Alarm Feature Request

When the alarm siren sounds it would be nice to have the sirens on all the cameras (or which ever ones you set) sound also. The Ring cameras should be able to act as remote sirens.

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I don’t own Ring cameras, but I think that the camera sirens can be controlled by Alexa. If that is true you can use Simple Commands by kloee to recognize that Ring is “alarming” and use that as a trigger for an Alexa routine or to run as an automomous routine I do something similar to turn on auxiiary devices (lights and an additional alarm siren) when the Ring alarm is triggered. Simple Commands by kloee is free to use and greatly expands the functionality of Ring and Alexa. For instance, arming and disarming Ring from Alexa routines

The Ring Alarm should be able to work as a Ring Chime with the cameras (just like the window/door/motion chirp tones). I have a camera on my front porch and it would be nice to hear a Ring Alarm chirp when the camera picks up motion.

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A few more chime sound options would be nice. That should be an easy one to do.

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Other security systems have a “key fob”, that typically can be used to arm or disarm the system. (I’d actually prefer it to act as a Panic Button, but it would need to be built/housed to avoid accidentally setting off the system.)

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I took only use stickup can indoors. This would be a great feature.

What is the expected release date for the smaller Contact Sensors?

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1,000 Feet Range of the Contact Sensors & other components - instead of the current 250 feet range

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Please please for the love of jeebus. I have an integrated smart home setup, and ring alarm, VDB2s, and lights. I have echos in every room and use guard in conjunction with the ring alarm to monitor glass breaks etc. These two in my opinion simple features/fixes would change my experience for the better by so much: 1) Allow me to set some type of rule that MUTES my chimes/indoor sounds while the system is set to away (or any certain) mode. I have a dog, and she gets rowdy when motion goes off, and i still get a lot of false triggers, and so I just would like to turn that off automatically when armed since no one is home to hear them anyways and all it does is freak out the dog. 2) And im still shocked this isnt an option yet, but LET ME USE MY ECHOS AS SATELLITE SIRENS!!! I have them all over, and my base station is in the bedroom due to networking access. So if the alarm does go off its super loud in the bedroom, but not very loud the rest of the house. Why cant i use my echo devices that are already all over to become sirens. This one seems like a huge win for you in the integration department and expanding the reach/coverage of your system using echo devices. PLEASEEEEEE. Thanks

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Thank you for sharing @DonC ! We can understand the value behind smaller devices, and will certainly pass this along to the team. I’ve moved this over to the features request thread to ensure all requests are in one place for all neighbors and teams to see.

Ability to arm the Ring Alarm without bypassing a sensor even when it’s tripped. We have our Ring Alarm keypad near our front door and we generally open the door (to move things to the car, etc.) and keep it open while we’re leaving the house. Right now we have to close the door, arm the alarm, and then open the door again to exit the house. It’d be great if the alarm could be armed normally even while the door sensor is tripped, as we will close the door during the exit delay.

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A “Protected by Ring Alarm” yard sign. Currently there is only an audio/video sign.

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Yes please! We already get notifications on the watch, for example when the alarm is in entry-delay mode. It’d be nice to be able to disarm the alarm from the watch – for example a hard press to bring up a menu to disarm.

I’d also like to see Siri support, Apple HomeKit support, and the ability to automate the alarm via Shortcuts.

Ring, please understand that many of us do NOT like Alexa and want enhancements within the Apple ecosystem.

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Here’s mine:

Reminder to arm, if the system isn’t armed by a set time / day of week
Reminder that certain contact sensors are open for longer than a set amount of time
Notifications like these via SMS.
Ability to snooze notifications for other devices and phones… Baby sleeping near Alexa, but I need to go outside

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You can arm the system on a schedule. I set mine to arm at midnight (with Alexa) in case I forget to do it at bedtime

You can mute or unmute an Alexa device through the device settings in an Alexa routine

I think that’s what this button does.

How do you set Ring alarm on a schedule using Alexa?

Thanks! I hadn’t noticed that option. I’ll try it! If it works, that does seem to be most of what I’m looking for. I would still like the snooze features across the application to be user-selectable beyond four hours, but not having to do it on each device every time makes it better.

I use Simple Commands by kloee. In S.C. I create a routine to turn on the Ring Security system in “Home” mode. Then I setup an Alexa routine in “timed” mode and call the S.C. routine as a scene. In my Alexa routine, it also turns off un-needed lamps and changes my office lamp to color red. My normal bedtime Alexa routine does the same actions - Alexa, bed time"