Over the past six months tech companies have been battling it out to connect digital assistants to your tv.
Alexa drop in on the living room.
Initiate a drop in.
Only one alexa enabled device from the device group connects.
Make sure any other connected devices such as lights thermostats speakers etc in that room are also added to the group.
Use drop in to.
Drop in use drop in to create an instant connection to other alexa devices in your household like a two way intercom.
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.
To test this try standing in a room where you have just created an alexa enabled group and say alexa turn on the lights.
Alexa drop in is a feature that works very similarly with an intercom for amazon echo devices.
Alexa drop in on the living room alexa call 844 582 5392.
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.
It will happen automatically and the person in that room will hear three chimes before the call is connected.
For example say alexa drop in on the living room to easily check in on your family.
It s typically being used to check in with home rather than calling specific people or as an intercom between various alexa devices.
Have a two way conversation by connecting to one of your alexa enabled devices drop in on kitchen.
Go to the settings for each echo device and give it a room name such as living room kitchen or office.
Previously drop in messages could only be sent to from one alexa enabled device to another.
Add the echo in that room to the group.
This last part is relatively easy.
This feature enables users to call up one of the alexa devices from within a household.
Connect to a specific device group drop in on living room.
At t calling with alexa joins the suite of existing alexa communication features including.
Alexa unlock the front door alexa dim the living room lights.