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Drop In for Alexa

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mdougc

Drop In for Alexa
« on: July 13, 2017, 01:21:18 am »
I want to use Drop In for the 3 Echo devices in my house, as intercom type usage.
I do not want to call outside of my household.
I do not have a Smart Phone, so I use the PC Alexa App.

How do I set this up without a Smart Phone??
If a Smart Phone is necessary, why?
In fact, why is a Smart Phone necessary for setting up any Alexa-to-Alexa call?
Does it use my phone line?

Offline jwlv

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Re: Drop In for Alexa
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2017, 03:04:35 am »
Apparently the settings section is different between a smartphone and the web app. But it doesn't have to be a working phone. It could just be an unactivated phone or a tablet. This may just be a lag between the development teams at Amazon. Perhaps the web app team will catch up and add the menu option for Drop In.




mike27oct

Re: Drop In for Alexa
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2017, 03:56:27 am »
Actually, your iOS app image is the iPhone app image.  The iPad app looks like the Web app image.

Offline jwlv

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Re: Drop In for Alexa
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2017, 07:30:31 pm »
Actually, your iOS app image is the iPhone app image.  The iPad app looks like the Web app image.

I did not know that. Good info!