For example, grouping three bedroom speakers together and naming the group 'upstairs' will allow you to simply ask Alexa to, "play Pink Floyd upstairs". (Image credit: Amazon) Amazon Echo multi-room: how does it work?Īs it stands, if you have two or more Amazon Echo speakers, you can 'group' them together to play music simultaneously across multiple speakers. So how does the Amazon Echo multi-room range compare to existing alternatives? How does it work? And which products are compatible? Let's find out.
Group two or more speakers together and you can play music on them simultaneously.īut recently Amazon has become more serious about its multi-room ambitions, not only growing its Echo range but also focussing more on making them work together.
In the last few years, Amazon’s Echo range has comprised a handful of speakers, all of which have, since summer 2017, been able to work in a multi-room capacity. That includes excellent products such as the Sonos One, Sonos Beam, Bang & Olufsen Beosound A1 (2nd gen) and Ultimate Ears Megablast speakers, and that's just for starters. Read on to discover everything you need to know about the Amazon Echo range.Īmazon has licensed Alexa to other hardware brands (including Sonos) since the voice assistant’s inception in 2014, helping the Alexa ecosystem grow to over 20,000 Alexa-compatible devices from more than 3500 brands. The proof: the Echo Dot – the smallest and cheapest Alexa speaker – has reportedly become the best-selling smart speaker ever.
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