How Register Echo Show On The App

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

The Echo line of speakers really showcase Alexa'due south capabilities. Repeat is a standalone speaker that needs cypher more Wi-Fi and powers connections. There's the orb-like Echo and Echo Dot, the high-end Echo Studio for real acoustic snobs, and at present an entire line of touch-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(Opens in a new window), Android(Opens in a new window), or Fire OS(Opens in a new window) on Amazon's ain tablets. Newer Burn down tablets should have it already, though get-go- and second-generation tablets are not supported.

Option a Device to Gear up

You lot need an Amazon account to apply Alexa, but you don't demand Amazon Prime(Opens in a new window). Sign in on the app. Then click the hamburger carte on the lower right and select Add a Device. Here you tin add together whatever number of Alexa-supported devices to your account, from smart lights to smart plugs. Just nosotros're focused on Repeat devices, then tap Amazon Echo. At the next screen, tap the Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Plus and more than option. It covers almost every type of Echo that ever existed since 2014, fifty-fifty the discontinued devices. Make certain your Echo device is plugged in.

Echo Setup in iOS

Enter Setup Mode

When you enter setup fashion, the Repeat's low-cal ring will be flash blue then orangish. If you don't see orange, printing and agree the Action button for five seconds. Eventually, Alexa volition perk up and tell you she's "Now in setup mode."

Echo Dot in Setup Style

Connect to Wi-Fi

Amazon has an pick to salve your Wi-Fi credentials—the network'south SSID and the security countersign/code—so yous don't have to enter them all the fourth dimension when setting upward Amazon products. If you lot've already done this before, Wi-Fi setup on a new Amazon Echo is a breeze. One time the app detects the new Echo, press the name (like Echo Dot-BG8) and you'll run into it 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's a lilliputian different if y'all didn't salve your Wi-Fi info (or y'all did, just want to set up the Echo on a different Wi-Fi network, even in the aforementioned location). In this case, you'll see a list of available Wi-Fi networks visible to your phone or tablet; selection your preferred Wi-Fi network. Enter the Wi-Fi password when asked, if you have one. (You should really put a password on the Wi-Fi.) This is likewise where yous 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 gear up," and the orange lights exit. After that, you lot select the linguistic communication to use and set the Echo's location.

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Wi-Fi password-saving works across Amazon'southward Fire tablets and Kindle ebook readers as well. Hither's more on what Amazon does(Opens in a new window) with saved Wi-Fi passwords. If you modify the Wi-Fi countersign on your router, you'll take to alter the stored Wi-Fi countersign at least one time.

Say 'Alexa'

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

Special Note for Amazon Echo Show Devices

Because the Echo Show line comes with a screen, the setup is easier—no mobile app on the phone is required. Information technology's a little more involved with the big Echo Bear witness x, which has a screen that moves effectually. Only the basics are the same: Plug it in, select a language, connect to the Wi-Fi (including inbound the Wi-Fi password on the screen if it'south not saved), log in to your Amazon account, and you lot're ready to become.

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