How to Connect Alexa Amazon Echo Dot to multiple Bluetooth Speakers

Hi, this video shows you how you can get the Amazon Echo Dot to connect to multiple Bluetooth speakers at the same time so you can do multi room audio.
Normally the Echo Dot will only connect to one Bluetooth device at a time but by using Bluetooth Transmitters via the 3.5mm aux jack on the back of the Echo Dot you can connect up to numerous Bluetooth speakers and devices at the same time.
You can also then use the Echo Dot 3.5mm aux output and the Bluetooth at the same time so you can connect up an old music system and newer Bluetooth speakers/headphones.
Many thanks Vince

[@AbominationRealm]

You sir have given me so many ideas love your work thank you

[@fleetoftheunrivaled6167]

THANK YOU! I was searching for ways to connect multiple bluetooth speakers at once without too much wiring

[@donnyboy1972]

Fantastic help this mate thanks. I've wanted to play music off my mobile phone via Bluetooth(rather than use amazon music) and also through a Bluetooth speaker at same time, bought the double transmitter you show at beginning and soon had it working. I found that if I connect 2 Bluetooth speakers u can still go into Bluetooth on phone and connect and it still plays through both speakers is that cos the tiny gadget is transmitting to both speakers and echo is receiving phone. Either way glad it works. Only thing I need to do is get a 2nd better speaker as older one doesn't sync correctly so they're out by a tiny amount for each other. Seen post on here explaining why. Nice one

[@kevinwright3287]

Very helpful. Exactly what I needed to know. Thanks Vince

[@ItsTheDirk]

Great idea! It's so simple, obvious yet not expensive.

[@TomMarkel-gplus]

Thank you as this is something I needed for my Echo and Dot2.

[@aristweed]

FINALLY A SHORT AND TO THE POINT VIDEO (UNLIKE YOUR 41MIN VID I JUST WATCHED)... THANK YOU! GREAT TUTORIAL AND IDEA! :)

[@butterflyalonna44]

Thank you so much. I had that receiver for a year and it didn’t work for the back of my tv but i connected it to my echo dot and now it works beautifully for what I need it for

[@carolmercedes283]

Thank you this was great and I will be trying it out.

[@peteros9555]

Just discovered your channel, I like the way you explain things. Keep it coming please! Just subscribed :-)

[@MySetDancer1]

Very well done with no wasted time or fluff. But the ad . . .

[@oshewbaba2452]

my mate Vince I like all your videos

[@Locutus709]

Hi. Thank you for your great video and nice idea to connect to a lot of BT speaker. :)

[@user10cool]

Hahaha this is right up my alley. Great upload!

[@calumbowie7833]

Nice just found your channel and found it useful. As a new viewer I hope you dont mind me passing this on. Pretty sure you will already know this, but if you or anyone else watching really needs all the Bluetooth speakers to be in sync you will need a AptX Low Latency Bluetooth transmitter, this will just about give you a lossless sound. For this to work at it's best the receiving Bluetooth speakers must also support AptX low latency. I found this out recently when I wanted to set up the rear surround speakers from my AV system to be wireless/bluetooth and soon discovered a delay in the sound. I also had to use a small amp to power the speakers but the result is pretty good for my needs.

[@yongxu9761]

Calum Bowie

[@donnyboy1972]

Calum Bowie brilliant helpful advice thanks. I've got a decent denon bluetooth speaker that has that capability but the other cheap one doesn't so they're slightly our of sync with each other as you said so I'm looking at getting a 2nd speaker with aptx feature that my denon has. Thanks

[@jeffmee763]

Hi vince just bought one the one that runs 2 speakers as it got a good range thanks Jeff

[@DieselAries]

I currently have a work light in my garage w blue tooth speakers in the ceiling. Only one will connect to blue tooth currently at a time off my iPhone. Will the splitter that allows two connections sync up evenly if the speakers are near each other?

[@SteveJackson1969NCHS]

Brillant! Thanks for sharing. I was curious about the first Bluetooth to devise, the one that could transmit to 2 USB devices. If I use this one would I get rid of the delay problem?

