How to get Ring's spooky Halloween chimes, quick replies, and faceplates

(Pocket-lint) - Not to beryllium outdone by Google's caller Halloween ringtones for Nest doorbells, Amazon is rolling retired its ain spot of spooky amusive for its Ring doorbells, including Halloween-themed chime tones, speedy replies, and decorative faceplates. Here's however to get each of them. 

How to alteration your Ring doorbell chime tone

Halloween chime tones

This Halloween, Ring is letting you take from all-new "chime tones", specified arsenic bats, ghosts, howl, scream, organ tones, a creepy laugh, a screeching cat, and a creaky door. To alteration your doorbell chime, you'll request to unfastened the latest mentation of the Ring app connected your mobile instrumentality and past travel these steps:

1. Tap the 3 lines connected the left.
2. Select Devices.
3. Pick the doorbell that you privation to acceptable up.
4. Tap the Audio Settings icon.
5. Under Audio Settings, pat Chime Tones.
6. Choose the Chime Tone you desire.
7. Hit Save Changes.

Need much help? See Ring's enactment leafage for chime tones.

How to acceptable up Ring doorbell speedy replies

Halloween speedy replies

Ring's "Quick Reply" diagnostic allows you to nonstop an automated effect to guests if you're incapable to reply the doorway (including modular replies specified arsenic "We can't reply the doorway close now..." oregon "Please permission the bundle outside..."). But, now, Ring is adding 4 much options specifically for Halloweentime:

• "Tell america what brings you here... oregon we'll enactment a spell connected you!"
• "Boo! Leave america a connection if you situation [evil laugh]."
• "Just a minute! Feel escaped to parkland your broom."
• "Please permission the bundle (and immoderate hocus pocus) outside."

To acceptable up speedy replies for your doorbell, you'll request to unfastened the latest mentation of the Ring app connected your mobile instrumentality and past travel these steps:

1. Tap the 3 lines connected the left.
2. Select Devices.
3. Pick the doorbell that you privation to acceptable up.
4. Tap the Smart Assistant tile beneath the doorbell.
5. Tap Quick Replies.
6. Tap the Enable Autoreply fastener connected the bottommost of the screen.
7. Choose the connection you desire.
8. Set your connection hold clip (from Right distant to 20 seconds).
9. Hit Got It! to finish.

Need much help? See Ring's enactment leafage for speedy replies.

How to get a vacation faceplate for your Ring doorbell

Halloween faceplates

Last but not least, those of you who are genuinely festive tin spell each retired and decorate your Ring doorbell with a caller faceplate for All Hallows' Eve. Ring is selling a caller bat-themed sheet and a spiderweb plan for the Ring Video Doorbell 2 and a pumpkin/candy maize sheet and an autumn plan for the Doorbell 3, 3 Plus, and 4. All the Halloween faceplates are priced astatine $15 each and are disposable to acquisition present from Ring's US website.

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Originally published connected 4 October 2021.