If you’re an Amazon Alexa household, you can pair any modern Ring video doorbell with a selected number of smart locks. One of the best is the Schlage Encode Smart Wi-Fi Deadbolt. For Google ...

Alexa+ will cost $20/month for standalone access, but is included for free with Amazon Prime subscriptions ($15/month), with an initial rollout on select Echo Show devices in the coming weeks.

Ring sells all of these components separately, so you can expand your system as required. During the testing process I tried out the alarm, its integration with Alexa, and Ring’s ‘Alarm Calls ...