[@erniestammers5121]

Hi Vince, great channel, it certainly is helping my wife and I to get to grips with all of this technology stuff. One question though, what is the device you used to connect the Anker speaker and the Echo dot remote? is it on Amazon UK? I might have mentioned that we are both in our 70's and with my wife's disabilities this has enabled her to get more from technology, we have already added two Wi-Fi smart sockets which help with her bed side and standard lamps etc. Many thanks again. (We have the Echo Dot generation 2 bought Christmas 2017.)

[@WildlifeObsessed]

Can I install an Amazon Echo upstairs and Link (guess that means synch) it with speakers that are downstairs ? Or would it be better to have an Echo Dot downstairs synch'd with said speakers (downstairs). 2 separate Systems (or can one synch the two Echo Units - NB. one is upstairs and the 2nd in downstairs. It's a big old House, so a bit unusual.

[@Lachlant1984]

That's very inventive, the latency is noticeable but that's just the nature of the Bluetooth beast. Pretty cool idea though.

[@SgtPepper69]

Wanted to know how to play music from my phone via Bluetooth to amazon echo & echo dot at same time & now i know..thanks

[@JuliaTS18]

Hi. Thanks for the video. If I purchase a splitter & the 2 in 1 transmitter can I then connect one speaker via aux cable and also have 2 bluetooth speakers all playing too?

[@solidgalaxy3339]

I have been looking for this, thank you so much

[@garethduffy3083]

well done music everywhere for a fraction of the cost

[@mjq1602]

This may be of some interest. Looking at 2 new 3rd gen echo dots to pair for stereo. Disappointingly I hear that if you connect to tv through Bluetooth they won't play in stereo. I wonder if these bluetooth transmitters might be a work around?

[@danloyol]

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing. Dan.

[@iniabellgallardo9574]

Hello. I tried doing this with two identical Bose Soundlink Revolve + and purchased the same rec/transmitter you show on the video and can't get them to work. Can you help?

[@matthewrichards88]

What a brilliant idea. Just thinking out loud here, but what about an FM transmitter, like what we use for cars? I bet the sync would be pretty good, and you could have radios all over the house easily

[@GA0907]

If you use the same blu tooth model, x multiple , do they sync ?

[@Cruzanful]

I'm having trouble pairing the taotronics tt-ba01 to my echo. Any help will greatly be appreciated.

[@jjseandxcefree]

can you set up echo dot with wired speaker (thru 3.5mm plug) AND Bluetooth simultaneously? I know you can do it independently...but i want to run my wired speaker and have a Bluetooth as a satellite...

[@5577Edwards]

If I use a transmitter to include my twoBose speakers, will the sound still come out of my Echo as well?

[@dajackal7880]

hi vince thanks for the video, sorry to sound dumb but what exactly would I need? I have 2 echo dots and 2 Bluetooth speakers id like to have the audio synced together but in separate rooms, so if I'm in the living room and I say elexa what is the time for example. I want elexa to respond at the same time to each speaker in different rooms! sorry to be a pain I just want to order the correct adapters etc from amazon today! thanks again pal..

[@brookeletourneau2557]

If I purchase the Bluetooth transmitter for one HK Onyx speaker do I have purchase another transmitter for my second HK Onyx speaker? Does each Bluetooth speaker need a transmitter?

[@Sajjatayaan]

Can we connect the Bluetooth speakers using aux cables directly into the 6 way audio splitter, instead of using the transmitter?

[@richardburrows2057]

Try to pair devices as in your video they did pair but there’s a lot of static. Any suggestions?

[@AndrewGlasgow2020]

What speaker and headset did you use for the two syhnchronised devices? Are they both Bluetooth 5.0 aptX-LL?

[@MikeyCasasola]

do the speakers ever have to be re- paired and turned on each time you use it or can it be on all the time?

[@travishuynh9721]

No pair but yes you hav to turn on

[@MrUsaer]

Thanks for the video Vince. Hope someone can give me a quick answer..... I have a 48 year old stereo system that brought back home with me from SE asia ( amp, tuner, and 2 speakers) If I plug in the dot into a my LEFT AND RIGHT input AUX jacks on my amp , will it play STEREO to my old WIRED speakers, or will both speakers only play MONO sound? ALSO, IF the above setup would only allow me to play in MONO to both speakers, would it make any difference if I plugged the dot into a Bluetooth Transmitter and Receiver first, and then output that to my amplifier and speakers?

