On your Mac, choose Apple menu System Preferences, then click Bluetooth. Select the device in the list, then click Connect. If asked, click Accept (or enter a series of numbers, then press Enter). You need to connect your Mac with the device only once. If Alexa says she can’t find your iPhone or other device, make sure your Bluetooth is on and able to connect. You may have to disconnect accessories like AirPods to get the connection working right.

How to Connect Alexa to WiFi: Amazon’s Alexa controlled Echo speaker is now in the second generation with a variety of versions available to choose. This is one of the best options if you would like to expand music because it has a lot of features such as smart home and digital assistant abilities. Despite the fact that it is the first wireless speaker but it has got many features and power. You can play music through voice command, browse the web, create your to-do shopping lists, get instant weather reports, shop online and control many popular of smart home products with your smartphone in your pocket.

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To do this your Alexa device needs to be connected to wifi. In this article, I will guide you through the steps of setting your device to get connected on wifi.

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Make sure to do the following before you start setting your device:

• You have to plug your Alexa controlled Amazon Echo into a power outlet.
• Then open the Alexa app.

Alexa controlled Amazon Echo connects to dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz / 5 GHz) networks which use the 802.11a / b / g / n standard. Alexa controlled Amazon Echo does not connect to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) networks.

• Within the Alexa app, open the left navigation panel and then select Settings.

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Now select your device and then select Update Wi-Fi. If you need to add a new device to your account, select Set up a new device instead.

• On your Alexa controlled Amazon Echo, press and hold the Action button until the light ring changes to orange. Your mobile device will then get connected to your Amazon Echo device. A list of all available Wi-Fi networks will display in the app.

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The Alexa app may ask you to manually connect your device to your Alexa controlled Amazon Echo device through your Wi-Fi settings.

• Now you should select your Wi-Fi network and enter the network password (if required). If you don’t see your Wi-Fi network, then scroll down and select Add a Network (for hidden networks) or Rescan.
• MAC address: If you need to add your Alexa controlled Amazon Echo device to your router’s list of approved devices, scroll down on this screen until you see the MAC address.
• Optional – Save your Wi-Fi password to Amazon: Any Wi-Fi passwords saved during setup automatically appear when you connect a new Alexa controlled Amazon Echo device to the same Wi-Fi network. The password will also be remembered even if you switch between saved Wi-Fi networks.
• Optional – Connect to a public network: Enter all the required information if you are connecting to a public network that requires a web browser in order to sign in, like a school or hospital. The information could be a pre-shared password, office number, or just a button to accept conditions for using the network. This information will never be saved to Amazon. Contact the network owner for more information.
• Then select Connect. After your Alexa controlled Amazon Echo device connects to your Wi-Fi network, a confirmation message appears in the app. You’re now ready to use Alexa.

Recently, I wrote a post about 7 qualities of Amazon Alexa. The all new Amazon Echo is a way different than other smart speakers. Alexa is not just a speaker at your home. It actually lives at your home which listens you for the word 'Alexa' and do tasks like switching on/off your smart home appliances or playing music or to add something in your shopping list. If you have a well-invested smart home, then Alexa should be your next investment. The smart speaker can hear from distance and thus you do not require a remote for controlling the speaker. Here is how you can link smart light to Alexa. Not only smart light but also any smart devices.

In this article, I have connected Wipro Smart Bulb with Alexa so you can just tell Alexa to turn on or turn off your light. Controlling smart light with voice is going to be fun. Here is the configuration of the bulb which I am trying to connect to Alexa.

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To link smart light to Alexa, you require the following prerequisites.

1. Alexa App
2. Wipro Next Smart Home App
3. WiFi

Connecting A Mac To Alexa Setup

Setup Echo

Connecting A Mac To Alexa Echo

Initially, if you have bought Smart Bulb along with Amazon Echo, you need to setup Amazon Echo first. In order to setup Amazon Echo, follow the below steps.

1. Download Alexa app on your smartphone from Play Store (Android) or App Store (iOS).
2. Open Alexa app and login to Alexa using Amazon credentials.
3. Once you have logged in, tap on the hamburger icon and choose Settings.
4. Tap on Set up a New Device
5. Choose your Echo model from the list and choose a language.
6. Now connect to WiFi - If you are using an iOS device, you need to head to Settings app of your iOS device and connect to WiFi that has a name 'Amazon-AnythingHere'.
7. Return back to Alexa app and continue to finish setting up Echo.

Now, you have configured and connected Echo to your WiFi. All basic commands to Alexa will work, you may even try 'Alexa, what's up?'

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Connecting A Mac To Alexa Password

1. As said earlier, I am using Wipro Garnet 7W Smart Bulb.
2. To connect this, download Wipro Next Smart Home App from App Store (iOS) or Play Store (Android).
3. You may need to create a new account using your phone number. Add a device to your Next Smart Home app. The setup is usually interactive and while the app detects the smart bulb, the bulb will rapidly turns on and off, to let you know that it is being detected.
4. Once the setup is complete, you can control your light from the app but this is not cool, we want Alexa to control the light. Hence, go to the next step to link smart light to Alexa.

Link Smart light to Alexa

Connecting A Mac To Alexa Setup

1. Open up Alexa app on your smart phone.
2. Tap on hamburger icon and choose Skills & Games.
3. Search for Smart Life.
   
4. Enable Skill and this lets you to link Wipro account to the skill. Alexa app will prompt you for phone number and password.
5. Provide the phone number and password that you used on your Next Smart Home app.
6. Head to Devices tab in the app and tap on + sign which adds a new device.
7. Make sure to enable Smart home skills.
8. Alexa app will scan for devices and once it finds, add it to your app.
   
9. That's all, you have finished linking smart light to Alexa.

Now, these are the things you may need to try - assuming you have provided your bulb's name as just 'Light.'

• 'Alexa, turn on light'
• 'Alexa, turn off light'
• 'Alexa, reduce the brightness of light'
• 'Alexa, change the color of the light to Blue'

If it is cool to have an Alexa at home, it is much cooler to link smart light to Alexa. By linking your smart devices, you have built a complete smart home.