Ring, an Amazon subsidiary, just announced a further step in the integration of its Video Doorbells with the Amazon Alexa ecosystem.
In addition to the already existing integration, for example enabling the user to watch the live video from a Ring Doorbell on the display of Alexa enabled devices, Ring’s Video Doorbell Pro will soon allow Alexa to respond to your visitors ringing your doorbell.
This may come very handy in situations where a visitor rings, you get the notification on your smartphone, but you are unable to respond right away. Now Alexa can great your visitor, invite him or her to leave a video message – or it can also provide additional information e.g. to delivery persons.
At least for now, this new functionality will be accessible to owners of the Ring Doorbell Pro only. Also, it requires users being a subscriber to the Ring Protect plan. Further information can be found here.