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Echo Flex – Voice control smart home devices with Alexa
Echo Flex – Voice control smart home devices with Alexa
Echo Flex – Voice control smart home devices with Alexa
Echo Flex – Voice control smart home devices with Alexa
Echo Flex – Voice control smart home devices with Alexa
Echo Flex – Voice control smart home devices with Alexa
Echo Flex – Voice control smart home devices with Alexa
Echo Flex – Voice control smart home devices with Alexa
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Echo Flex – Voice control smart home devices with Alexa

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  • Make any space a little smarter: this plug-in Echo device lets you get help from Alexa in more places in your home.
  • Alexa is always happy to help: manage your day and get instant information. Check weather and traffic on your way out.
  • Voice control your smart home: turn on lights, adjust thermostats, lock doors and more, with compatible connected devices.
  • Connect to external speakers for music: Echo Flex has a built-in mini speaker to hear Alexa, and can connect to external speakers via 3.5mm aux or Bluetooth to play music.
  • Built-in USB port: charge your phone or add an optional third-party accessory like a nightlight or motion sensor.
  • Keep your family in sync: use your Alexa devices like an intercom and talk to any room in the house with Drop In and Announcements.
  • Designed to protect your privacy: built with multiple layers of privacy protection and control, including a Microphone Off button that electronically disconnects the microphones.
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Some useful info here why you may consider / need one...
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- uk.pcmag.com/spe…lex
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- t3.com/rev…iew
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5 Benefits of the Echo Flex Over Other Echo Products
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Where can I use Amazon Echo Flex?
You might wonder why you’d buy a smart device like Flex if it’s not meant for music listening. There are a few situations where Flex can be helpful:
  • Add it where you need smart home connectivity, but you don’t have furniture, a shelf or counter space available
  • Place it in the basement to ask Alexa to turn lights on or off as you head down
  • Use it in the laundry room when your hands are full
  • Plug it in the kitchen to set recipe timers or to add food to your grocery list
  • Use it in the garage to get Alexa to turn the lights on in the house as you’re heading inside
  • Try it in a high traffic hallway or near the door to call out for all the lights to be turned on or off as you enter or leave
  • Place it somewhere you don’t want wires trailing to your Echo speaker or Dot, like a workshop, bathroom, or small kitchen
  • Broadcast announcements like calling out dinner’s ready without screaming all over the house, or drop in using Amazon’s Drop In intercom feature which turns Echo devices into speakerphone-radios

What on Earth is an Echo Flex ???

Amazon Flex review: Why get a smart speaker that's not a speaker?

Amazon Echo Flex | Alexa anywhere for cheap

Edited by a community support team member, 15 November 2023
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  1. Crossbow's avatar
    Definitely a great deal at £4.99 , never been lower hotukdeals.com/sea…lex

    Previous best likely £5.99 way back in July 2022 hotukdeals.com/dea…490

    Sometimes is bundled with other stuff, like a smart plug (£8.99 Aug2022) hotukdeals.com/dea…544

    Wonder if a Gen 2 is on the way & they're trying to get rid of this? Or, probably just overstock as it's not selling that well & is from 2019. (edited)
    Kay135's avatar
    My thought immediately went to a stock clearance for a Gen 2. If they can do Gen 2 with the ability to have a plug on the front and power controlled by Alexa this would be an amazing product.
  2. IRONM4N_UK's avatar
    It works as a 1.5A charger too
    Worth the money just for that
    IRONM4N_UK's avatar
    £4.99 for a 1.5A power supply is pretty decent then you have the smart features on top
  3. martinelsen's avatar
    what are the features and benefits of this little device?
    decosparkle25's avatar
    Basically it's an alexa if you don't need the speaker. It can still play music etc but it's not great as a speaker, which is what Dots etc are designed for. It also plugs directly into the socket rather than being a separate device with cable.
  4. Wheresmylaptop's avatar
    These will connect to a Bluetooth speaker.

    I have mine plugged in outside shower room. Automatically connects to a waterproof Bluetooth speaker in my shower when it is switched on. Great for music, radio, audiobooks in the shower.

