Does Alexa Need WiFi? How To Connect

Amazon’s Alexa ranks right high when it comes to smart home assistants. Today, you can find millions of homes in America fitted with Alexa. It can help you do a barrage of activities. So, does Alexa need Wi-Fi?

Yes, Alexa requires a stable internet connection for you to be able to access all the several features that come with it. Besides, you can make use of Alexa as a mobile hotspot or as a Bluetooth Speaker without Wi-Fi. Here we will try and explain to you why Alexa needs Wi-Fi to work and how you can get it to work when you do not have access to Wi-Fi in your home.

I can assure you that once you have finished reading this post, you will find out how to do it easily.

Will Amazon Alexa Work Without Wi-fi?

But what can Alexa do when not connected to the internet? It cannot do cool things such as playing your favorite music but can do basic things for you.

For example, it can connect you to Alexa in some other house or can tell you the date and time. You can set alarms and reminders all without using the internet.

If you want to know more about this, then ask your Alexa what it can do when it’s offline? As we have got the answer to our first question, now we move to another question i.e., ‘How to Connect Alexa to Wi-Fi?’

Here, you should note one important thing, WiFi is not only meant by the router but for mobile hotspots as well.

How To Connect Alexa to WiFi, With or Without the App

Open the Alexa app on your phone. At the bottom of the right-side screen, click on the Devices option.

Select Echo & Alexa option from the top right corner. Select the device that you want to connect to Wi-Fi

And if you do not have a Wi-Fi connection, you can connect the Alexa Device using your phone’s hotspot as well.

Here are the steps how you can do it:-

• Open your smartphone, and go to Settings.
• Under the Network Settings option, click on Hotspot and Tethering and set up your mobile hotspot.
• Once this is done, open the Alexa app and select Echo & Alexa option from there.
• Find your Alexa device.
• For completing this process, select the change option next to the Wi-Fi network option available there.
• Follow the instructions being shown on your screen and select your mobile hotspot’s name from there (the name which was earlier shown on your Hotspot and Tethering step and enter the password that you have set).
• Now your Alexa device is connected to your phone’s hotspot.
• Ask Alexa to search a few things to make sure your internet is working fine.

Make Alexa A Bluetooth Speaker

If you are facing issues in connecting Alexa with your mobile phone’s hotspot, then you can make it a Bluetooth speaker and play music from your phone.

• Open your smartphone and turn on the Bluetooth option under the Pairing option in Settings.
• If you are an iPhone user, then go to settings. Select the Bluetooth option, turn on Bluetooth and scroll down to ‘Other Devices’.
• For switching on Bluetooth on the Alexa device, use the voice command option. Just say “Alexa turn on Bluetooth” or “Alexa pair”.
• The Alexa device will then appear in the pairing list on your smartphone.
• Tap on the device’s name and it will pair itself. Now you can play music from your phone similar to a Bluetooth speaker.

Does Alexa need wifi to play music?

Yes. Your Alexa device needs a wifi connection to play music. For doing cool things, such as playing music or calling a friend, the device needs to be connected to a wifi connection.

But, you can play music while Alexa is not connected to Wi-Fi by connecting it to your smartphone’s Bluetooth network.

Does Alexa need wifi to work?

While Alexa can do a few basic tasks, it needs wifi to function properly. Since your Alexa device can be controlled through voice command, it needs wifi to use the artificial intelligence system i.e., Natural Language Processing (NLP).

This field helps machines understand what we want them to do by processing our sentences through a neural network.

Then these signals are sent to the Amazon web servers to get the best possible result for your command. As all this process needs to be done in a fraction of seconds, it requires wifi to execute the command.

Does Alexa need wifi for Bluetooth?

No, a Bluetooth connection is not required for connecting Alexa to Wi-Fi. If your Alexa device ids not connected to Wi-Fi, then you can use the Bluetooth option and turn Alexa into a Bluetooth speaker. You can connect it to your phone’s Bluetooth and play music.

Does Alexa need wifi for the alarm?

NO, Alexa does not need wifi for the alarm. It can perform a few basic tasks without needing the internet. Setting alarms and reminders is one on the list.

Final Talk

While Alexa can work without needing a Wi-Fi connection, it becomes a semi-smart device as its functions are limited then. For using Alexa to its fullest, it is recommended that you have a strong Wi-Fi connection at your home.

You can also use your mobile phone’s hotspot, but it will reduce the speed as the data packets would have to travel through one more device.