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Amazon doorbell - is there a chime option?
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Post 1 made on Thursday May 11, 2023 at 02:16
tomciara
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Ring has that wireless one, does Nest?
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Post 2 made on Thursday May 11, 2023 at 08:39
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On May 11, 2023 at 02:16, tomciara said...
Ring has that wireless one, does Nest?

Any of the Google/Nest hubs or spots or speakers can act as a chime for their doorbell. You can also teach it to say whatever you want when someone rings the bell. With facial recognition, it can even announce who is at the door, though I've not tested that feature for accuracy.
OP | Post 3 made on Thursday May 11, 2023 at 12:59
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So an echo/echo dot would chime when the doorbell is pressed?
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Post 4 made on Sunday May 14, 2023 at 21:58
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I honestly didn't know Amazon had a doorbell. I searched and didn't see one, which is why this is a bit confusing. Amazon owns Ring. I've never seen the option to make an echo act as a chime. That would be great if it did.
Post 5 made on Tuesday May 16, 2023 at 08:07
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Post 6 made on Wednesday May 17, 2023 at 02:38
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Yes, any of the amazon echo's and dot's will work as the chime. Just do a discovery on Alexa app, it should find whatever you have called your Ring doorbell. Mine has front door and back door. This worked with cheapest Ring doorbell and the most recently released Ring doorbell plus.
OP | Post 7 made on Tuesday July 25, 2023 at 19:17
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So for clients that don't want google listening to them day and night, are there any other options for hearing the doorbell indoors?

I know notifications on their phone app is an option, hoping for something else. The ring doorbells have a plug-in doorbell module that works pretty well.
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Post 8 made on Wednesday July 26, 2023 at 01:34
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On July 25, 2023 at 19:17, tomciara said...
So for clients that don't want google listening to them day and night, ....

That is hilarious!
They are worried about Google?!?!

But they will put in Ring which is known to allow 3rd parties to just listen & watch any device a consumer has, anytime they want. And is constantly getting hacked because of those easy access ports.
It was just a few months ago we had the news article about nefarious individuals, calling in swatting on people's homes. When the police showed up, they were yelling at the police thru the Ring video doorbells they hacked, trying to get people hurt inside. Fortunately none of those incidents resulted in people getting hurt but that isn't always the case.
I like the one recently where an Amazon delivery driver misheard an automated message from a Ring video doorbell. Thought it said racial slurs at him (how you can misunderstand that, I have no idea). Anyway, the guy had a house full of Ring and other Amazon products, the company took them all offline. The misunderstanding was cleared up a week later and service restored but man.... how is that NOT illegal as f^. For a company to just reach in and shut your whole house down.
And there are tons of articles about this crap every year with them.

It's bad enough that everything is collecting our data constantly. But Amazon is just WAY over the top.


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