You can also control volume on either unit from either unit by using the name of the device: I may be upstairs and the music downstairs is too loud, so I’ll say “Alexa, turn down the volume downstairs.” It works. Alexa’s proximity sensors will know where you want to play the music. If I am downstairs I can tell Alexa to play music without specifying “downstairs” and the same goes upstairs. I named the echo “downstairs” and I named the dot “upstairs”. The only group I have set up is “everywhere”. This is the exact setup that I have: Echo in living room (downstairs) Dot in bedroom (upstairs). I have tried resetting and starting over still will only play one or the other but not both? Frustrated!! I have another group set up and no problems. MORE: For more Alexa-related tips, tricks, and how-tos, check out our complete guide to Alexa.Ģ0665911 said:Trying to link echo and echo dot,will not recognize the group,worked once then stopped.

While it may not have the level of integration with music services that Sonos offers, Alexa’s Multi-Room Music is one the most affordable ways to play the same song through the entire house-and you can do it all with your voice. So if you start playing music on the kitchen Echo, you can stop it from the bedroom Echo. You can control music playback from any of the speakers in the group. If you want to play a Pandora Station, you can say “Play ” on Pandora on. You can also specify an artist or playlist to play on the group. ” This will only work if you have Amazon Music set as your default music service-Spotify isn’t supported yet. Once the group is set up, you can play music by saying “Play music. To remove a speaker from a group, select its group under 'Speaker Groups' in the Smart Home Control tab. Select the ones you want to include in this group, then click “Save.” Note that each speaker can only be part of a single group.ĥ. You’ll see your Echo units that can be a part of a group listed.

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