Alexa Multi Room Audio

Alexa multi room with echo speakers is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to have an integrated smart sound system.

Alexa multi room audio.

To use multi room audio all you have to do is say where you want your music to play using the group you created during setup. Spotify and siriusxm aren t supported yet though amazon tells us that both are in the works. While amazon s echo range of speakers can t match sonos for sound quality or apple airplay 2 for versatility the alexa voice assistant has at least learned the art of playing music in time across devices on. Wifi and bluetooth 5 0 hifi music multiroom streaming audio receiver board with home stereo system for diy speaker up2stream pro v3 4 2 out of 5 stars 44 49 99 49.

First as of now alexa s multiroom audio only supports amazon music iheartradio tunein and pandora. You can now have echos in multiple groups at the same time. Alexa play lady gaga downstairs will prompt all of your grouped devices to blare bad romance perfect for an impromptu dance party. Finally customers can also use alexa cast to cast music to any alexa built in soundbar or avr from any alexa cast compatible mobile app.

Multi room audio systems have been big business in tech for the last few years in no small part thanks to the success of sonos. Use the present group names or select custom name and create your own name. Use the alexa app to create a multi room music group. For multi room music to work you ll need to have an echo echo dot or echo show echo tap and fire tv aren t supported and neither are third party speakers on our the best alexa speakers.

Polk audio and sony ht zf9 third party alexa enabled speakers can be part of an echo multi room group and amazon have published an article on how this might be achieved so i d expect sonos to be working on it. The polk audio command bar is a soundbar. And if you decide to splurge a little on sonos a dedicated alexa skill will allow you to control these speakers seamlessly. Audio from video content does not play on multi room music groups.

This video is about amazon echo multi room music update. This is my 43. Select and set up multi room music.