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SMART HOME REVIEW How to Set Up the Echo Spot by MONICA CHIN Jun 8, 2018, 8:38 AM
Like other Alexa-enabled smart speakers, you can use the Echo Spot to control your smart-home devices, read your texts, organize your shopping list, stream music and audiobooks, and call other Echo devices and phone lines. However, with its screen and built-in camera, the Spot can also be used to watch videos, to video chat with friends, and even to “drop in” on family members.
Before you start listening, calling, and connecting your smart home, however, you’ll need to get the device up and running. Here’s our step-by-step guide.
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Plug your Echo Spot into a power outlet via the included adapter. Once it’s plugged in, the Spot’s display will light up with the AmazonPRODU logoCT R andEVIE AlexaWS (the20 1artificially8 HOLIDA Yintelligent GIFT GUI DvoiceE assistantDEALS thatHOW TO FORUM powers Amazon’s smart speakers) will greet you.
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2. Select your language.
On the Spot’s screen, you’ll be prompted to select your language. Options include English (U.S.,U.K.,India,Canada, and Australia), or German.
Alexa can also speak and understand Japanese, but that’s not available in the U.S. yet.
3. Connect to WiFi.
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The spot will now ask you to log into your Amazon account. If you don’t have one, you can quickly $24.99 $44.99 create one on Amazon (you can’t do this on the Spot itself).
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6. Choose a device name. $14.99 $34.99 Name your device. You'll use the built-in touch keyboard.
7. Download the Alexa app.
The Alexa app (available for Android and iOS) allows you to customize more settings on your Echo Spot, if its default settings aren’t your speed. You can download it from the app store.
8. Customize your Echo Spot. https://www.tomsguide.com/us/hot-to-set-up-echo-spot,review-5478.html 3/6 11/29/2018 How to Set Up the Echo Spot
PRODUCT REVIEWS 2018 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE DEALS HOW TO FORUM Once you’re in the app, press the Menu button in the top left corner, then select Alexa Devices and your Echo Spot. Here, you can customize your device’s location, wake word, background, language, sounds, and more. You can also turn on Do Not Disturb, which disables notifications, and Follow- up Mode, which allows you to ask questions without repeating the wake word.
You can also use the Alexa app to connect additional smart home devices to your account. Then, you’ll be able to use your Spot to hit the lights, make a coffee, turn on the TV and much more.
9. Set up the DropIn feature.
Drop In allows your friends with Echo Spots to contact you unsolicited, and is a fun (but kind of creepy) way to check in on your kids, or annoy your roommate. In the Alexa app, you can enable and disable the Echo Spot’s Drop-In feature. Select the menu icon, then Settings, the name of Echo Spot and Communications. Then, you can select “On” or “Off,” or restrict it to members of your household.
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Monica Chin is a staff writer for Tom's Guide, covering artificial intelligence and the internet of things. You can usually find her at poetry slams, attempting to exercise, or yelling at people on Twitter. Contact her at [email protected].
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