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

• Alexa+ Greetings uses AI to generate custom responses for callers
• The assistant will identify who is at the door, and give a suitable reply
• It's rolling out now 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 which instructions you've given in advance.

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

It can also politely (or ...