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 provide an appropriate response
• It’s now rolling out to Alexa+ Early Access users in the US and Canada

Ring is launching a new AI assistant for those occasions when you can’t get to the door yourself, but a pre-recorded message won’t quite cut it. Alexa+ Greetings is rolling out today, and will give different responses depending on who’s calling and what instructions you’ve given beforehand.

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

It can also politely (or not so politely, if you’re so inclined) reject cold callers and salespeople, or offer a friendly greeting if it recognizes 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 message so you don’t have to watch a video clip to understand what’s going on at home. If it’s something you expected, like the postman or your kids coming home from school, you can dismiss it without further action.