We've had a Ring doorbell for many years now. We started with the standard Ring doorbell and then upgraded to two of the Ring Doorbell Pros. The main drawback to using the Ring to answer your door is having a phone or tablet available and then opening the Ring app to be able to answer the door. This turned out to be inconvenient, so we rarely used this feature. Now that has purchased Ring and made the Echo Show work seamlessly with the Ring, the situation has changed for the better. Since we've purchased a Show 8, a person ringing our Doorbell Pro will now be spontaneously displayed on the Show. My only complaint is that the image shows for only about 15 seconds before reverting back to the background display. It would be nice if this stayed on longer (like 30 or 60 seconds). Of course it's relatively easy to ask Alexa to show the front door, which will bring the image back up (and keep it up indefinitely). Basically, if you use a Ring doorbell, you need an Echo Show to make the system work well for answering the door when at home, and it does work well.UPDATE 12/5/20: Using the Alexa app, I was able to write routines to make the Echo Show 8 even more versatile. If the Ring camera detects any motion, I have the Show 8 announce the camera detecting motion and then show about 60 seconds worth of live video feed from that camera. This all happens automatically, so I can glance over to the Show 8 to see if anyone is there (most often it's a passing squirrel). I also have a routine that turns on my front porch light (via a TP-Link Kasa smart switch) for a few minutes if the front door camera detects any motion while it's dark out. This helps me clearly see who is there when the Show 8 automatically shows that camera feed. This home automation thing is pretty nifty.Otherwise, I find the Echo Show 8 to be a very nice device. The music sound quality is fantastic, better than our other Echos. The image quality on the screen is also great. We use the Show as a digital picture frame with it playing our photos. These pictures look nicer than photos shown on our Google Home Hub, which sits next to the Show 8 (although the Home Hub is definitely satisfactory in this regard). We still haven't tried out all the other things that the Show 8 can do. Maybe some day :-)