Alarm Feature Request

I know it’s not ideal, but you can use simplecommands (an app you can download for android/iOS) and this can very easily set the ring alarm to arm and disarm on a schedule.

Wow - thanks for that - never heard of that app but I will give it a look and try it out.
Much appreciated!!

In the app, once you’ve added the ring connection, you create a routine.
The screenshot shows how simple it can be and it works!

How to you access Routines in the app?

Ring doesn’t have routines, the routines I was describing are in the simplecommands app, as was the screenshot for routine creation.
From the simplecommands toolbar at the bottom there is a routines button.

Would love to see the chirps that the contact sensors make have a little more sound options. I was trying to get in the christmas spirit and make them jingle when a door was opened (a sound you have for the doorbell) but it’s not there to choose

Since you and amazon are partners, and amazon is working with MyQ, I would love to see some integration with them if their sensor reads that the door was opened and your house is set to away mode, it would trip the alarm. Maybe have integration that says whether or not your app controller the open or not?

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Would like to see Floodlights and Spotlights act like siren box when alarm is triggered.

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Would love to see a quick exit feature added to the app/kepad. Would also love to see a touchscreen keypad that can show system sensor status with the option to add a layout of your house with the sensors showing at their real world locations.

Feature to disarm my system when I unlock my front door with amazon key system

I use a third party app called simple commands. When I unlock my door it turns off my alarm.

I know HomeKit will happen when hell freezes over, but can we at lesat have Siri shortcuts or even 3DTouch controls to turn on/off the alarm

I would like to be able to test a remote sensor, like a freeze sensor connecting through a Range Extender, without having to test it by physically opening it. My water heater is at the far corner of my basement with limited access.

I’d like to use the contact sensors and motion detectors from the alarm system to trigger video recording, or have them available in IFTTT to trigger other actions. I’d also like to enable my own sounds for various sensors.

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I have replaced my security system with Ring but feel I need glass break monitoring at night when in armed Home mode. Please make this an option for Alexa Guard.

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leidenbells… if you link your cameras to your alarm they will turn on when alarm is triggered.

I would love for the app to show a screencapture/still of whatever set off the motion detector, because the live-view takes too long to load. I have a driveway spotlight camera, and get notifications all day long, but usually from stray cats walking by. The app takes too long to load the live-view, so by the time I can see it, the cat has moved on and not visible. So I have wait for the video to process to confirm what caused the notification. I’ve started a work-around, which is, instead of clicking on the notification, I go into the ring app to see the last screen shot on my dashboard. That way I can see very quickly what triggered the notification without waiting minutes for the video. It would be wonderful if the notification itself showed a screengrab like this, or that it gave the option to click through to see a screengrab, to avoid the slow process of waiting for the video to process in scenarios where the action is gone by the time it processes and to save having to do the workaround which is a few steps more for my fingers! Thanks!

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I do have the cameras set to record when there is an alarm… I’d like to set them to record when there is movement at a sensor - when the alarm is not set.

Would RING consider adding more tones to the Home Security Alarm? It would be nice to be able to choose different tones. I am looking for a more agressive sounding tone when a sensor is tripped or door is opened when the alarm is armed. Currently the sound doesn’t give a sense of urgency or aggresiveness to ward off a burglar until the siren goes off.

if I were to set a time to arm in Home mode based on time … will it override if already armed?

For example if I am away and armed in home mode will Alexa change to home mode based on time? (I hope not)