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    Amazon Echo: The Ultimate Guide to Setting up and Maximizing Your Smart Home hub
    Amazon Echo: The Ultimate Guide to Setting up and Maximizing Your Smart Home hub
    Amazon Echo: The Ultimate Guide to Setting up and Maximizing Your Smart Home hub
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    Amazon Echo: The Ultimate Guide to Setting up and Maximizing Your Smart Home hub

    By Antony Lee

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    The Amazon Echo can easily be mistaken for a Bluetooth speaker. While you can use it as one, there is more it can do than its appearance portrays.

    The Echo is a personal digital assistant. And it's powered by Alexa, which lives in the cloud and is maintained by Amazon. Alexa can read more.

    Alexa requires internet connectivity for functionality. Alexa is powered by the cloud for real-time synching. Current models do not have inbuilt batteries yet since but amazon has hinted going the battery direction in the future

    Alexa is always listening to a wake word, which is Alexa. And she springs to action the moment she hears her name.

    The Echo has not been blessed with a lot of buttons, this makes sense since it is meant to be operated by voice. At the top, you will find two buttons. The one with the mic is for muting the microphone. Press it and Alexa will go to sleep. The second button is the action button. Press this when you want to give Alexa a command without having to use the wake word.

    Also at the top are 7 microphones which are hidden. These can pick sound from any direction. And they have excellent noise filters to enable them to hear voice from across the room. Even when the Echo is playing music, these microphones will hear your voice clearly.

    Another feature worth knowing is the volume ring also at the top, and its presence is less obvious. As the name suggests, this is used to raise or lower the volume. Turning it clockwise raises the volume and turning it counter-clockwise lowers the volume.

    The moment you turn your Echo on, you will immediately notice its colorful light ring at the top. A blue light means the Echo is awake and you can talk to it. A cyan light will point in the direction the Echo believes your voice is coming from. If you see orange, your Echo is connecting to the internet. And if you see purple, know that it has encountered an error. When changing the volume, the light will turn white. And when you mute the mic, it will turn red.

     Inside the Echo is a 2.5'' woofer and a 2'' tweeter. The sound from these speakers is obviously not that impressive. Still, it's enough for casual music listening. And as far as talking with Alexa goes, it is simply awesome. With the volume turned all the way up, the Echo is uncomfortably loud.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThang Nguyen
    Release dateAug 18, 2018
    ISBN9781386329336
    Amazon Echo: The Ultimate Guide to Setting up and Maximizing Your Smart Home hub

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      Amazon Echo - Antony Lee

      1. Introduction

      The Amazon Echo can easily be mistaken for a Bluetooth speaker. While you can use it as one, there is more it can do than its appearance portrays.

      The Echo is a personal digital assistant. And it’s powered by Alexa, which lives in the cloud and is maintained by Amazon. Alexa can read more.

      Alexa requires internet connectivity for functionality. Alexa is powered by the cloud for real-time synching. Current models do not have inbuilt batteries yet since but amazon has hinted going the battery direction in the future

      Alexa is always listening to a wake word, which is Alexa. And she springs to action the moment she hears her name.

      The Echo has not been blessed with a lot of buttons, this makes sense since it is meant to be operated by voice. At the top, you will find two buttons. The one with the mic is for muting the microphone. Press it and Alexa will go to sleep. The second button is the action button. Press this when you want to give Alexa a command without having to use the wake word.

      Also at the top are 7 microphones which are hidden. These can pick sound from any direction. And they have excellent noise filters to enable them to hear voice from across the room. Even when the Echo is playing music, these microphones will hear your voice clearly.

      Another feature worth knowing is the volume ring also at the top, and its presence is less obvious. As the name suggests, this is used to raise or lower the volume. Turning it clockwise raises the volume and turning it counter-clockwise lowers the volume.

      The moment you turn your Echo on, you will immediately notice its colorful light ring at the top. A blue light means the Echo is awake and you can talk to it. A cyan light will point in the direction the Echo believes your voice is coming from. If you see orange, your Echo is connecting to the internet. And if you see purple, know that it has encountered an error. When changing the volume, the light will turn white. And when you mute the mic, it will turn red.

      Inside the Echo is a 2.5’’ woofer and a 2’’ tweeter. The sound from these speakers is obviously not that impressive. Still, it’s enough for casual music listening. And as far as talking with Alexa goes, it is simply awesome. With the volume turned all the way up, the Echo is uncomfortably loud.

      Setting Up Your Echo

      The first thing to do after getting your Echo is to download the Alexa app onto your smartphone or tablet. While Alexa is smart, she still needs you to have access to a screen for setup and other things. The app works with fire OS, iOS, and Android. But you can also use a web alternative as long as you have access to a desktop browser.

      Search for the app on Google Play, Apple App Store, or Amazon Appstore. Or, visit http://alexa.amazon.com with your browser.

      When you plug in your Echo for the first time, a small light will turn on next to where you insert the power cord. The light ring at the top will first turn blue and then orange. Remember, orange means your Echo is ready to connect. If for some reason the light turns purple, hold down the Action button for 5 seconds and you will see the orange light again.

      On your phone, go to Wi-Fi settings. You will find a network named Amazon-XXX. Connect to this network. Open the Alexa app and you should land in configuration. However, in case you do not, click the Menu Icon in the upper left corner and select Settings.

      If you purchased the Echo using your Amazon account, you should see your name (Yourname’s Echo). Select that. Otherwise, select Set up a new device.

      Next, input your Amazon login details and agree to Alexa conditions. You will then be prompted to select a Wi-Fi network the Echo should use.

      If everything went well, your Echo will be ready for use at this point. And it will tell you that it is connected. Try saying Alexa, what’s the weather today?

      Choose the Echo’s Wi-Fi link, which is a thing like Amazon-55M and pair to it. Next, and just then, should you start the Amazon Echo app to commence the setup. The app should leap right toward the installation method, however, if it doesn’t only touch on the list symbol (the three bands on the top left edge of the app) and choose Settings

      In the Settings list you can pick up one of couple forms: if you bought the Alexa on your Amazon statement, hence it should state [Your Title]’s Echo and then you can choose that. But if you received the Alexa as a present, acquired it, or didn't individually buy it, you can choose Configure new gadget.

      At this time, paired with the Echo’s ad-hoc interface and amidst the app up and operating, the remainder is

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