Picture of the Alexa Echo Spot speaker, showing its Connect To Network screen.

Echo Spot Change WiFi Instructions

Here, we demonstrate the Amazon Echo Spot change WiFi network routine, for the Amazon Alexa Echo Spot smart video speaker. Note that you need not completely erase your Echo Spot settings to reconnect it to a new WiFi network. Further, you need neither a tablet nor phone with the Amazon Alexa app, because the Echo Spot features its own touchscreen and has all the necessary provisions for reconnecting it to a different WiFi network.

We assume here that the Amazon Alexa App has previously been set to your Amazon account, and that the Amazon Echo Dot you’re updating has been added to your Alexa app prior. The screen shots below were taken from an Apple iPad Air. But a similar Alexa app for Android is also available from the Google Play store.





What you Must Do First before Running Through these Echo Spot Change WiFi Instructions

Note that you can change WiFi networks on the Spot whether or not it successfully connects to a network currently.  However, the speaker must be up and running before you begin.

Also, the network you choose must have internet access.  The speaker will not function on many limited access or closed wireless networks.

1. Power up your Echo Spot

After several to ten seconds, a Home Screen appears as pictured next.

Picture of the Amazon Echo Spot speaker, front view, showing the local weather.
Amazon Echo Spot speaker, front view, showing the local weather.

Amazon Echo Spot Change WiFi Instructions

1. Bring up the Actions Menu

Do this by Swiping down from top of screen

The Actions menu then appears as shown next.

Picture of a finger continuing to swipe down toward the center of the Amazon Echo Spot speaker screen, to reveal its main menu.
Amazon Echo Spot speaker. Continuing to swipe down toward screen center reveals main menu.

 

Picture of the Amazon Echo Spot speaker, displaying its Main Menu screen, with the Settings button highlighted.
Amazon Echo Spot speaker, displaying its Main Menu screen, with the Settings button highlighted.

2. Tap the Settings Button

Find the Settings button on the Actions menu, as pointed at by the green arrow in the last picture.

The Settings screen then appears, as shown in the next picture.





3. Tap the Network Settings Menu Item

Find the Network Settings option shown in the last picture.

Picture of the Amazon Echo Spot speaker, displaying its Settings screen. Showing a finger swiping up to scroll down through the list of settings.
Amazon Echo Spot speaker, displaying its Settings screen. Showing a finger swiping up to scroll down through the list of settings.

Tapping Network Settings brings up the Connect to Network screen, as shown next, and gives access to the Amazon echo spot WiFi settings.

Picture of the Alexa Echo Spot speaker, showing its Connect To Network screen.
Alexa Echo Spot speaker, showing its Connect To Network screen.

4. Find Desired Wifi Network to Continue with Echo Spot Change WiFi Instructions

The Connect To Network screen lists all available and saved WiFi networks.  So to find the wireless network you wish to connect your Echo Spot with, swipe up and down on this screen until you see it.  If you don’t see your desired network, then perhaps your speaker is too far away from it.  Move the Spot closer to that access point / router if this happens.

In this scenario, we’re going to connect to the villasalon WiFi network.  This SSID is circled in green, in the following picture.

Picture of the Alexa Echo Spot smart speaker, showing its Connect To Network screen with the VillaSalon WiFi network highlighted.
Alexa Echo Spot smart speaker, showing its Connect To Network screen with the villasalon WiFi network highlighted.

5. Tap Desired WiFi Network Entry

If your chosen WiFi SSID is a password protected network (as it well should be), the Echo Spot then prompts you for its WiFi password, as shown next.  Our villasalon network is indeed secured with a password.

Picture of the Alexa Echo Spot wireless speaker, displaying its WiFi Password Entry screen, with blank field, no password entered yet.
Alexa Echo Spot wireless speaker, displaying its WiFi Password Entry screen, with blank field, no password entered yet.

6. Tap the Hide Password Button (Optional)

Skip ahead to the next step if you want to see the password characters appear onscreen as you enter them.

But if you want them hidden, then find the Hide Password option at the top of the screen.  Hiding the password characters makes them show up as stars (*).  However, you need not hide the password if you’re alone or do not care if anyone looks over your shoulder and sees it.





7. Enter WiFi Network Password

Type in the WiFi password for the internet connection you’ve chosen, using the onscreen virtual keyboard that comes up, as shown next.  We’ve hidden our password.  So we got the star characters as we typed ours in.

Picture of the Alexa Echo Spot WiFi speaker, showing its WiFi Password entry prompt screen, with password field filled in. Password characters are hidden.
Alexa Echo Spot WiFi speaker, showing its WiFi Password entry prompt screen, with password field filled in. Password characters are hidden.

8. Tap the Check Mark Button to Continue with Echo Spot Change WiFi

Once you’ve typed the WiFi password, tap the gray check mark button at the bottom of the screen, as shown in the last picture.

The Echo Spot then displays the Wi-Fi Network Confirmation screen, as shown next. Note that the villasalon network name appears, along with the password field (star characters).