[@matroossev]

Question. Is it possible to use Echo Dot as a hub. Idea is to have listen some particular radio/tv shows from online which are not supported by tunein. I can use my ipad as source and echo dot as a speaker. But I would like to connect various bluetooth speakers from echo dot by the aux 3.5 and bluetooth transmitters as shown in video. From last video I saw that as soon you connect 3.5 cable the echo dot speaker itself do not work. Just somebody has experience? Before I go and order/buy from shop. Thanks in advance.

[@Mhaelful]

Do you think this would work with the Echo Spot?

[@denishood7258]

Vince I really enjoy your straight forward videos. I notice that you don't put links to the items you demonstrate. You should really look into the Amazon affiliate program, with 84K subscribers you could make some extra income for all of the effort you put in. Thanks again for the assistance

[@Motorrad-Stammtisch]

Cool and very interesting, thx a lot! I try to connect my own smarthome! Do you know a small bluetooth mic, that i can wear like "Captain Kirk"?

[@carlshark161]

Hi iv brought the single transmitter and paired to my one speaker. Echo dot Bluetoothed to the other speaker once I plug the jack in to the dot it switches to the other speaker and disconnects from the other ? Any ideas ?

[@Mymatevince]

Hi, on the Dot it can only work on one or the other so when you use the 3.5mm jack it will override the Bluetooth. Unfortunately it cannot use both at the same time that is why I used the splitter in the video and 2 Bluetooth Transmitters.

[@matthewbaxter3181]

Really cool video thanks for the ideas dude!

[@pwhilby]

How's the range on those transmitter tho?

[@maurhoden]

is it possible to play spotfy music at my echo dot in the bluetooh speaker and P2 connection at the same time, my idea is, conecta the echo dot via P2 connection to my soud player and via bluetooh to my jbl speaker to play the same music in two diferent places. Sorry for my poor english!

[@ianhuang4170]

what about the echo itself? how to make it play sounds at the same time with other speakers?

[@Migoladon]

Ian Huang just say “Alexa play music everywhere”

[@tempfolder1026]

Cool

[@TheYobaztank]

@@Migoladon is that working?

[@frankfitzmaurice2759]

Can connect a Bluetooth Speaker via built-in BT and a wired speaker using the jack? Doesn’t work for me. BT overrides the jack.

[@ranjanbiswas6609]

wanted to know about sound quality after this set up

[@georgeaura]

I still didn't understand how you did this I have a bluetooth transmitter hooked up to my echo

[@jplee3]

Nice! It looks like there's no way to override Alexa's built-in mic and "pass through" a mic from a Bluetooth headset/speaker, right? I wish they would have considered that. It would have made it even more useful.

[@johnkavanaugh8778]

Thanks for the video. I purchased the TaoTronics Wireless 2-in-1 adapter so I can play two speakers simultaneous from my Echo DOT. QUESTION: When I do that I can't hear/use the DOT speaker....even when I turn off 1 or 2 of the external speakers. Is there a way I can still hear the DOT speaker if I want to?Thanks!

[@Mymatevince]

Hi, I don't think there is. Every time you plug that 3.5mm jack in it over rides the DOT speaker. I haven't looked into if there is a way around this or not.

[@johnkavanaugh8778]

Thanks anyway. It's doing just what I wanted do with you setup so I will leave it at that!! THANKS!

[@dajackal7880]

hi vince thanks for the video, sorry to sound dumb but what exactly would I need? I have 2 echo dots and 2 Bluetooth speakers id like to have the audio synced together but in separate rooms, so if I'm in the living room and I say elexa what is the time for example. I want elexa to respond at the same time to each speaker in different rooms! sorry to be a pain I just want to order the correct adapters etc from amazon today! thanks again pal..

[@jeffmee763]

Hi Whats the range like I remember a 3.5 lead which you switch off and on give you details when I find it. Jeff

[@erniestammers5121]

Hi Vince Managed to get my Blue tooth speaker to work (after a lot of faffing about) Bought the device shown at the beginning of your video, but could not get it to "pair" with my echo dot now lost the speaker connection, I had to delete the device and then add the speaker, all I wanted to do was to run two speakers one in the bedroom and one in the living room. I have the same ANKER speakers as you, and same set up. What am I doing wrong??? or is it because I am Old and senile????

