How to Pair JBL Flip 4 with Amazon Echo Dot

This post demos how to pair the JBL Flip 4 with Amazon Echo Dot.  These include the generation 1 and generation 2 Echo Dot Amazon speaker versions.  Since this linking happens between the JBL Flip 4 and the Dots, you need not turn Bluetooth on in the mobile device you’re using to set up this pairing.

How to Pair JBL Flip 4 with Amazon Echo Dot: Step by Step

First, with your JBL Flip 4 powered off (power button is dark), run through this routine to pair it to your Amazon Echo Dot. We’re using an iPad Air tablet to create this pairing.

1. Find the Alexa App on your Mobile Device

We found the app on our iOS iPad Air as shown in the next screenshot. In our case, the Alexa app is on the third home screen page. It’s pointed at by the blue arrow.

2. Run the Alexa App

The app displays its   Home   screen as shown in the next screenshot.

3. Tap the Hamburger Control

Next, find the hamburger item in the top left corner of the screen. This is pointed at by the blue arrow in the last screenshot.

This then brings up the Alexa app’s main menu, as shown in the next screenshot.

4. Tap the  Settings  Option on the Main Menu to Continue with How to Pair JBL Flip 4 with Amazon Echo

The  Settings  option is pointed at by the blue arrow in the last screenshot.

This brings up the   Settings   screen, as shown in the next screenshot. From here, choose which Echo device you wish to pair with your Flip 4.

5. Tap the Echo Dot Device you Wish to Pair to your Flip 4

This takes you to the device-specific settings screen for the Echo you chose.

In this demo, we’re pairing from our   Bedroom Dot   Echo Dot to our JBL Flip 4 .

6. Tap the Bluetooth Item

Find the Bluetooth option pointed at by the  blue  arrow in the last screenshot.

This brings up the   Bluetooth Devices   screen, as shown next.

At this point, you’re ready to start a Bluetooth scan by your Echo Dot. You’ve selected this Dot in the last step. So, that Dot will be the one that scans for Bluetooth devices.

But don’t press the   Pair a New Device   button just yet. We must first power up your JBL Flip 4 and put it into pairing discovery mode.

7. Turn On your Flip 4, to Continue with How to Pair JBL Flip 4 with Amazon Echo Dot

Put down your mobile device for a bit, and turn on the JBL Flip 4 by quickly pressing its  Power  button. See this circled in green, in the next picture.

The unit then powers up.

But since our Amazon Echo Dot does not know about the Flip 4, it will not pair with that speaker automatically. Not yet anyhow.  Thus, the light that comes on in the power switch denotes this not-paired state by glowing solid white, as shown next.

Note that your Flip 4 may be flashing blue, especially if you’ve never paired it with a device since the last factory reset. In that case, skip the next step (Step 8) and pick up with Step 9.

8. Put your JBL Flip 4 into Discovery Mode

Now, to allow the Echo Dot to find your JBL Flip 4, place it in discovery mode. To do that, press and release the Bluetooth button, as shown in the next picture.

When you press the   Bluetooth Discovery Mode   button, the Flip makes a repeating single pluck guitar note sound several times. Also, the power button changes from a solid white glow to flashing blue.

9. Go Back to your Mobile Device

The screen with the blue   Pair a New Device   button should still be showing, as in the next screenshot.

10. Tap the   Pair a New Device   Button

This starts your Echo Dot scanning for any nearby Bluetooth devices that are themselves in Bluetooth discovery mode.  Your Flip 4 is now in Bluetooth discovery mode.  So your Dot should find it.

After a short pause, you should see something like the screen we got.  Shown next.

In our demo, the Alexa app found our JBL Flip 4, named  Tom’s Flip 4.

11. Find your JBL Flip 4 on the Discovered Devices List to Continue with How to Pair JBL Flip 4 with Amazon Echo Dot

See the screenshot above. Our scan found two devices.  It found the JBL Flip 4 as well as our Roku player.  So, we located our Flip 4 in the list, as pointed at by the blue arrow in that picture.

12. Finally, Pair your Amazon Echo Dot with your JBL Flip 4

Pair to the JBL Flip 4 by tapping the listed speaker in the  Bluetooth Setup   screen, shown in the last screenshot above.

The Echo Dot then pairs with the Flip 4 (“Tom’s Flip 4” in this demo). The Alexa App’s   Bluetooth Settings   screen then changes to look something like the following.

Also, the JBL Flip 4 makes the   Speaker Paired  sound (the three ascending guitar notes).  Note that the Bluetooth symbol to the left of the listed speaker item turns blue in the last screenshot.

The Flip 4 is now paired with your Amazon Echo Dot.  It’s power button glows solid blue to indicate successful pairing, as shown next.

13. Done with How to Pair JBL Flip 4 with Amazon Echo !

We have now successfully paired our JBL Flip 4 with our Amazon Echo Dot device.  We can now ask Alexa to play music on this Dot, and those tunes will play on the excellent sounding JBL Flip 4.  Enjoy!

Other Posts About Amazon Echo Dot

1. How to Restart Amazon Echo Dot
2. Amazon Echo Dot Action Button — Explained
3. How to Hard Reset Amazon Echo Dot
4. Changing WiFi on Amazon Echo Dot Gen 2

Other Posts About the JBL Flip 4

1. JBL Flip 4 Reset Instructions
2. Review of the JBL Flip 4
3. JBL Flip 4 Specs
4. General Pairing Instructions
5. About JBL Flip 4 Low Frequency Mode

References for How to Pair JBL Flip 4 with Amazon Echo Dot

1. JBL Flip 4 Official Product Page
2. Amazon Echo Dot Official Product Page
3. Where to Buy the JBL Flip 4
4. Where to Buy an Amazon Echo Dot