Picture of the Alexa Echo Spot Speaker, Showing its New WiFi Network Confirmation screen.
Alexa Echo Spot Speaker, Showing its New WiFi Network Confirmation screen.

If this is the WiFi network you want, then proceed to the next step. If not, then tap the Back button, located in the top left (ten o’clock) on the screen, to select a different WiFi network from the list of available wireless networks.

9. Tap the Continue Button

Find the Continue button at six o’clock at the bottom of the Wi-Fi screen in the last picture (the > button).

The Echo Spot then asks if you wish to save the WiFi password you entered above to Amazon servers, as shown next.

10. Switch Off Saving Password to Amazon (Optional)

This option is ON by default. If you want to save your password, then skip ahead to the next step.

But if you with not to save your wireless password, then tap the toggle switch at three o’clock on the prompt screen shown next.  This moves the switch to the left (OFF) position.





Here, we opted not to save it.  Why?  Because NOT saving it, in future demos, lets us use villasalon as a brand new WiFi network, and avoid the system automatically connecting to it anytime we’re in range of villasalon.

Note that as of this writing, once you save the network password to Amazon, you cannot remove it from their list unless you ask their customer service agents to clear your saved passwords list in your Amazon account. Avoiding the time involved with messaging them is another reason not to save the password.

Picture of the Alexa Echo Spot talking speaker, showing its Save WiFi Password to Amazon screen, with that setting switch off.
Alexa Echo Spot talking speaker, showing its Save WiFi Password to Amazon screen, with that setting switch off.

11. Tap the Blue Continue Button to Continue with Echo Spot Change WiFi

Find the Continue (>) button at the bottom of the screen shown in the last picture.

The Echo Spot then attempts to connect to the WiFi network you entered above.  While it does this, it displays the Connecting screen, as shown next.

Picture of the Alexa Echo Spot wireless smart speaker, displaying its Connecting screen, while it attempts to connect to the current WiFi network.
Alexa Echo Spot wireless smart speaker, displaying its Connecting screen, while it attempts to connect to the current WiFi network.

After ten to thirty seconds, a WiFi connection is made successfully (or not).

If connecting fails, then the Echo Spot returns you to the list of available WiFi networks screen, with a WiFi Connection Failure message on your chosen network list item, as shown next.  From there, you can either choose a different wireless network, or pick the same SSID again and retry entering its password.

Picture of the Alexa Echo Spot speaker, showing that the attempted WiFi connection has failed.
Alexa Echo Spot speaker, showing that the attempted WiFi connection has failed.

But if all goes well with making the new WiFi connection, you’ll see the Verify Amazon Account screen come up, as shown in the next picture.

Picture of the Alexa Echo Spot wireless speaker, showing its Verify Amazon Account screen.
Alexa Echo Spot wireless speaker, showing its Verify Amazon Account screen.

This screen says, “To connect to a new Wi-Fi network we need to confirm that you are <your Amazon account name> by signing you in with your Amazon account password.”

12. Tap the Blue Next (>) Button

Find this button shown in the last picture, at five o’clock (lower right on the touchscreen).

The Alexa Spot then prompts you for your Amazon account password, as shown in the screenshot shown in the next step.





13. Tap the Hide Password Button (Optional)

Skip ahead to the next step if you want to see the your Amazon account password characters appear onscreen as you enter them.

But to keep them secret, then find the Hide Password option at the top of the screen.  Again, hiding password characters makes them appears as asterixis  (*).

Picture of the Alexa Echo Spot WiFi smart speaker, prompting for Amazon account password.
Alexa Echo Spot WiFi smart speaker, prompting for Amazon account password.

We chose to hide ours for this demo.

14. Enter your Amazon Account Password to Continue with Echo Spot Change WiFi Instructions

We typed in ours using the little virtual keyboard, as shown in the next picture.

Picture of the Alexa Echo Spot visual speaker, showing its Amazon Account Password prompt screen, with the password field filled in and its characters hidden.
Alexa Echo Spot visual speaker, showing its Amazon Account Password prompt screen, with the password field filled in and its characters hidden.

15. Tap the Teal Done (Checkmark) Button

Find and tap the checkmark button on the bottom of the round Echo Spot screen, at the six o’clock position.

After a short pause, and if all went as it should, you’ll see the Connected screen, as shown next.

Picture of the Alexa Echo Spot talking smart speaker, showing its WiFi Network Connected Successfully screen.
Alexa Echo Spot talking smart speaker, showing its WiFi Network Connected Successfully screen.

Your Echo Spot has now successfully to the new WiFi network.  Then, if that network has full internet access, you can again give voice commands to it.  Test this out as follows if you wish.





16. Return the Echo Spot to its Home Screen (Optional)

Say the command, “Alexa, go home.”  This takes you back out of the WiFi connected screen, and displays a home screen, as shown next.

Picture of the Amazon Echo Spot speaker, displaying a home screen.
Amazon Echo Spot speaker displaying a home screen.

You’re all done, and successfully we hope!

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Revision History

  • 2020-04-12: Added more tags.
  • 2018-12-07: First published.