[@DK-qz3si]

Great video. Did you get them from Amazon? If so please add a link.

[@RelyksProductions]

I think this is it.... www.amazon.com/TaoTronics-Bluetooth-Transmitter-Connected-Transmission/dp/B00P24XKS8/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1497447171&sr=1-4&keywords=bluetooth+splitter

[@anuragsood9036]

Hi ...Not able to connect my Samsung Soundbar HW-K450 (Bluetooth Ready) with Alexa echo dot via Bluetooth ...Please help

[@rjsymanietz196]

Help, Where do I buy this 5 port adapter(from the video)and what is it called when I search to order it?

[@jpabst4321]

Could I use this device, plugged into TV, then connect two ECHO STUDIO'S to my TV and still use my TV remote to control volume?

[@sam9s]

how would you get windows 11 Bluetooth audio out to 2 echo dot. I tried but windows even though gets connected to both echo dots BUT you can only select ONE echo dot at a time to play the audio coming from Windows 11. I need this so that I can watch a movie on Windows 11 via Netflix and get the audio out to both of my echo dots. Any ideas?

[@craftyquinn8227]

What remote is that for, the dot?

[@enmanuelpina4011]

Hello, could you place the links to buy the multiple transmitters. Thank you

[@johnkavanaugh8778]

What is that 5-way adaptor called?? Any link to where I can find it? Thanks!

[@accordkyd]

www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Headphone-Splitter-5-Pack/dp/B01B50UBVG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1500881816&sr=8-2&keywords=5+port+aux+splitter

[@jamiegallagher3636]

Thanks for the video. Is the only downside that you are limited to the range of bluetooth ? I.E if I have my dot upstairs, would it be able to see my bluetooth speaker down stairs? Any way to combat this? Thanks.

[@Mymatevince]

Hi, yes, you are limited to the range of the Bluetooth but you will often find it can work upstairs to downstairs if the dot is in the room above. A way around it could be to run a long 3.5mm cable from the dot to a more central location in the house and then install the Bluetooth transmitters there to cover a wider range. Also when you have a 3.5mm jack plugged into the back of the dot it totally overrides the dot speaker so you always have to have the Bluetooth transmitters and Bluetooth speakers turned on which is a shame because it could have been designed to allow the dot speaker to always remain on as it is more than adequate for answering commands etc. So I leave the 3.5mm jack unplugged unless I need multi room audio and then I plug it in and have a mixture of wired and Bluetooth devices which I will show in a different video. Thanks.

[@user-wj5kw8dl6g]

My Mate VINCE

[@jeffmee763]

Hi vice is the echo remote bluetooth or wi-fi thanks. Jeff

[@mattking530]

Yes, but once downgrade the audio to analogue (the 3.5mm jack) you can't get the quality back up. What I need is the Dot to automatically switch to latest active Bluetooth input and pass that through to Bluetooth speakers as a the Dot's output (in AptX Bluetooth).

[@artinfinity2082]

nice explanation

[@TheBossGi]

How do I connect the Bluetooth transmitter to the speaker I’m trying to add to Alexa? Yes I plug the Bluetooth transmitter in the aux port in the back of Alexa then how do I connect the Bluetooth transmitter to the separate speaker I want to add? Assuming there’s no phone involved.

[@TinnitusRelief]

Latency is pretty bad with a setup like this. Would be a mess for music...

[@tamiwisehart8879]

Tinnitus Relief ! Iip

[@batintheattic7293]

Great video. I'm still searching for a way to have multiple bluetooth speakers, synchronised and playing together, in the garden. This wouldn't work because they're out of sync with each other. It might work for my rainstorm tracks to drown out the noise from the road. I'd quite like, every now and then, to play music too. As far as I can tell, wired, passive, waterproof computer speaker pairs are not a thing... Else I'd have dots in the electrical cabinets and twin speakers running off them. And there's the first quad bike of the day... :(

[@zacharybonder9347]

Try using the air parrot program. Just discovered it! there might also be phone apps that do the same. happy gardening

[@jerrybudde4587]

This didn't work once I plugged in the tronics to the dot the dot stops casting blue tooth to a second speaker

[@vutukurihimabindu]

Qit good acshely

[@brianavanparys1634]

Can you just use an auxiliary cord and an audio splitter?

