Double on Alexa: how to use several Amazon Echo sets together

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(Pocket -Lint)) - The Amazon Echo has taken a good start, establishing itself as one of the most popular intelligent house devices, assisted by the smallest echo dot, a capable acolyte that brings its connected skills inA smaller set.Amazon has not slowed down, expanding its range of speakers - as well as the functions they offer.

We dive into what it is to live with Alexa on many devices, with several echo or several dods spread in your home and if there is a big advantage, especially with the Black Friday offers offering attractive prices onAll Amazon devices.

Configuration of several Amazon Echo devices

The addition of a new echo or a point to your home is simple, following the same steps as when configuring your first device.Open the Alexa application, press the devices icon in the lower bar, then press the "+" icon in the upper right corner.Then follow the process as you have done before.(You can get the same result with your Alexa account on a desktop computer if you prefer, in the Settings section.))

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It's really as simple as that.As it is linked to an existing account, it adopts the skills of the existing devices (s), it is therefore not necessary to configure all individual elements again.

The next decision is to know where to place your new echo.Amazon has designed the Echo so that it is intelligent enough to respond to your orders throughout the room.The devices use "Echo Spatial Perception", which means that the echo closest to you must be the one who answers.It is true that you use the original echo or one of the devices of the new generation.

At first, you could confuse the system where several devices were trying to respond, but as the system has matured, it no longer seems to be a problem.

The installation is easy, while you can not do with several Amazon Echos?

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Multiple echo functions and features

In reality, there is not much that changes by having more echo devices-apart from the stereo coupling and the Alexa house/cinema cinema, which we will talk about below. La fonctionnalité de base d'Alexa et de l'Echo (que ce soit le Dot ou non)) ne change pas vraiment lorsqu'elle est doublée, avec une synchronisation minimale entre les deux.

There are a few areas where all the Les Echos will sing in harmony, but for the most part, everyone works individually.

Music in several places: Multi-pieces groups

Amazon allows you to create a multi-room configuration in the Alexa application which will allow you to play music on several Echo devices in your home.It is the easiest way to use multiple echo devices.

We have already explained how to configure this multi-piece music option, but that means that you can easily listen to music throughout the house, without having to invest in a system like Sonos.

You can listen to music from Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Amazon Music or the Tunein radio on several Echos, so you can very easily synchronize audio in several places.

Unfortunately, you cannot use a dot echo to connect to another Bluetooth speaker when you are part of a multi-pair group.If you had a dowry echo in the living room connected to an amplifier with Bluetooth, for example, you could not maintain this connection while playing on the largest Amazon Echo in the kitchen or the bedroom.

Le regroupement multi-pièces ne fonctionne pas non plus avec les haut-parleurs tiers utilisant Alexa ( comme Sonos One )), il ne s'applique qu'aux propres haut-parleurs d'Amazon.Although there is a range of speakers in this group, this does not offer you the flexibility offered by Apple Airplay 2 in terms of grouping.

You can listen to music from different sources on different echoes when you wish.For example, you can listen to Tunein Radio in the room and Spotify in the kitchen.Which is a practical way to keep the family happy.

But you can also ask any of your echoes to play music on other echoes you have.For example, you can ask your echo show in the kitchen to play Spotify music on your echo plus - and it's a great way to control music in your home.

Stereo pairing

The stereo coupling is a feature that arrived in 2018 with the Echo more than second generation and the third generation echo dot, and works on more recent Echo devices.A pairing is simple: just like creating a multi-room group, there is the possibility of creating a stereo pair.

The warning here is that you will have to have the same type of speaker: so two echo, two echo plus, two echo dot or two echo studio.With the arrival of the third generation echo, the rules have changed slightly, because the third generation echo will couple in stereo with the Echo more of second generation, but this is the only exception. L'Echo 2020 (la sphère)) ne se couplera qu'en stéréo avec le même modèle.

You can find all the details on what can be coupled in stereo with what here.

Once coupled, however, you have a much better musical system - and with the possibility of including the Echo Sub in the mixture, a system 2.1 is possible - and it sounds really well.The addition of the SU is done by the same process as above.

Alexa Home/Cinema Cinema

This will allow you to create an audio system that will work with your Fire TV.Again, you will have to have the right speakers as well as a compatible Cube TV Fire or Fire TV, then you can create a home entertainment configuration for your TV.

We have explained in detail how it works and which devices are compatible here.

C'est un excellent moyen d'utiliser vos appareils Echo pour augmenter le son de votre téléviseur, mais cela ne fonctionne qu'avec l'audio provenant de votre appareil Fire TV - cela ne s'appliquera pas au contenu provenant d'autres sources (un tuner ou un décodeur par exemple)) , cette configuration ne fonctionnera donc que si vous êtes un gros streamer.

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Music reading from several accounts

It is an area where the echo is not so good.Since all devices are connected to the same Amazon account, they all try to read music from the same account, because he thinks that everyone is the same user.This means that you cannot read different music on devices from the same source.For example, if Spotify plays in the kitchen, if someone asks to play Spotify in the room, he will go from one place to another.