    My daughter's have one each in their bedrooms just for listening to audiobooks. (edited)
    far's avatar
    Good point. They turn any speaker(s) into one with Bluetooth, used it in the past to connect (via Bluetooth) to my Fire stick too.
  5. BreakingBank's avatar
    After reading all the comments I still don't know what it does. I'll guess I'll find out when it's delivered
    zombrex's avatar
    instead of screaming downstairs , Alexa skip song. you can do it more quietly having one of these plugged in upstairs...
  6. dblake's avatar
    Cheap way of getting an elderly relative up and running on Alexa (assuming they have WiFi of course) for piece of mind. Alexa devices in key rooms which can hear them if they need help... Alexa call 'contact'. (Could have a contact called help with primary telephone number). Father in law up and running and enjoying Alexa on his echo show for video calls, medication reminders and music... These are in his bedroom and hall just in case.
  7. hashman's avatar
    TCB for 2.1% cashback on echo devices every little helps
    t3r4's avatar
    The real deal is always in the comments
  8. garyho1220's avatar
    I am not sure what is the feature of this tiny box but I ordered, thanks OP.
    Add_to_Basket's avatar
    I use it to play music to my otherwise non-wifi enabled speakers. I could play music directly to my speakers from my phone via Bluetooth but a wifi connection to the echo flex which is connected to the speakers vis rca cable provides a much sturdier connection, and I can control it with my voice.
  9. Noveed's avatar
    Have a few of these set up as my Eufy Doorbell chimes! Really good!
  10. FunsizeR's avatar
    Cheap internet radio for the garage thanks

    Also an idea - if you have a three pin plug and internet hotspot in your car - Alexa enabled in the car? Just an idea
    JuD_'s avatar
    You can get a Alexa echo auto it’s more expensive but surely better then having a tinny little speaker in your car.
  11. stakeholder's avatar
    The speaker on this is not good.
    jujuzeez's avatar
    Author
    not meant to be good
  12. mummymelly's avatar
    Will this link to a blink doorbell? I know the echo dots do, thanks 
    stealth666's avatar
    Should do, links to ring
  13. jouster's avatar
    Order two at this price. Like you say great as extra chimes but also in places where I don’t need a speaker but just a gadget to pick up commands
  14. SmartBhavesh's avatar
    Isn’t this often at 5£? And worth 5 only ?
    Somersett's avatar
    It has just started hitting this price point on a semi-regular basis. Amazon wants more home spying, for Five Eyes, so this is heavily subsidised. And for peeps aware of the Five Eyes downside, this device is the cheapest way to add an Internet connection/wireless functionality to USB powered speakers.
  15. tommybuges's avatar
    This has a usb too so good for charging phone
  16. Feargal's avatar
    I think this £5 unit is only semi useful if you have ring devices in your home. Seems to be a marketed solution for no apparent problem.
    jujuzeez's avatar
    Author
    you've not read the comments. take a moment to do so
  17. gooner786's avatar
    Can i play a podcast on this? Not bothered about how good the speakers are too much. Just need it to be loud and decent sounding.
    sjmleicester's avatar
    The speaker on these is reviewed as being poor. Not sure what you were expecting for £5.
  18. Dusty's avatar
    Don't suppose anyone know if the speakers loud enough for an alarm?
    rev6's avatar
    Yes
  19. Blasphemous's avatar
    Can you arm and disarm the Ring Alarm with this? I can find how to do it with the app but can't see anything for voice commands i.e. Arm/Disarm
    Blasphemous's avatar
    To answer my own question, it is possible, LifeHackster provides a guide to this question with some other tips at the link below. So I bought two. Thank you for the post



    (edited)
  20. hi123's avatar
    hi, can this be used to convert old hi fi / amplifier bluetooth enabled
    want something equivalent to chromecast audio
    rev6's avatar
    Yes
  21. MishMash's avatar
    Can connect to a Blink doorbell?
    Edit: Amazon reviewers say yes. (edited)
    Roygroyg's avatar
    Mine is ok - just add both via Alexa app. When someone presses the blink doorbell it plays a tone and says “someone is at the door” although you can choose different alert options.
  22. Joseph_Fitzgerald's avatar
    Can this be used together with non voice compatible Sonos?
    richco's avatar
    Yes it can. I use one with an old Sonos Play:1
  23. jouster's avatar
    my two arrived today...swapped out with an older gen 2 Dot and all working as expected (I also have it integrated into HomeAssistant)

