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This is handy when you aren’t at home, in a different room from your baby, or can’t hear the dog barking at a stranger at the door. It works on the same principle when Alexa Guard is paired with Ring Alarms. Alexa can detect a baby crying, a dog barking, smoke and fire alarms, breaking glass or even someone coughing or snoring. For now, there are no preset templates for how Alexa should respond to each sound trigger, so that will be up to you to set up.
Here’s how set up Alexa’s Sound Detection mode
For example, if you want Alexa to keep an ear on your sleeping baby for any crying, you can set it up in the following manner. We must stress that you should never rely solely on Alexa as a babysitter.
Open the Alexa app and tap the More menuSelect Routines.Tap on the plus sign near the top of the screnTap the plus sign next to Enter routine name to create a name.In the section When this happens, tap Sound Detection, then Baby Crying.Tap Continue and choose which Alexa-enabled device should listen. Select Next.To select what happens, tap Add action, then tap Messaging then Notification.Enter what message should be displayed when the sound is triggered.
The same process could be followed when a barking dog is detected. The Routines also can broadcast an announcement throughout your home if you have more than one Alexa-enabled device in use. By exploring all the options, it is possible to play soft music when a baby is crying or alert another person when breaking glass or barking dogs are detected.
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