{"id":19410,"date":"2020-06-03T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2579174"},"modified":"2020-06-03T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T15:20:00","slug":"now-all-your-homes-alexa-devices-work-like-an-intercom-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/now-all-your-homes-alexa-devices-work-like-an-intercom-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Now all your home\u2019s Alexa devices work like an intercom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon&#8217;s &#8216;Drop In&#8217; feature now works across the entire house.<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-article_block \">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+ mt-n40\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+ pt-40\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stretch-img  hide@m-\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=95&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-06%2F416977a0-a43e-11ea-bfad-935083071cb2&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=52a8926bafb5d6e2d2645a8cb6a35eb4cc122242\" alt=\"An Amazon Echo device.\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:Now%20all%20your%20home%E2%80%99s%20Alexa%20devices%20work%20like%20an%20intercom;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>Amazon Alexa users can now use the &ldquo;Drop In&rdquo; feature to talk with all of their Echo devices at once,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b\/ref=s9_acss_bw_cg_aeggs_2a1_cta_w?tag=androidpolice-20&amp;node=21213436011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon announced on its blog<\/a>. Previously,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017-05-09-amazon-echo-voice-calls-messages.html\" data-rapid_p=\"2\" data-v9y=\"1\">Drop In messages could only be sent to one other Alexa-enabled device at a time<\/a>&nbsp;&#8212; a user with an Alexa device in the bedroom could &ldquo;drop in&rdquo; on a device in the kitchen and have a two-way conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Now, you can use a device to send a message to all Echo devices in the house at once. This could be helpful with asking group questions like, &ldquo;Does anyone want anything from the grocery store?&rdquo; according to the Amazon blog. To start a group Drop In conversation, you can ask Alexa to &ldquo;Drop In everywhere.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>A similar function has been added to the reminder feature. Users can now choose &ldquo;all devices&rdquo; when setting a reminder for the reminder to be played across all Alexa hardware. To enable the feature for all reminders, go to Settings in the Alexa app, then Reminders and opt into &ldquo;Announce on all devices.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=72705X1521812&#038;isjs=1&#038;jv=14.1.3-stackpath&#038;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadget.com%2Fnow-all-your-alexa-devices-work-like-intercom-195511189.html&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fb%2Fref%3Ds9_acss_bw_cg_aeggs_2a1_cta_w%3Ftag%3Dandroidpolice-20%26node%3D21213436011&#038;xguid=01E5YE4FN93PHEYHZJZ5EMSCYK&#038;xs=1&#038;xtz=-300&#038;xuuid=c27f2c7e3f826fc7f1abf2d92ab1753e&#038;xjsf=other_click__auxclick%20%5B2%5D\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=72705X1521812&#038;isjs=1&#038;jv=14.1.3-stackpath&#038;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadget.com%2Fnow-all-your-alexa-devices-work-like-intercom-195511189.html&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fb%2Fref%3Ds9_acss_bw_cg_aeggs_2a1_cta_w%3Ftag%3Dandroidpolice-20%26node%3D21213436011&#038;xguid=01E5YE4FN93PHEYHZJZ5EMSCYK&#038;xs=1&#038;xtz=-300&#038;xuuid=c27f2c7e3f826fc7f1abf2d92ab1753e&#038;xjsf=other_click__auxclick%20%5B2%5D<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Ann Smajstrla<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Ann Smajstrla<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon&rsquo;s &lsquo;Drop In&rsquo; feature now works across the entire house. Amazon Alexa users can now use the &ldquo;Drop In&rdquo; feature to talk with all of their Echo devices at once,&nbsp;Amazon announced on its blog. Previously,&nbsp;Drop In messages could only be sent to one other Alexa-enabled device at a time&nbsp;&mdash; a user with an Alexa device &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/03\/now-all-your-homes-alexa-devices-work-like-an-intercom-2\/\">Continue reading <span>Now all your home&rsquo;s Alexa devices work like an intercom<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/now-all-your-homes-alexa-devices-work-like-an-intercom-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Now all your home\u2019s Alexa devices work like an intercom - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/now-all-your-homes-alexa-devices-work-like-an-intercom-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Now all your home\u2019s Alexa devices work like an intercom - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Amazon&rsquo;s &lsquo;Drop In&rsquo; feature now works across the entire house. 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