Automate home and away via location (with Alexa)
I've been trying to figure this out forever and read through every thread and forum I could find. Turns out it's not only possible, but super easy. Alexa let's you trigger routines based on your location (arriving home/leaving home, among others). Use that as a trigger and then just set a custom action telling Alexa to set Ring to home or away depending on which trigger you use. I've been doing this the last few days and it works well. The only small bug I found is that after it changes modes and you go back to the Ring app, it might not show it switched, but force quitting and reopening the app will show it. I get the normal notification that it was switched when I leave/enter the geofence.
I've been trying to figure this out forever and read through every thread and forum I could find. Turns out it's not only possible, but super easy. Alexa let's you trigger routines based on your location (arriving home/leaving home, among others). Use that as a trigger and then just set a custom action telling Alexa to set Ring to home or away depending on which trigger you use. I've been doing this the last few days and it works well. The only small bug I found is that after it changes modes and you go back to the Ring app, it might not show it switched, but force quitting and reopening the app will show it. I get the normal notification that it was switched when I leave/enter the geofence.