[@MichielHoefsmit]

Can't get it working. Either it plays over my Bose via Echo Dot or BT speaker via TaoTronic but not both.

[@hsarem]

same I need a step by step walk through on how he got to this point

[@beam8544]

Does the transmitter work while charging?

[@philipperostin]

You might have a better sync by using 2 identical bt receivers

[@richardbishop8947]

jbl flip4 speakers will connect to each other.You could run 100 speakers if you want.

[@mastersmoker6169]

Kool. Ty

[@r0de0]

Dumb question: If I plug a Bluetooth Transmitter into the Aux port, can I still also use Alexa Dot Echoes own internal Bluetooth, therefore have 2 Bluetooth devices running?

[@Mymatevince]

Hi, no unfortunately not, it will either work on the Bluetooth or the 3.5mm Aux not on both at the same time.

[@AJCoReTV]

Got links?

[@beam8544]

Does it work with multiple Alexas? I want to connect my phone to two Alexas, in order to play music from my phone

[@roxanner8]

thanks!

[@cassandrap31]

Is the audio also playing out of the echo or just the other devices?

[@MrUsaer]

just other devices. The dot speaker itself cuts off once you plug into the 3.5 output jack

[@MattacksRC]

i tired it. it works but not great. also if you use two speakers in one room it sounds bad because its in mono. I gotta have stereo sound man. it still sorta works if the speakers are at least synced up.. which doesnt always happen.

[@21zit]

So far so good

[@andreamitchell4758]

so the bluetooth transmitter only can transmit to 2 bluetooth receiver? or can it do more? and can they be powered with AC , like plugged in to a USB or something or do they have to be charged and only run from battery? also i is i use the alexa built in bluetooth to pair it to a bluetooth speaker ca i still have it paired to my anymote bridge which is an old android phone? they really did do a shitty job with audio routing on these things , plugging in to the aux jack automatically disables the internal speaker there is no option to switch between aux external speaker, internal speaker ,external bluetooth speaker , i should be able to ask it to play on any of those and on any combination of the 3 or all 3 at once

[@tubeDude48]

Again! It would have been nice to have link's to the devices.

[@raunaksaha6659]

U r really awesome

[@graylinwright3600]

Good

[@Swanidhi]

How can I channel the Firestick audio output to Echo bluetooth?

[@MIW_Renegade]

Swanidhi Singh you need to connect through Bluetooth

[@williethier543]

Question (don't know if it's stupid or not): If I were to connect two aux inputs to a main alexa through a splitter, will the sound be distributed proportionally across both speakers? Or will they each play separately?

[@BreakTime10101]

Is there a way to stream from a cell phone to multiple Echo Dots at the same time?

[@davidoabire7951]

I’m interested if you do find an answer for this

[@BreakTime10101]

@@davidoabire7951 I got the Echo Link with a Bluetooth adapter hooked into the Toslink input on the Echo Link. You add the Echo Link to the “everywhere group” in the Alexa app and select “line in distribution” to “everywhere”under settings. Then you can select any audio on your cell phone and Bluetooth it to the Bluetooth adapter hooked up to the Echo Link and it will stream to all of the other Echo speakers throughout the house. Not cheap but this was the easiest way to do it.

[@danielchacreton2401]

I think the echo dots are cheaper than the transmitters. It would be cheaper to buy a bunch of those, and probably easier.

[@ashaquibshaquib7597]

How to buying Amazon subsequent

[@5iTube]

They don't sound synced.

[@user-fs8lz9re2q]

Jonathan Li he just said they won't sounds synced, cause they are not meant to be used around each other.

[@reecetube4837]

Hello! Before I order, I am interested in knowing if I purchase 2 of the dual receivers would it All syncing all 4 device at the exact same time WITHOUT any delay?

[@kaaos242]

The further away from source the speakers are the mire choppy they will get

[@tempfolder1026]

Cool

[@matteuscamilamario]

Y can’t you connect 3 to one Bluetooth transmitter instead of using two?

[@signordon1987]

total cost?