Amazon’s Echo speakers can also play music and podcasts via Bluetooth. Netzwelt explains how you can quickly connect your sound source to the smart boxes.
Playing music on Amazon’s Echo speakers works best over the Alexa network, which operates over your home WiFi network. You can activate multi-room sound on command and control the smart speakers and the playback of media content largely hands-free by voice.
However, if you simply want to connect your Echo via Bluetooth or allow your guests to do so, the devices will not be displayed for pairing. Netzwelt explains step by step how you can still easily connect to the Echo speaker via Bluetooth and play your music there.
Echo with power bank or additional battery as a mobile Bluetooth box
If you not only want to play music on your Echo via Bluetooth, but also want to do this far away from any socket, you can supply the smaller models (Echo Dot) in particular with a power bank and thus also use them on the go. For that is a separate cable requiredto connect the Echo’s power adapter port to the power bank’s USB or USB-C output port.
Make it easier for you there Battery stations from various third-party providers on Amazoninto which you can simply click your Echo Dot and supply it with power.
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