Automatically display Ring Camera on Echo Show when motion detected

Me Too!

That’s why I purchased the Echo Show 5. I thought I would see what caused the motion.

This is why I purchased the Show as well - assumed that this was built in. Afterall, Amazon owns Ring - why isn’t more tightly integrated?

Echo and Ring should put an option to automagically switch on the live feed when motion is detected at the ring camera. This will be a great step in the direction of competing with Nest and Google Home.

I would like to request Autolive view on Echo Show on Motion with the Ring.

At present I can only see ‘delayed’ live view when someone presses my doorbell. Would be much better if motion triggers the lvie view and gives us

Please hurry and add this addition, I really do not want to change all my devices to the Google eco system

Instead of alexa telling me there is motion at the garage how about an option to turn on auto pop up of camera. Instead of me hearing the motion alert… then saying alexa… then show me garage… by the time it connects… loading… the person has moved out of cam view (lousy). There should be an option on echo devices to turn on or off (Auto camera Popup).

Also when viewing a live camrea, and another camera detects motion it kicks me off the live feed and shows a motion notification… this is verry annoying also. how about a pop up that says motion detected would you like to view this camera??? While your in a live feed aleady.

My smartthings app on my smart tv shows me cameras as motion is dectected, why isnt this on echo devices yet?

I realize this is mostly Amazon Echo terratory but it involves Ring Cameras so figured id post here first… hopefully now that amazon and ring are together you can make things happen.

Keep up the good work RING !

I also would like the feature for a pop up video on camera detecting motion. I have a camera which views my front door & drive & it would be great to see who’s coming up the drive as soon as they enter the motion zone without having to activate it manually & the time I take usually means the reason for the activation has been missed

I know that the Ring Video Doorbell activates live video as soon as the bell is pushed so I’m sure it’s not too difficult to activate live video on motion detection

I want this feature as well

I bought a Google system and it did not have this feature so I switched to Amazon - which also did not have this feature.

Thankfully the doorbell auto popup was added recently, but the feature we bought this for was auto popup on motion.

Please add this, how hard could it be?

There are no windows on the driveway side of our house. We bought a Ring doorbell to see motion in this area. This way we could see when guests/deliveries arrive. Please enable video from Ring to appear on Show when motion is detected.

It is possible, i did it with a routine .
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You could also change the command to answer the front door

Wow, this worked great. Thanks so much, never would have figured it out on my own.
I also have an echo show in Kitchen and BR. Is it possible to make all the echo shows do this without having to do the same routine for all?

Hi neighbors. Our teams worked with Alexa to bring you Person and Package Announcements to get automatic Live View of your Ring camera feed on your Echo Show, Fire TV, or Fire Tablet, a voice announcement, and a mobile push notification when your Ring Camera detects a person or package.

Additionally, you can also utilize Alexa Routines to create custom routines for your Ring Doorbell and Security Camera. Check out our Help Center article on Alexa Routines here to see how to set one up. Other neighbors in this thread have shared the routines they’ve created that may also work for you. As always, thank you for your continued feedback and for being a member of the Ring Community.

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Will this feature automatically end the live view on the echo show when there is no longer motion on the camera?

@flyfish This works flowlessly on my Show 5! Can’t thank enough!
Wishing you all the best.

@flyfish Thanks for your detailed instructions to set up the two routines. Works great on my Echo Show 10 after setting up on my iPhone.

Here we are, approaching three years later from op comment and this most basic feature is still not a built in component.

I’d have thought Amazon owning Ring since 2018 would result in perfect integration of the devices into the ecosystem, but if functionality as basic as this still doesn’t exist, it doesn’t bode well.

I’ve used the only way possible for this to work - have Alexa ‘say the command’, but very hit and miss. Majority of the time it says it can’t even find the device (simply named “driveway”).
I can’t see why it isn’t a core feature from the get go, to have a camera show on all smart monitors/devices when any motion is detected.
I don’t care about people or package detection specifically, I want all motion.

Seriously Ring, what is going on with this? Do you have no contact/communication/influence with the Alexa department?

Thank you. You are brilliant. This has been driving me crazy for a long time. Followed your instructions and it miraculously worked.