Alexa Drop In On The Living Room

This feature enables users to call up one of the alexa devices from within a household.

Alexa drop in on the living room.

Once your speakers are named say alexa drop in on the living room. Using your bedroom echo dot you can say alexa drop in on living room your bedroom dot will then activate a two way link with the living room dot where your partner is playing music. Use drop in to. Over the past six months tech companies have been battling it out to connect digital assistants to your tv.

Have a two way conversation by connecting to one of your alexa enabled devices drop in on kitchen. Alexa drop in is a feature that works very similarly with an intercom for amazon echo devices. At t calling with alexa joins the suite of existing alexa communication features including. Initiate a drop in.

To test this try standing in a room where you have just created an alexa enabled group and say alexa turn on the lights. For instance one user in the kitchen could drop in on a second device in the living room. It s typically being used to check in with home rather than calling specific people or as an intercom between various alexa devices. It will happen automatically and the person in that room will hear three chimes before the call is connected.

Previously drop in messages could only be sent to from one alexa enabled device to another. Drop in use drop in to create an instant connection to other alexa devices in your household like a two way intercom. Connect to a specific device group drop in on living room. Go to the settings for each echo device and give it a room name such as living room kitchen or office.

For example say alexa drop in on the living room to easily check in on your family. 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. Make sure any other connected devices such as lights thermostats speakers etc in that room are also added to the group. Alexa unlock the front door alexa dim the living room lights.

So how can we get alexa into our living rooms. This last part is relatively easy.