Way to connect a Bluetooth speaker to Alexa

Amazon’s Echo smart speakers are better known for the Alexa voice assistant that power them, but they can also work from your smartphone, tablet and connect a Bluetooth speaker to Alexa to play music, podcasts, and other audio programs.

Not only does this improve the quality of your audio, it also helps you to provide source services that Alexa remains unaffordable, including Apple Music and popular podcast apps.

However not all smart speakers from Echo provide superior sound quality. The Echo Dot is great if you want to connect with Alexa and receive spoken audio alerts instead of listening to music.

The second generation Echo can provide a small or medium-sized room with quality sound. And for any space the Echo Plus is pretty robust.

You don’t need to be locked in to the sound coming out of your Amazon Echo or Echo Line. That’s because you can connect Bluetooth speakers to the smart home devices to listen to music streaming farther away from Alexa.

Unless you already have a Bluetooth speaker you want to connect to, search any website for Echo-compatible speakers before you purchase one.

For now, pair Alexa to Bluetooth speaker at a time, but we’re hopefully changing that. Why wouldn’t want the music streaming option right across their home?

Alexa ‘s control of your Bluetooth audio source is not entirely absent though limited. She should generally retain the ability to play, pause, stop, skip back and forth, and adjust the volume, among other basic functions.

If you get into any trouble, make sure your Bluetooth battery is fully charged, and that interference-causing devices are not in the way.

According to Amazon, as well as other Bluetooth devices, baby monitors, and even your microwave can cause interference.

Technically, you might link your devices using cables together but this is not the subject of this article. We’ll have to look at how to connect your Echo Dot to a Bluetooth speaker via WiFi instead.

But first, you should do this:

• Place the Echo Dot speaker and the Bluetooth speaker where they’ll be at least 3 ft apart.
• It’s not entirely necessary but use a Bluetooth speaker that has been approved for use with Echo devices to achieve the best results.
• Turn the Bluetooth speaker on, and turn the volume to the desired decibel.
• Ensure you’ve downloaded and installed the Alexa app on your smartphone or laptop. This app is important for the pairing process.