    To be honest, the speaker on it isnt as good as on the Gen 2 Dot, even for just Alexas responses...its loud enough but it just sounds pretty tinny...that said, mine is only to accept commands for turning on lights etc, and I actually route all audio in that room via a Sonos speaker.....so it's perfect and the ability to power a small USB powered device from it is really handy. I'll probably use it to power a small Eufy indoor USB camera

    For £5, this, in my use case, is really handy....not sure where I'll use the second one yet..might go in the garage (edited)
  24. borgs's avatar
    Fyi: if your flex is silent when playing audible then it is probably on a very old version of the firmware. It will probably update itself eventually like one of mine did. To update quicker say 'Alexa check for software updates'. Mine said it could take 30 minutes but was done in 3. All my flexes working much better now.
  25. Pusa's avatar
    Can this work on it's on? Does it need Echo device be at your home to work with?
    jujuzeez's avatar
    Author
    works on its own, but you can't get the best out of it becos the speaker is shambolic. 
  26. muniphobia's avatar
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    Check now
  27. KeepSearching's avatar
    Has anyone worked out if you can control the usb socket on the device. For example, could you plug a usb light into it and then ask it to switch it on/off?
    ccw71's avatar
    No, you can't.
  28. ARMADO's avatar
    Hi, has anyone had any issues connecting Flex to Ring doorbell, and found any solutions?

    My Dots are all connected fine to Ring, but when I connected Flex it won't respond to Ring. All Dots continue to work fine. Thanks
    slipd's avatar
    If it's the same issue I had with my Eufy, you need to add the Flex as a chime output in the Alexa app
  29. ohmygod2006's avatar
    Heads up, they are back in stock for immediate delivery. I cancelled my back order as it was due December and re-ordered for Thursday delivery.
    jujuzeez's avatar
    Author
    thank you
  30. rev6's avatar
    Thanks. Cheap as chops Ring chimes (edited)
    MrJinxy's avatar
    Didn’t know it could be used for this. It easy to set up? Might put one in office outbuild as when my phone is silenced I don’t know someone is at the door
  31. Haircut_100's avatar
    Has anyone tried using these as an intercom between rooms with Alexa Drop In?
    richco's avatar
    Yes you can, I do this regularly with mine. Sound quality isn't as good as other Echo speakers but perfectly sufficient to drop on the kitchen to request a cuppa 😄
  32. Odyssey's avatar
    Still £4 to much, I have one and use it as a ring doorbell chime, apart from that its useless.
    Add_to_Basket's avatar
    Useless?? You're obviously not using it right!!
  33. s61sam's avatar
    Cheers, was tempted to get one of these when they were down to £9.99 but decided to pass, glad I did now!
    jujuzeez's avatar
    Author
    dithering and footdragging are positives sometimes
  34. ceph042_'s avatar
    Bought 2. Cheapest this has ever been
  35. MrJinxy's avatar
    Can this be linked to a ring doorbell as an add on chime if the ring doorbell is wired into a bell box?
    Ridg's avatar
    yes
  36. Pancakes42's avatar
    HUKD stop taking my money
  37. alpha's avatar
    Hot!
    jujuzeez's avatar
    Author
    🤲🏾
  38. Jinkz's avatar
    Oooo a voice control unit for your voice control units
    Daray's avatar
    For me the voice control unit for non voice control units.
  39. blackbird166's avatar
    I use it outside in the summer to play music to a Bluetooth speaker, I have it in a socketed waterproof enclosure.
    LordKelly's avatar
    How do you connect them for it to control a bluetooth speaker?
  40. NFS's avatar
    Thanks Op, voted hot 


    just ordered one for upstairs as I've got an echo show and dot downstairs so using this one to extend the eufy doorbell chime so least it will go over the house now 
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