Amazon’s personal voice assistant Alexa beholds a plethora of useful functionalities. Playing your preferred music, creating a to-do list, setting up an alarm, getting real-time information related to traffic and breaking news are just some of the noteworthy ones. Likewise, there is another petty nifty feature that not many might be aware of. You could also use Alexa as an intercom device.
Similar to how an intercom device is able to carry out one-way or two-way communications with ease, the same is the case with the offering from Amazon. Using two of its handy functionalities in the form of Drop-In and Announcement, you will able to mimic the functionality of an intercom in its entirety. All that is needed is an Alexa enabled device such as Echo and then you could easily use it as an intercom. Here are all the required instructions in this regard.
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How to Use Alexa as an Intercom
Before listing out the instructions, let’s make you aware of both these features. First off, the Drop-In feature allows you to get in touch with other users without them having to pick up your voice or video call. It will automatically connect to them and you could start off the conversation, Likewise, you could also be able to listen to the audio surrounding the listener’s speakers. This Drop-In hence is a two conversation.
However, if you only wish to initiate a one-way talk such as broadcasting a message, then you may take the help of the Announcement feature. As is evident from its name, it allows you to broadcast your message to all the connected speakers (rather than one specific speaker as was the case with Drop-In). So with this, you might have got a perfect idea of both these features. Let’s now turn our attention to how to use Alexa as an intercom using both these features.
