive the text of your request just deals with the second set.
The first set is stored in the bell device and the chime unit - these sound when the bell is pressed … and the second set are the ones in the app itself which sound through the device the app is running on. As far as I can see the ones in the bell sound regardless of it being connected so if the device is off line they still sound. The chime needs to be online but they are a defined set of tones available to choose from in the chime unit.
I already use my alexa to make announcements based on the bell push - eg alexa announces “there is someone at the door” when the bell is pushed … but the person standing on the doorstep just hears the one I selected from the limited choice of tones in the bell itself … and the app running on my phone plays the tones I selected there which could be different from the doorbell.
I previosly had an MP3 doorbell where I could upload a sound file and it would use that so I could change the tune depending on the season and how I felt … I could use “happy birthday” on the days of peoples birthdays, a christmas tune at christmas etc …
So … my request is specifically about being able to load tunes to the bell and chime devices and not related to the tunes the app plays - from reading your request it did not seem to cover this first set of tunes.
This should be quite simple to accomplish. I will see what I can do with this as now I’m intrigued by this request. I will post results in a bit as I am currently on a mission to find a separate answer.
My old “legacy” system used to tell me “kitchen door open”, “basement door closed”, etc. I asked about this a long time ago and am having trouble finding if this feature will ever be added. I was told 2 years ago when I installed mine that this was a heavily-requested feature. Anyone know if there has been any update? Using that dome siren speaker would be great! I have to look at my watch or phone to see which sensors were tripped, but I would love the ability to audibly notify me when certain sensors are tripped.
The timer/delay reminder on “opened” sensors would be GREAT as well…
Thanks, and sorry if this has been posted, I searched, but did not see it anywhere…
I have been able to implement this in Alexa Routines by triggering off the Ring Alarm sensor for a door and thgen making my Echo device speak the message
My old “legacy” system used to tell me “kitchen door open”, “basement door closed”, etc. I asked about this a long time ago and am having trouble finding if this feature will ever be added. I was told 2 years ago when I installed mine that this was a heavily-requested feature. Anyone know if there has been any update? Using that dome siren speaker would be great! I have to look at my watch or phone to see which sensors were tripped, but I would love the ability to audibly notify me when certain sensors are tripped.
The timer/delay reminder on “opened” sensors would be GREAT as well…
Thanks, and sorry if this has been posted, I searched, but did not see it anywhere…
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Glad you gave a Kudo to @columbusringuser . I agree! Others also agree. You aren’t alone with your request. Click on these two links below, and if you concur and like these ideas, and add your Kudo to better get Ring’s attention: