Alexa gets room to room intercom support between echo devices.
Alexa room to room communication.
By chaim gartenberg cgartenberg jun 26 2017 4 35pm edt share this story.
First create a group to house the echo devices you want to include in the multi room playback.
Once your speakers are named say alexa drop in on the living room.
It will happen automatically and the person in that.
How to fix alexa playing music on the wrong device.
Let alexa help your household and family stay better connected.
Turn on the communications switch.
Initiate a drop in.
For example use names like the kitchen the living room and the kids room.
Turn your devices and the alexa app into an intercom.
You can do this using the alexa app.
The drop in feature available in the alexa app and through alexa voice commands is a communication tool that functions like a two way radio.
With this setup you can drop in on the kitchen by saying to any other echo in the house.
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If you re using one of the echo devices simply say alexa drop in on the living room or alexa drop in on the office or wherever you ve got the other echo devices set up.
You can also call almost anyone for free or send personalized voice messages.
To talk to another room which has an echo dot named master bedroom for example just say something like alexa drop in on master bedroom the device in that room will chime and its.
This last part is relatively easy.
Alexa drop in on living room your bedroom.
Multi room audio lets you control music playback on echo speakers.
If you re asking alexa to play music on an echo device in one room but another alexa enabled device starts playing music somewhere else there are a few solutions to try.
Go to the settings for each echo device and give it a room name such as living room kitchen or office.
Then just ask alexa to play music on the group and the sounds are piped to all the devices in that.
That way when you ask alexa to drop in or call the echo the voice instructions sound completely natural.