In this article, you will learn how to use various voice commands to pair your Bluetooth devices to your Alexa assistant.
Use your Alexa device as a Bluetooth speaker
It is possible to stream the audio of other Bluetooth compatible devices, like your phone, to your Alexa smart speaker.
Connect your phone to your Echo device for the first time
Before streaming audio from your phone to your Echo speaker, you must first pair them together. After that, the connection will be trusted and your Echo device will accept audio from your phone.
Get in range with your Echo.
If you have an Android phone
- Go to Settings
- Turn on Bluetooth
- In the Bluetooth options, under Available devices, find and select your Echo device
- Tap Pair
Now connected to [phone name]
Alexa
If you have an iPhone
- Open the Settings app
- Tap Bluetooth
- In Other Devices, find and select your Echo device
- Pair
Now connected to [phone name]
Alexa
Ask Alexa to pair with your phone
You must now ask Alexa to connect with your phone.
Note that Alexa will only connect to your phone if it was previously paired using the Alexa app/phone setting. If you have several Bluetooth enabled devices, Alexa will try to pair with the last known device it’s connected to.
Alexa, pair Bluetooth
You
Alexa, pair
Alexa, Bluetooth
Searching….
Alexa
Now connected to [phone name]
Alexa
Ask Alexa to disconnect from your phone
If you no longer want to stream your audio to your Alexa speaker.
Alexa, disconnect
You
Now disconnected from [phone name]
Alexa
Alexa will emit a sound to indicate it’s disconnected.
Play Alexa on a Bluetooth speaker
Sometimes the speaker embedded into your Echo device might not be powerful or good enough to play your music nice and loud. All Echo devices let you connect and send their audio to a Bluetooth speaker or a better stereo sound system.
Discover Bluetooth devices
Alexa, discover
You
Starting discovery. This will take a few moment.
Alexa
Power on your new devices now, and if needed, put them in pairing mode.
I couldn’t find any new smarthome devices. You can try again or if you need help connecting, tap Help in the smart home section of the Alexa app.
Alexa
Connect Alexa to a Bluetooth speaker
Alexa, connect to [device]
You
Alexa, connect to my speaker
Now connected to [device name]
Alexa
Disconnect Alexa from a Bluetooth speaker
Alexa, disconnect from [device]
You
Alexa, disconnect from my speaker
Now disconnected from [device name]
Alexa
What if your stereo hasn’t got Bluetooth?
Don’t worry, Echo speakers are equipped with a 3.5 mm audio OUT jack to let you plug in your wired headphones or a sound system.
