What You Can Use as an Alexa Preferred Speaker
Here is a list (which continues to grow) of some of the devices that you can designate as your Alexa Preferred Speaker:
Alexa Preferred Speaker Setup
With the Alexa app Preferred Speaker feature, you can designate one of your Echo or another Alexa-compatible device as a “default” speaker. After setup, you say, “play music” or “play music from (artist or service)” and it plays that music automatically on the speaker you chose as your favorite for playing music, without any further identification. Here is an example of how to set up an Alexa Preferred Speaker using the Alexa app.
Selecting a Speaker Group as a Preferred Speaker
In addition to selecting an individual speaker as your preferred speaker, you can also select an entire speaker group as your preferred speaker. This means that all of the speakers in a group will play the same music when you say “Alexa, play music (or artist, station, genre, etc…)”
Changing Your Preferred Speaker or Speaker Group
If you want to change your preferred speaker or speaker group, just tap your Alexa device group name in the Alexa app, then tap Edit Preferred Speaker. Tap Devices > Device Group > Select Edit Preferred Speaker > Select a new preferred speaker.
Additional Alexa Preferred Speaker Features
After setting up an Alexa Preferred Speaker, here are some tips to keep in mind when using this feature:
Using playback voice commands: In addition to starting music playback with a simple command without having to identify a specific speaker, you can also use Alexa music playback control commands (volume, pause, stop, resume) with your preferred speaker without having to identify the speaker’s name or location.Alexa Equalizer commands: These may also be available for some devices. This feature allows you to adjust bass, treble, mid-range frequencies or, on select devices, sound modes (may include Movie, Music, Night, Sport, or TV) to improve sound quality.Using another speaker: If you want to play music on another speaker other than your preferred speaker just tell Alexa what you want to play and designate the speaker by name or location as normal. Non-music related commands: Commands such as information requests will still be answered or responded to by the Echo or other devices with Alexa built-in you are specifically addressing.