However, some family accounts take care of several flows - Apple Music and Amazon Music do so - which means that registration for a family account with these services will allow you to broadcast different music on your Echo devices in the house.There is the additional advantage that if all family members want music on their phone out of the house, they also get it.

If you do not have a family account, your echo will most likely rock the flow from one device to another, it will therefore only play on one.

Bluetooth connections are separated

Bluetooth connections are processed separately and are not common between your Echo devices, which is logical because you may not want the devices to interfere with each other or connect to a Bluetooth speaker in a different room.

We found that Bluetooth connectivity on the Dot Echo was transparent and once it is initially configured, it is easy to tell Alexa to "connect to my speaker" to restore the connection - although, asAs we have said, he does not support the multi -chamber under this appearance.

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Calendars, lists of races and lists of synchronized tasks

Some things are synchronized with your Alexa account and these are therefore accessible on the various echo devices that you may have dispersed in the house.Add something to your list of things to do or your shopping list and it is also immediately available elsewhere.

The shopping list is practical because it is stored in the application, so you can verbally add things to your list via any Echo device to check on your phone when you do your next shopping.

Of course, elements such as synchronized calendars or information from the skills you have configured is available on all your Echo devices.

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Adjustment of timers and alarms

The Echo is ideal for adjusting timer and alarms, whether to wake you up in the morning or to remind you when food has finished cooking or the washing machine must be emptied.

Timeries and alarms should only ring the device on which they are set.However, Alexa knows what timers you have defined, so you can ask how long you have left and you will get an overview of all the timer that you have defined on one of your Echo devices.

You can also cancel a timer from any other device - so if you hear the timer ring and you are in another room, you can simply ask the local echo to cancel the timer.

Foyer profiles and multiple accounts

In the Alexa application, you can add another Amazon user to your household profile.This is beneficial in several respects, first and foremost in that it gives this person access to their own content (music, audio books and Google Agenda)).

It is also worth doing it if you have an Amazon prime account but the other person does not have it, because adding it to the household profile also allows them to take advantage of the prime advantages.You can find out more about the advantages here and manage yours here.

You can also use it to choose who configures Echo devices and what account they are attributed.You must ask the other people of the house to download the Alexa application and sign the terms of the agreement, then once the accounts have been connected, you can tell Alexa to switch between profiles, which is practical to manage thecontent, order, etc..

What you can do with a profile, however, is to make sure that an Echo Show on one side of the bed is personalized for the closest sleeping person, for example, by displaying the details of their calendar.

Individual profiles are becoming more and more important and you can now train Alexa to recognize individual voices - called Alexa voice profiles - so that Alexa Sache is asking and can display the relevant details for this user.With the launch of the Echo Show 15, this will also extend to Visual ID, so that the user can be recognized by the camera and the visual content is modified to suit him.

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Use of several Echo as intercoms

Having several Amazon Echo devices in your home also gives you the possibility of using them as intercoms in the house.If you access the parameters of the browser or the Alexa application, you can name your devices according to the part in which they are to simplify the call of this part.

You can say "Alexa, call my echo show" on another echo elsewhere in the house and he will call the echo show so that you can speak to anyone in this room.

You can also do it from your phone by opening the application and clicking on the "Drop IN" button, then selecting the corresponding echo you want to talk about.This essentially calls this device from your phone.

You can already see the possibilities with this system - whether it is to vibrate the kitchen to ask if the dinner is ready or to call your children without having to shout on the stairs.It works very well too - just make sure you name the devices logically.

It should be noted that you can also call Echo owners in your contact list using your Echo device.This will allow you to make calls for free to people from other households, which is also practical.

There is also a broadcast function: say "Alexa announce" or "Alexa broadcast" and you can send a message on the whole network of your home.It is ideal for bringing people at the table for dinner, Alexa recognizing certain messages and adding additional sounds.

Distinguish

Alexa has the ability to recognize different vocal profiles, so she knows who she is talking about.This can make the results more precise, by adapting the answers to the person talking to him.Since September 2020, you can configure voice profiles for adults and children, which means that Alexa Saura is asking and can provide a better response.

Here is a complete guide to configure voice profiles on Alexa.

If you have an Faily account on Amazon Music, the use of voice profiles can mean that it will play your preferences to you rather than those of someone else, or you can limit purchases to particular votes, for example.

Do several Les Echos are worth it?

The advantage of having access to Alexa's features does not depend on the construction of a sort of great echo network in your home.Being able to use the Echo's intelligent vocal commands in all your home is the real advantage: you can control your lights or your heating by voice from the floor or the bottom.If you have a loft, the dowry or the flex will provide a voice command out of the reach of your echo at the bottom, etc..

With multi-room audio management, there is certainly something to say about the possession of several Amazon Echo devices nearby.

The dowry being so affordable, if you are a fan of the echo, it is certainly worth enlarged, even if it is just to give you the vocal control of your smart lights or the heating of several pieces of thehome.

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