Once you’ve typed the WiFi password, tap the gray check mark button at the bottom of the screen, as shown in the last picture. The Spot Alexa WiFi speaker, showing its WiFi Password entry prompt screen, with password field filled in. So we got the star characters as we entered ours. Type in the WiFi password for the internet wireless network you’ve chosen, using the onscreen virtual keyboard, as shown next. But you need not hide the password if you’re alone or do not care if anyone looks sees it over your shoulder. Hiding the password characters makes them show up as stars (*). Skip ahead to the next step if you want to see the password characters appear onscreen as you enter them.īut if you want them hidden, then find the Hide Password option at the top of the screen. Alexa Spot wireless speaker, displaying its WiFi Password Entry screen, with blank field, no password entered yet. Our villasalon network is indeed secured with a password. If your chosen WiFi SSID is a password protected network (as it well should be), the Spot then prompts you for its WiFi password, as shown next. ![]() Tap Desired WiFi Network Entry to Connect Alexa to the Internet ![]() The Alexa Spot smart speaker, showing its Connect To Network screen with the villasalon WiFi network highlighted. This SSID is circled in green, in the picture following. In this demo, we’re going to setup to the villasalon WiFi network on our Echo Spot. Move the speaker closer to that access point / router if this happens. If you don’t see the network you want, then maybe your Alexa is too far away from it. So to find the wireless network you wish to setup your Alexa Spot on, swipe up and down on this screen until you notice it. The Connect To Network screen lists all in range as well as saved WiFi networks. The Alexa Spot speaker, showing its Connect To Network screen. Tapping Network Settings brings up the Connect to Network screen, as shown next, and gives access to the Echo Alexa Spot WiFi settings. Showing a finger swiping up to scroll down through the list of settings. Alexa Spot, displaying its Settings screen. Tap the Network Settings Menu Itemįind the Network Settings option shown in the last picture. The Settings screen then appears, as shown in the next picture. Tap the Settings Buttonįind the Settings button on the Actions menu, as pointed at by the green arrow in the last picture. Continuing to swipe down toward screen center reveals main menu.Īlexa Spot speaker, displaying its Main Menu screen, with the Settings button highlighted. The Actionsmenu then appears as shown next. Bring up the Actions Menuĭo this by swiping down from top of screen. Alexa speaker, front view, showing the local weather. Turn On your Alexa SpeakerĪfter several to ten seconds, a Home Screen appears on our Alexa as shown next. ![]() Why? Because Alexa will not work well on many limited access or closed networks. But you must power ON the speaker must before you begin.Īlso, the network you set up on the Spot must have internet access. Note that you can connect any Alexa speaker to the internet whether or not it successfully connects currently. ![]() Before Starting to Connect Alexa to the Internet The Spot provides all the necessary menus for getting it up and running on the internet. Furthermore, at least for the Alexa Spot speaker, you need neither a tablet nor phone running the Amazon Alexa app, because this speaker has its own touchscreen. Now keep in mind that you need not completely erase your Alexa speaker settings to connect it to the internet on a new wireless network. See the Related Posts section for links to posts that show how to connect most of the other Echo speakers as well. Here, we show how to connect Alexa to internet, using the Amazon Alexa Echo Spot talking video speaker to demonstrate this.
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