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Amazon Echo Connect for the Home & Office - Reborn 2023-2024!

With the Echo Devices you can make hands-free voice calls to any of your contacts, or video calls to friends and family who have an Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Spot, Echo Show, or the Alexa App. . . .  

. . . and you and your virtual assistant can make calls to any contact and any phone numbers with the addition of Echo Connect.

We have been given access to limited quantities of new Echo Connect Amazon Devices. . . but Amazon has announced some potential support changes coming this month! They are currently showing out-of-stock available at our eBay site - https://www.ebay.com/itm/225800214113  - as of today. Our Echo Connects include the latest installation instructions. These 2024 installation instructions are essential for the these new Echo Connects, and for re-installation of existing Echo Connects. For more info, questions or comments, click on the Chatbot at the bottom right of this page and every page on this website.

Here's some detail on the potential changes after February 29, 2024 from an Amazon.co.uk email:

 

 

"Dear Echo Connect Customer:

This email is to inform you that effective February 29, 2024, your Echo Connect device will no longer be supported. You will no longer be able to make or receive calls on your landline using your Echo Connect device, including emergency calling.

You can still use Alexa-enabled devices to make voice or video calls to anyone who has a supported Alexa-enabled device or the Alexa app, and you can call up to 10 mobile or landline phone numbers in the US, Canada, Mexico and UK (excluding 911, 112, 911 and other emergency numbers) to stay connected to those who do not have an Alexa-enabled device."

Echo connect discontinued : r/amazonecho (reddit.com) has lots of comments from users.

 

 

 

 

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Echo Connect gets Alexa to work with any home or office landline or VOIP line, for inbound and outbound phone calls.

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Our new Echo Connect items are new in original un-opened packaging. They include newly revised 2024 installation instructions . . . using the Alexa app only. These revised instructions are now essential for successful installations or re-installations of current and earlier Echo Connects. 
 
This Amazon Echo Connect is like getting your own voice assistant to make your phone calls . . . and to announce incoming calls . . . via any Alexa device you already have, such as an Echo Dot.
 
With Echo Connect - you can ask Alexa to call any of your contacts by name . . . or place a call by saying a phone number.
 
 . . . Echo Connect works with an existing phone line. . . in an office or home . . . and any Alexa device such as an Echo Dot. It works with a landline phone service (hone or office), and with VoIP phone services, and digital phone services (with appropriate ATA devices) , and it works with the Alexa app . . .  
 
Once you have the item installed and registered to your Alexa account, Amazon can provide limited tech support for you and the item. The alexa.amazon.com web site now just refers you back to the Alexa app.

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Amazon discontinued the Echo Connect in 2022 . . . https://www.google.com/search?&q=Echo+Connect+discontinued  . . . it's not in the main Amazon catalog anymore . . . . . . but fortunately we have some limited quantities of new Connect Devices, and there are some used Amazon Echo Connect devices also available on eBay - Amazon echo connect: Search Result | eBay 

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Initial Installation and Setup of the Echo Connect takes a few more steps now.  Contact us via email or the Chatbot for the latest information. We have a 1-page Setup summary and 10+ pages of extra info (2024).

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  • Amazon Devices - this link gives the current Amazon discount prices and item availability for the Top10.

We've published a YouTube video about . . . Unboxing, installation and initial testing of calls with the Amazon Echo Dot and the Amazon Echo Connect - https://youtu.be/PE2fsyexFeg

Here's some fun/useful key text from the TRANSCRIPT and calls that you can try :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE2fsyexFeg&t=7m31s  at 7 mins 30 seconds

  • okay we're going to make a test call and check voice quality (to Harvard Sentences - Harvard sentences - Wikipedia - https://www.google.com/search?q=is+there+a+number+to+call+for+Harvard+Sentences)
  • Alexa, call 858-651-5050 - eight five eight six five one five oh five oh
  • that's eight five eight six five one five zero five zero right
  • yes
  • calling mountain stream is my idea of a good time after the dance they went straight home . . .
  • Alexa hang up
  • So that's it - a call to Harvard Sentences. . . that's a fun one.
  • Here's another (fun one) hey Alexa, call 301 - 292- 9908
  • that's 301-292 -9908 right
  • yes
  • calling the call you have made requires a coin deposit . . .
  • Alexa hang up
Another helpful test is to say "Alexa call 211" and Echo Connect will connect you to the local 211 Community Services in your area.

Here is list of some other 3-digit numbers that are also available to call - https://nationalnanpa.com/number_resource_info/n11_codes.html

"As Echo Connect uses your existing home or office phone service to make and receive calls, phone service provider charges may apply. Please note that if Echo Connect is used to call emergency numbers like 911, the location information given to the emergency service, if any, may be the address associated with the phone line connected to your Echo Connect, which may not be the same as the location of your Echo device from which you are making the call. Echo Connect will not function in the event of a power or broadband outage or other connectivity issues.

