The two devices should find one another whenever they’re in range. The Echo may blather some nonsense about telling the speaker to “Add phone” when you next want to connect, but you can largely ignore that. Your Amazon Echo is now your computer speaker. With a dose of luck and a fair wind, your two devices should see one another and form a loving relationship.
Now click “Add Bluetooth or other device” and then click Bluetooth on the next Window that appears. Search for “Bluetooth” in the Windows search bar and open the “Bluetooth and other devices settings” option that should appear in the search results. Now we need to make your Windows device available, the computing equivalent of putting yourself on Tinder. It will start searching for available Bluetooth devices. On the next screen, choose “Pair a new device”. Go to Settings, choose the device you wish to use as a speaker and then select Bluetooth. (Seriously, the process won’t be that different in Windows 8 or even Windows 7.)įirst, go to on your PC’s web browser and log in with your Amazon account details.
I’m going to assume you’re running Windows 10, because I am, you should be, and I’m nothing if not lazy. So how do you use your Amazon Echo as a computer speaker? Use Amazon Echo as a computer speaker in Windows You can also still benefit from the full range of Alexa voice commands and services – the speaker doesn’t become a dumb slave to the computer once it’s connected. If you’ve already got an Echo in your office or computer room, like I have, then it saves you wasting electricity on a separate set of speakers and reduces the jumble of wires on your desk. Firstly, the larger speakers – the £90 Echo and the £140 Echo Plus – have decent sound quality, every bit as good as most of the dedicated PC speakers you can buy for a similar price. Using the Echo for computer audio is a smashing idea for several reasons.
As long as your computer has Bluetooth wireless, you absolutely can use your Amazon Echo as a computer speaker – and we’re going to show you how.
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