A little while back I did a post on how to turn your TV on using Alexa and The Harmony Ultimate Remote Hub I have now made a video demonstrating how it actually works !!!
Here is the link to the post on how to set up and enable this skill
https://www.cruxoftech.com/techtips/voiceactivatedtv
Check it out below and leave a comment.
It is now possible and easy to connect your Amazon Echo speakers for multi-room play back,
Here is how;
Make sure you have them all on the same WiFi network, you also need to have Amazon Prime Music or Music Unlimited. To have more than one stream at once you do need to have a family plan with Music Unlimited. Multi-Room playback also supports Pandora, iHeartRadio, SiriusXM, Spotify and TuneIn.
Unfortunately Multi-Room playback is not possible over Bluetooth, if you do have a Bluetooth speaker you will have to connect them using the 3.5mm jack. I tend to connect my phone to the speakers via Bluetooth so this was a small drawback for me.
Now to getting it set up
Go to your Alexa App
Go to Settings
Scroll down to Multi-Room Music
Click on Multi-Room Music
Press on Add Group
Press on Amazon Multi Room Music Group
Name your Group and press Next
Click on all the speakers you want to connect and press save
A screen will up that says Connecting your Echos..
Pretty easy to do, now if you want to add more or delete a speaker
Go to Settings>Multi Room Music>Click on name of group.
Select or deselect which speaker you wan to add or delete and press save.
To play music just say "Alexa play music (Group Name). To play from Pandora for instance, you say Alexa play (radio station) on Pandora on (Group name)
That's all, enjoy.
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