Your Ring doorbell is getting its weirdest new feature yet, courtesy of Ant and Dec

Fancy a well-known drama TV presenting duo greeting visitors to your location pinch cheeky and chirpy soundbites erstwhile personification uses your Ring Video Doorbell?

Well, you’re successful luck, arsenic from today, Amazon-owned Ring is introducing immoderate caller ‘quick replies’ for its video doorbell, which are voiced by Ant and Dec.

If you’re not acquainted pinch speedy replies – a capacity introduced immoderate clip agone – here’s really it works. When you’ve sewage nan speedy reply characteristic activated, you tin take from a bunch of pre-recorded messages, this clip from Ant and Dec.

When a visitant presses nan doorbell, they’ll get that message, and tin time off their ain connection successful reply (like a voicemail) if necessary.

Bants and Dec

There are six Ant and Dec speedy replies to take from pinch nan Ring Video Doorbell, featuring nan expected benignant of back-and-forth betwixt nan 2 presenters.

Here’s 1 example:

“Ant: Surprise! Ant and Dec here, and you’re unrecorded connected nan telly! Give america a wave!”

“Dec: We’re only joking! But you are unrecorded connected this doorbell, truthful please time off a message!”

And another:

“Ant: Hi, Ant and Dec present – fortunately, Dec’s truthful mini he tin fresh wrong nan doorbell.”

“Dec: Yes, I’m here! Thanks for stopping by! Someone will beryllium correct out.”

So, you get nan thought pinch that, to quote different well-known TV comedian. That said, we’re somewhat disappointed that location are nary ‘prime minister’ references sneaked successful there.

For nan uninitiated, nan Ring Video Doorbell tin beryllium triggered by mobility search (with varying levels of sensitivity), truthful nan doorbell doesn’t needfully person to beryllium pressed, and it’s imaginable to person a two-way telephone pinch nan personification astatine your doorway (via your phone, truthful you tin interact with, say, transportation group moreover if you’re not astatine home).

The instrumentality very overmuch impressed america successful our Ring Video Doorbell review, though nan latest ‘Plus’ version is simply a comparatively pricey proposition.

In nan past, different celebs person voiced speedy replies, truthful for illustration we’ve had Toadfish from Neighbours. (“G-day mate, they’re engaged doing immoderate bully neighbourly deed because, crikey, we each cognize ‘everyone needs bully neighbours…")

And also, M&M’s, aliases ‘Red,’ nan animated characteristic type of nan sweets, which was brought successful for Halloween this year. But this 1 is nan strangest, and perchance astir popular, 1 truthful far.

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