Can The Echo Dot Be Used As A Speaker

(Pocket-lint) - The years before smart speakers seem like a distant memory now. Amazon Echo - for a lot of people - has become the default way to listen to music for a lot of consumers, and that means the days of manually pairing to a battery-powered Bluetooth speaker are long behind u.s..

Thanks to Amazon, smart speakers have become all the rage in contempo years. Whether y'all're using yours to listen to multi-room music, issue smart home commands past voice or just setting timers while cooking, there'due south a lot they can exercise.

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While all the voice-activated stuff is corking, there are times when yous just need to connect to a regular Bluetooth speaker. Sometimes that method is more convenient, especially if you lot want to play a file that'due south on your telephone. Thankfully, Echo does that too. In this guide, nosotros'll evidence y'all how to connect to it from your phone to utilise it equally a Bluetooth speaker.

Nosotros'll also show you how to connect your Echo to some other Bluetooth audio device. This might be useful if you have a smaller Echo Dot, and/or yous have a much better-sounding Bluetooth-equipped stereo you'd rather hear the audio from. But first, connecting your phone...

Get your phone ready

Before doing anything with the Repeat speaker itself, make sure your phone's Bluetooth is on and y'all're in your Bluetooth pairing screen.

On iPhone:

Open up Settings > Bluetooth
Toggle Bluetooth on (if it isn't already)
Ringlet down to the bottom where it says 'Other Devices'.

On Android (process my differ slightly by manufacturer):

Open Settings > Connections > Bluetooth
Toggle Bluetooth on (if it isn't already)
Tap 'Scan' or 'Pair new device' (any your item Android version says)

Now on your phone, the list volition automatically testify any nearby device that's in pairing mode.

Tell Alexa to pair

Now'south the time to utilise your Amazon Echo'south smart skills. Just say "Alexa, pair" or "Alexa, Bluetooth on", and it should start pulsing its blue light and searching.

Once yous've washed this, the Echo should appear on the list on your phone screen. Tap on its proper noun in the list, and confirm pairing. Now yous're continued, and any music or audio from your telephone will now play through the Echo every bit if information technology was a standard Bluetooth speaker.

Now, whenever you want to connect to that particular telephone from your Repeat, you can simply say "Alexa, connect to [device name]" or "Connect to my telephone" and it'll do and so.

To disconnect, just manually select the disconnect option from within the Bluetooth menu on your telephone. Or say "Alexa, disconnect from my phone".

Employ Repeat'south Bluetooth to connect to another speaker, stereo or headphones

If you have a better-sounding sound system that's Bluetooth and want to use information technology to play the audio from your Echo y'all tin can do that besides. Or, if you want to connect Bluetooth headphones to your Echo, that'southward likewise a possibility. But follow the following uncomplicated steps:

Ensure your Bluetooth speaker/stereo/headphones pairing mode is active
Open the Amazon Alexa app on your phone
Discover 'Devices' then tap 'Repeat & Alexa'
Now tap on the specific Echo device yous want to use
Under 'Bluetooth Connections' tap 'Connect a device'

Now your speaker/sound system or headphones should testify up in the list on your screen. Tap the organisation you want to connect to, and now your Echo is connected wireless to an external audio device.

To connect to information technology again at any point, y'all can use your phonation command to say "Alexa, connect to my speaker" and it'll practice and then automatically. To disconnect, say "Alexa, disconnect from my speaker".