If you have an Amazon Echo , you should know that you also have a Bluetooth speaker for your PC or mobile device. This does not tell you Amazon when you get one and the truth is that it could be very useful. For example, to take advantage of its best sound quality in what cases and with what models with respect to the integrated speakers in your computer or telephone. So, so you can configure it to use as an external speaker.
Using the Amazon Echo as external speakers
At this point in the film we all know the benefits of Amazon smart speakers. Any of the Amazon Echo allows you, thanks to the integrated use of Alexa, to access a multitude of possibilities such as home automation control, information queries and many more things like the ones we have already told you on more than one occasion here.
You will also know that you can connect an external sound equipment to an Amazon Echo to use it as a speaker with which to have better audio. This is as easy to do as connecting a 3.5mm jack cable from your Amazon speaker to your speaker’s audio input or external soundbar.
However, what Amazon doesn’t tell you is that you can use them as a Bluetooth speaker . And the truth is that they should, because it can be very useful for certain situations or if you want to improve the multimedia experience when playing or watching content on your computer, mobile phone or tablet.
So that’s what we’re going to show you. We are going to show you what the configuration process is that you have to perform, both on Windows and Mac and mobile operating systems, and that will allow you to use any Amazon Echo as a Bluetooth speaker.
How to use Amazon Echo as a Bluetooth speaker in Windows
Let’s start with one of the most common cases for the vast majority, using an Amazon Echo as a Bluetooth speaker for a Windows computer. The configuration process would be as follows:
- Access the website alexa.amazon.es
- Go to the Settings section
- Select in Devices the Amazon Echo that you want to use as a Bluetooth speaker
- Under Wireless Networks, click Bluetooth
- Tap on Pair a new device
- Go to Windows Bluetooth configuration options and search for devices
- When your Amazon Echo appears, hit the link
- Ready
Now that you have both devices paired, all you have to do is tell him that you want to use it as an external speaker in the same way that you would, for example, with wireless headphones.
Amazon Echo as a Bluetooth speaker for your Mac
In the event that you want to use your Amazon Echo as a Bluetooth speaker for the Mac, the process is identical. The only difference is that you will have to go to System Preferences -> Bluetooth to see and pair both devices. Once done, again you have to select the speaker as devices through which any multimedia content will be played.
Use your Amazon Echo as a wireless speaker for your phone
Finally, if you have an Android and iOS device and want to use your Amazon Echo to listen to the audio of the multimedia content that is being played on them, you must also do the same steps. The difference again will be in the final pairing step. There you will have to go to the Bluetooth Settings of Android and iOS to view the speaker and be able to link it.
In a matter of seconds you will have your Amazon Echo speaker perfectly configured with each and every device you have to use it as a Bluetooth wireless speaker. An option that certainly improves the experience in terms of quality compared to the integrated speakers of many screens, portable computers and even those used in many PCs.
