How to Link Ring Doorbell to Google Home Hub?

Ring doorbell is a smart wireless connected device and it should able to make it work with another connected home device. This device is developed for home security purpose and it is known as home security product which incorporates outdoor motion-detecting cameras such as Ring video doorbell whereas Google home is the powerful speaker and voice assistant, play your music, calls your friend, etc. you can control Google home with a voice command.

To make your Ring doorbell work, you need to link your Ring doorbell to Google home hub. So in this blog, we are going to explain step by step instructions to link Ring doorbell to Google home hub.

Does Ring Work With Google Home:

Link Ring Doorbell to Google Home Hub

The internet of things promises a lot of interoperability between various smart and connected devices. Two devices work well together when they need to be designed from the start to connect and share information because Google and Ring are competitors with each other.

So there might be a compatibility issue between both of these two devices so the ability for Ring and Google home to work together is somewhat limited.

For example, you cannot view the video from your Ring doorbell on Google home hub display.

Once Both the Devices Get Connected Together and Start Work Together Then You can Ask Google Home to Perform Various Tasks with the Ring Specifically Like:

You can turn on or off the motion alert.
You can turn on or off your Ring alert.
You can ask Ring to tell the time when the Ring was rung last time.
You can tell Ring to record the video(if will record the video for 30 seconds and then turn it off immediately).
You can ask the Ring to tell the health or status of your doorbell and Google home will report the current battery level.

Procedure to Add Ring Doorbell with Google Home:

Link Ring Doorbell to Google Home Hub

Before Link Ring Doorbell to Google Home Hub, You Need to Make Sure the Following Things First:

Google Home: You can download Google Home for iPhone or Google home for android.

Google Assistance: You can download Google Assistant for iPhone but if you are using any android device, so in this case, Google Assistant may be already pre-installed, if not you can download Google assistant for android as well.

Ring Doorbell App: You can download Ring app for iPhone or Ring app for android easily.

Step 1: Open Google assistant Ring services web page in your installed web browser on your desktop computer and laptop.

Step 2: Now you need to select send to device option which is located at the top of the page.

Step 3: In the drop down menu, you are required to choose Google home device which you want to connect it with the Ring.

Step 4: On your phone, you might get a notification which stating that you need to link Google to your Ring account.

Step 5: Now tap on the notification and complete the process by entering your Ring username and password in the authorized form.

Step 6: Now your setup process is complete and now you can access ring from the Google home hub.

Note: You can open the Ring service page on your mobile device if you prefer this otherwise on the installed browser window and it will open in the Google Assistant app and from there you can tap on the link to connect Ring doorbell with Google home hub.

how to add ring doorbell to google home

How to Use and Connect Ring to Google Home Hub:

Now it is configured and you can talk to the Ring via Google home. You can say like Hey Google talk to the Ring and after the Google accessories Ring, you will hear the Ring ask what you want to do and at this point, you can say anything of the following:

Turn motion alert on or turn motion alert off.
Turn Ring alert on or turn Ring alert off.
When was the last time when the doorbell rang.
Start the recording video.
What is the status of the doorbell or what is the health of the doorbell.

If you prefer that you do not want to start by saying things like talk to the Ring. You can say hey Google ask Ring instead of the first statement and complete the request. This request is depends totally on your wish, how you want to proceed.

But if you are still facing an issue to link Ring doorbell to Google home hub, you can contact technical support to resolve your issue or you can go through the FAQ section to understand this issue and resolve your add Ring to Google Home problem.