Alexa’s trick to find out the speed of your Internet connection without installing anything

The Internet has changed the way we work, play, study, travel and even flirt. Since the beginning of this century, and even the end of the previous one, In Europe we saw how more and more homes and workplaces were connected to the network to perform multiple tasks.

It was first with the copper networks, then ADSL and later with optical fibera technology in the implementation of which Europe is among the best in the world. Only some smaller states and tech giants like South Korea have a better network.

Despite this, Network connection speed is not always adequateoften because of the infrastructure but other times because of the house or the decoration we have there. This is why calculating the actual speed at different points in the house is not a bad idea.

Normally this is done with mobile, using applications or web services, but also It is possible to do this with an Amazon Echo. It is not a question of asking vocally to do a speed test, because that will tell us that we would need a router compatible with Alexa and a Skill, but of doing it through the mobile application.

Of course, configuring and controlling the Amazon Echo This is done via the Alexa application from our mobile. And this is where many little-known functions are found. One of them, as shown in Xatakamovilis the one that allows us to do a speed test in the place where we installed Amazon Echo. This option will give us an idea if it is in the right place or if it is better to move it if it does not have enough coverage.

Para hacer la prueba hemos de entrar en la aplicación, ir a la sección de Dispositivos y luego pulsar encima del Echo Dot en el que queramos medir la velocidad de la red. La mayoría de Echo Dot lo permiten. En el icono de configuración, el del engranaje, pulsamos en la opción Red Wifi y ahí en Realizar prueba de velocidad. Cuando se realice mostrará los resultados en esa misma pantalla. Hay que tener en cuenta que se trata de una prueba en la red a la que esté conectada el Amazon Echo, en el caso de que tengamos varias. Si queremos medir la velocidad en otro punto podemos enchufar allí el dispositivo, o bien usar otro Echo si tenemos varios en la casa.