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« on: August 21, 2017, 04:05:20 pm »

How to use Amazon Echo speakers and Alexa as intercoms

You can call your Echo device from within your house from another Echo device or the Alexa app.

With Amazon's Echo speakers, you can set up multi-room intercoms and even Drop In on different rooms in the house. If you're away from home or don't have an Echo in the room you're in, you can just use the Alexa app to call into another room. You'll need to get a few settings straightened out before you can use your Echo devices as intercoms. Here's how.

Note: I recently wrote an editorial about how Amazon should add password protection to its Alexa app. It's something to consider before enabling Drop In.

Step 1: Rename your Echo devices
Step 2: Enable Drop In for your household
Step 3: Initiate a Drop In


Step 1: Rename your Echo devices

Though you could keep the default name of your various Echo devices, it's much easier to just rename them based on the room they are in. For example, if you have an Echo in the living room, rename it "Living Room." Do this with all of your Echo devic...

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