{"id":23800,"date":"2020-06-11T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2593602"},"modified":"2020-06-11T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T16:35:00","slug":"amazon-now-lets-you-drop-in-on-all-your-echo-speakers-at-the-same-time-heres-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/11\/amazon-now-lets-you-drop-in-on-all-your-echo-speakers-at-the-same-time-heres-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon now lets you drop in on all your Echo speakers at the same time. Here\u2019s how"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo-307.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-head_meta\">\n<section class=\"row c-assetAuthor \">\n<div class=\"c-assetAuthor_profile pic1\">\n<p class=\"c-head_dek\">The update lets you broadcast your voice on every Echo speaker in your home, which has some big benefits.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-head_meta\">\n<section class=\"row c-assetAuthor \">\n<div class=\"c-assetAuthor_profile pic1\"><span class=\"imageContainer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cnet3.cbsistatic.com\/img\/i6JtJkD4tsQY_0zMIPAryCcOgiU=\/2019\/10\/17\/52ef1289-59bd-4d12-9dc3-c548f00d40fe\/dsc3718-01.jpg\" alt=\"dsc3718-01\" width=\"657\" height=\"439\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-assetAuthor_profile pic1\">\n<p class=\"speakableTextP1\">Your&nbsp;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/the-best-alexa-devices-to-buy-for-2020\/\" data-s-object-id=\"article-body;shortcodeLink\">Amazon Echo<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;is like a second phone &#8212; you can use it to&nbsp;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/put-down-your-phone-and-let-your-amazon-echo-call-and-text-your-friends-instead\/\" data-s-object-id=\"article-body;shortcodeLink\">call and text friends<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;and family. However, it can do something cool your phone can&#8217;t. The Drop In feature lets you use your Echo speaker as an intercom so that you immediately have access to the person you&#8217;re trying to talk to. And now it has a new update that lets you drop in on all your Echo speakers at the same time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakableTextP2\">Before, you could only drop in on one device at a time, but now you can drop in on all the Echo speakers on your account for a group call. It&#8217;s simple to use. Just say, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tags\/alexa\/\" data-annotation=\"true\" data-component=\"linkTracker\" data-link-tracker-options=\"{&quot;action&quot;:&quot;inline-annotation|Alexa|CNET_TAG|283&quot;}\" data-s-object-id=\"article-body;annotation\">Alexa<\/a>, drop in on all devices&#8221; to get started.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dropping in on all devices can be helpful when you&#8217;re out of the house and need to quickly talk to someone at home (you can do this through the Alexa app), or if you want to have a group discussion with everyone in the house about&nbsp;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/skip-the-swiping-and-ask-amazon-echo-to-order-your-pizza-for-you\/\" data-s-object-id=\"article-body;shortcodeLink\">what type of pizza to order<\/a><\/span>. Or maybe you&#8217;re not sure which room someone&#8217;s in, but you need to ask a question. Dropping in on all your Echos can help get the message across faster.<\/p>\n<p>Now that you know how to use this new Alexa feature, did you know that you can also&nbsp;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/turn-your-amazon-echo-into-a-free-tv-speaker-heres-how\/\" data-s-object-id=\"article-body;shortcodeLink\">turn your Amazon Echo into a free TV speaker<\/a><\/span>? There are also&nbsp;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/five-unexpected-uses-for-your-amazon-echo\/\" data-s-object-id=\"article-body;shortcodeLink\">five unexpected uses for your Amazon Echo<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;you should check out and&nbsp;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/6-unusual-alexa-skills-to-try-on-your-amazon-echo\/\" data-s-object-id=\"article-body;shortcodeLink\">six unusual Alexa skills to try on your Amazon Echo<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/the-best-alexa-devices-to-buy-for-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/the-best-alexa-devices-to-buy-for-2020\/<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Katie Conner<\/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>Katie Conner\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo-307.png\" alt=\"\">The update lets you broadcast your voice on every Echo speaker in your home, which has some big benefits. Your&nbsp;Amazon Echo&nbsp;is like a second phone &mdash; you can use it to&nbsp;call and text friends&nbsp;and family. However, it can do something cool your phone can&rsquo;t. The Drop In feature lets you use your Echo speaker as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/11\/amazon-now-lets-you-drop-in-on-all-your-echo-speakers-at-the-same-time-heres-how\/\">Continue reading <span>Amazon now lets you drop in on all your Echo speakers at the same time. Here&rsquo;s how<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/11\/amazon-now-lets-you-drop-in-on-all-your-echo-speakers-at-the-same-time-heres-how\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23800","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>Amazon now lets you drop in on all your Echo speakers at the same time. 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