Your Ring doorbell can now use Alexa+ to identify who is calling and give them an appropriate greeting

• Alexa+ Greetings uses AI to generate personalized responses for callers
• The assistant will identify who is at the door and give an appropriate response.
• It is rolling out now to Alexa+ Early Access users in the US and Canada.

Ring is launching a new AI assistant for those times when you can’t get to the door yourself, but a prerecorded message isn’t enough. Alexa+ Greetings launches today and will give different responses depending on who is calling and the instructions you have given ahead of time.

For example, if you tell Alexa+ Greetings that you want packages to be left out of sight behind your shed, it will relay this message when you identify a delivery person and even handle follow-up questions (whether the package requires a signature, for example, and will need to be returned to the warehouse).

You can also politely (or not so politely, if you choose) decline cold callers and salespeople, or give a friendly greeting if you recognize a friend or family member.

Alexa+ Greetings uses Ring Video Descriptions, a feature launched earlier this year that uses AI to analyze the event that triggered your video doorbell or security camera, and generates a short text notification so you don’t need to watch a video clip to understand what’s happening at home. If it’s something you’ve been waiting for, like the mailman or your kids coming home from school, you can dismiss it without any further action.