Can you connect echo dot to iphone

Best answer: Both the iPhone and iPad play nice with Amazon's entire lineup of Echo smart speakers. As long as the device uses Amazon Alexa, compatibility is guaranteed.

Flagship: Amazon Echo (4th Generation) (opens in new tab) ($100 at Amazon)

Premium choice: Echo Studio (opens in new tab) ($199 at Amazon)

The baby: Echo Dot (4th Generation) (opens in new tab) ($40 at Amazon)

Screen time: Echo Show 5 (opens in new tab) ($40 at Amazon)

Apple + Amazon

Apple and Amazon are competitors. Despite this, in recent years, they've learned to work together better (within reason) for the greater good. Nowhere is this more apparent than when it comes to Amazon's Echo devices finally gaining support for Apple Music in late 2018.

With this compatibility, you can now tie Apple's music subscription service to the Amazon Alexa app. In doing so, you can play your favorite Apple Music titles to your Amazon Echo products. Before this, you could only tie together the two through Bluetooth, which came with limitations.

Thanks to this compatibility, you can ask Alexa to play songs, artists, albums, or genres from Apple Music. You can also play Beats 1 radio, playlists from Apple Music's editors, or playlists in your iCloud Music Library. Say something like "Alexa, play Pop Throwback on Apple Music," or "Alexa, play Cass McCombs on Apple Music."

You can also listen to Apple Music in stereo or across multiple rooms by adding a Multi-Room Music group in the Alexa app. Apple Music for Alexa is currently available only in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.

Your Echo product and iPhone don't just make beautiful music together. You can also use the Alexa app to introduce Amazon Skills to your home. These third-party applets help your Amazon Echo to respond to thousands of commands that cover a wide array of tasks. For example, you can use Skills to get movie times or track packages, control home automation devices, tell jokes, and much more.

Fun fact

Did you know you can now use Amazon Alexa on your iPhone without an Echo product in your home? Indeed you can! Since 2018, this has been an option in the Amazon Alexa app for iOS. To get started, you'll first need to give Alexa permission to access your iPhone microphone and location by pushing on the Alexa button in the app.

To ask Alexa a question after that, you'll need to use the same button. As long as your iPhone has internet access, Alexa will answer your questions. If you're in your home, those questions are responded to directly from your Amazon Echo. Otherwise, the response comes through the Alexa app.

Are you looking for more? Amazon Alexa is also baked into the Amazon shopping app so you can order stuff just by using your voice.

Lots of choices

It seems each passing year brings with it new Amazon Echo devices with Amazon Alexa baked in. Since the first Amazon Echo launched in 2014, Amazon has introduced other smart speakers and speaker-related products with Amazon Alexa built-in. The voice assistant is also found on third-party products too which also work with iOS devices.

Can you connect echo dot to iphone
Our pick

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Amazon Echo

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$100 at Amazon (opens in new tab)

The original, only better

Now in its second-generation, the Amazon Echo lets you play music, read the news, set alarms and timers, answer questions, control compatible smart home devices, and much more.

It's also a hub

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Amazon Echo Plus

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Premium sound and more

The Echo Plus offers a built-in Zigbee hub to set up and control your compatible smart home devices easily. It also provides improved sound versus the Amazon Echo.

Little one

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Amazon Echo Dot

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Tiny, but powerful

Don't let its small size fool you; the Amazon Echo Dot is a powerful device despite its size. Amazon's most popular smart speaker, the Echo Dot is often on sale during holidays.

How do I connect my Echo to my iPhone?

How to pair an iPad or iPhone to your Amazon Echo Alexa.
Open the Alexa app. ... .
Then select your Echo from the list. ... .
Then tap the "Pair a New Device".
Press your device home button and open up the iOS Settings app, then select Bluetooth. ... .
In MusicStreamer your Alexa should already be selected as the playback device..

Why won't my echo dot connect to my iPhone?

For iOS phones: Turn off Bluetooth on your phone and then turn it on. Restart your smartphone. Go to your Echo Auto settings in the Alexa app and forget the device. Then go to your phone's Bluetooth settings to check if your phone is connected to Echo Auto.

Can you use an echo dot as a Bluetooth speaker?

Amazon's Echo smart speakers are best known for the Alexa voice assistant that powers them, but they can also function like any other Bluetooth speaker to play music, podcasts and other audio programming from your smartphone, tablet and other Bluetooth-enabled devices.

Does Amazon Echo work with iPhone?

Best answer: Both the iPhone and iPad play nice with Amazon's entire lineup of Echo smart speakers. As long as the device uses Amazon Alexa, compatibility is guaranteed.