How To Set Alexa Echo Dot Up

There'south no lack of digital assistants to talk with—Siri, Cortana, Bixby, the Google Assistant—but for Amazon, the audio banana of selection is Alexa, the technology inside its Echo and Burn down Goggle box devices, not to mention other third-party speakers and gadgets.

The Echo line of speakers really showcase Alexa's capabilities. Echo is a standalone speaker that needs nothing more than Wi-Fi and powers connections. There's the orb-like Repeat and Echo Dot, the loftier-finish Echo Studio for real acoustic snobs, and at present an entire line of bear upon-screen Echo Show devices. They all have their differences, but the setup is essentially identical.

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Download the Amazon Alexa App

Get information technology costless on iOS, Android, or Fire OS on Amazon'southward own tablets. Newer Burn tablets should have it already, though first- and 2d-generation tablets are not supported.

Pick a Device to Gear up

You need an Amazon business relationship to utilise Alexa, but you don't need Amazon Prime. Sign in on the app. And then click the hamburger menu on the lower right and select Add a Device. Here y'all tin can add together whatsoever number of Alexa-supported devices to your account, from smart lights to smart plugs. But we're focused on Echo devices, so tap Amazon Echo. At the next screen, tap the Repeat, Echo Dot, Echo Plus and more than selection. It covers almost every type of Echo that ever existed since 2022, fifty-fifty the discontinued devices. Brand sure your Repeat device is plugged in.

Repeat Setup in iOS

Enter Setup Mode

When y'all enter setup mode, the Echo's low-cal ring volition be flash bluish and then orangish. If y'all don't encounter orangish, printing and hold the Activeness button for five seconds. Eventually, Alexa will perk upwardly and tell yous she's "Now in setup manner."

Echo Dot in Setup Mode

Connect to Wi-Fi

Amazon has an option to salve your Wi-Fi credentials—the network'south SSID and the security password/code—and then you don't take to enter them all the time when setting up Amazon products. If you've already washed this before, Wi-Fi setup on a new Amazon Echo is a breeze. Once the app detects the new Repeat, press the proper noun (like Echo Dot-BG8) and you'll see information technology search for Wi-Fi, connect to your saved network, and confirm the Echo is on the network.

Echo Wi-Fi setup steps with a saved network.

It'south a piddling unlike if you didn't salve your Wi-Fi info (or you did, but want to set up the Echo on a different Wi-Fi network, even in the same location). In this case, you'll encounter a list of bachelor Wi-Fi networks visible to your phone or tablet; pick your preferred Wi-Fi network. Enter the Wi-Fi countersign when asked, if you have 1. (You should really put a password on the Wi-Fi.) This is as well where you can save your network credentials to Amazon.

Echo Wi-Fi setup without a saved network.

Once all the info has been sent to the device, Alexa will say "Your Echo is fix," and the orangish lights get out. Subsequently that, you select the language to use and fix the Echo's location.

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Wi-Fi countersign-saving works across Amazon'southward Burn down tablets and Kindle ebook readers besides. Here's more than on what Amazon does with saved Wi-Fi passwords. If you lot modify the Wi-Fi countersign on your router, yous'll take to change the stored Wi-Fi countersign at least once.

Say 'Alexa'

You can now ask your Alexa device to practice your bidding. You can change the wake word from Alexa to Echo, Amazon, or Computer in the mobile app viaSettings > Device Settings > [Your Repeat] > [gear icon] > Wake Word. Y'all can so connect your Repeat to music apps, external speakers, and other Echo devices (for multi-room music playback) around the house.

Special Annotation for Amazon Echo Show Devices

Because the Echo Testify line comes with a screen, the setup is easier—no mobile app on the phone is required. It's a niggling more involved with the big Echo Show x, which has a screen that moves effectually. But the nuts are the aforementioned: Plug it in, select a linguistic communication, connect to the Wi-Fi (including entering the Wi-Fi password on the screen if it'south not saved), log in to your Amazon account, and y'all're fix to go.

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