Use of Echo Connect is subject to the Amazon Conditions of Use and all the terms found here. View Privacy Notice here by selecting your country and clicking on "Privacy."

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Echo Connect Size: 
5.1” x 3.5” x 1.2” (130 mm x 90 mm x 29.5 mm)

Weight: 
4.5 oz. (126.9 grams) Actual size and weight may vary by manufacturing process

Alexa App: 
The Alexa App for Echo Connect is compatible with iOS (9.0 or higher) and Android (5.0 or higher).

Wi-Fi Connectivity:
Dual-band Wi-Fi supports 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 and 5 GHz) networks. Does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.

What's Included:
Echo Connect, Power Adapter, Micro-USB Cable, RJ11 Splitter, Phone Cable.
 
What's needed:
Home or office phone service or VOIP, and a compatible Echo Device (like an Echo Dot). WiFi802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 or 5 GHz)

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How to Set Up Your Echo Connect
  1. Plug in your Echo Connect.
  2. Plug one end of the included telephone cable into the back of Echo Connect. Plug the other end into:
    • A standard telephone jack (for landline phone service)
    • A Wi-Fi router (for digital phone service)
    • An Analog Telephone Adapter (for VoIP phone service)
  3. On your mobile device, open the Alexa app .
  4. Open More  and select Add a Device.
  5. Select Amazon Echo, and then Echo Connect.
  6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete setup.

Important Note  Full step by step instructions (updated 2023-2024) for will be shipped with the device. It takes a few steps!

Echo Connect needs to be setup on your Wi-Fi network. The current setup process uses only the current version of Alexa app on your mobile device.

What Do the Lights on Echo Connect Mean?
 Power LED Solid light: The device is getting power.
 Wi-Fi LED Solid light: Wi-Fi is connected.
 • Orange blinking light: The device is in setup mode.
 • No light: Echo Connect isn't connected to Wi-Fi.
 Internet LED Solid light: The device is connected to the Internet.
 • No light: The device isn't connected to the Internet.
 Phone LED Solid light: The phone line is connected.
 • Slowly blinking light: Echo Connect is on a call.
 • No light: Your phone service was not detected.
 • Rapidly blinking light: The line registration failed. 

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Other Notes from Amazon:

  • Connect your home/office phone to your compatible Alexa-enabled device to call any phone number, using just your voice.
  • Echo Connect uses your existing home/office phone service (analog landline or VoIP) to make and receive calls (carrier charges may apply). You can control if Alexa dials a ‘1’ for local calls or not.
  • Plug Echo Connect into your phone jack, complete setup with the Alexa App (not via alexa.amazon.com anymore), and you’re ready to make and receive calls.
  • Sync all your contacts from a smartphone or tablet. Don’t have an existing address book or mobile device? Use alexa.amazon.com to quickly add the contacts you need from any internet-connected PC or Mac.
  • Call contacts and voice dial numbers hands-free. And navigate automated phone systems with your voice.
  • Echo Connect will work with your compatible Alexa-enabled devices.

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 Echo Connect is no longer listed in the main Amazon catalog. Support for it from Amazon is limited. 

Here's an older 6 page User Manual on Echo Connect - https://manuals.plus/amazon/amazon-echo-connect-user-manual.pdf  - Note that the setup instructions on page 2 of this manual are not current. A page of the current full step by step instructions (updated December 2023 and 2024) for will be shipped with our eBay devices. It takes a few steps!

Here are some of the commonly used Echo Connect commands:

Use Alexa to Make Calls with Echo Connect - Ask Alexa to call any contact or phone number supported by your home/office phone service provider. “Call [contact name].” “Call [number].”

Answer or Ignore Calls with Echo Connect - Use your voice to answer or ignore phone calls on your Echo device through Echo Connect. “Answer.” “Hang up.” “Ignore.” Note: Ignoring a call stops the ringing on your Echo devices but other handsets continue to ring. Unanswered calls go to your phone’s voicemail service, if available.


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ith Echo Connect and a compatible Echo device, you can ask Alexa to call anyone using your home phone service—all you have to do is ask.

 


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Don't have an Alexa enabled device (such as an Echo Dot) to work with Echo Connect?  . . . or do you need another one?
 
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Here's a funny Echo application for Seniors from SNL. Let's find similar one for the home office, small office, huddle room and conference room!

Amazon Echo Silver - SNL 6,963,716 views  as of 2017/09 Saturday Night Live Published on May 13, 2017 - The Amazon Echo Silver is specifically designed for the greatest generation (Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Kyle Mooney, Aidy Bryant). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvT_gqs5ETk

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