Amazon Alexa-enabled devices like the Echo Dot are handy tools that take advantage of the Alexa voice assistant. If you have an old-fashioned stereo system, a device called the Echo Input adds Alexa capabilities to external speakers, allowing you to ask questions, control smart devices, and more. Here's how the Echo Input works and how to set it up.
Amazon Echo Input | Add Alexa to any speaker
The Echo Input is a small, round, internet-connected device that looks like a speakerless Echo Dot. It connects wirelessly to Bluetooth speakers. It’s an option if you have powered speakers, a stereo receiver, or a home theater receiver that has a 3.5mm input jack or an RCA connection. (You may need a 3.5mm-to-RCA cable converter.)
Once you've connected your Echo Input, you can use Alexa voice commands to play music, ask questions, set alarms and timers, add items to a to-do or shopping list, control compatible smart home devices, and check the news, weather, and traffic. It can also communicate with and control other Echo and Fire TV devices.
The Echo Input does not have a volume control. Instead, use Alexa to control the volume in conjunction with the volume control on your speaker system.
