Alexa is a convenient personal home assistant program largely because of how many secondary devices it’s compatible with. Alexa is compatible with many Bose products, including some of the company’s most popular smart speakers.
How to Enable Bose Skill for Alexa
And that’s it! At this point, your Bose smart speaker should be connected to Alexa and should be compatible with most of Alexa’s functions.
Using Alexa with Bose Smart Speakers
Thanks to a good deal of built-in compatibility between the two brands, connecting your Bose Smart speaker to Alexa is a relatively simple process.
To start out, you’ll need to ensure that you have a wireless Internet connection and that you’ve already pressed the Bluetooth button on your powered Bose speaker. This action will allow the Bose speaker to show up on wireless networks. (Source: Bose)
The next step in the process is to enable the Bose Skill on Alexa’s software.
What Alexa Functions are Compatible with Bose Smart Speakers?
While not all of Alexa’s voice commands and systems can be controlled via your Bose smart speakers, there is a lot of crossover in functionality between the two devices. Here are some of the major functions you can control in Alexa through your Bose smart speakers (Source: Bose):
Which Bose Smart Speakers Work with Alexa?
- Home Speaker 300: The Home Speaker 300 is a great smart speaker choice for connecting to Alexa since this speaker already has Alexa built-in. This speaker allows for hands-free calling, music playback, and three-way controls via voice commands, the Alexa app, or the speaker itself. Smart Speaker 500: With impressive acoustic range for a single room speaker, the Smart Speaker 500 is another Bose smart speaker with Alexa compatibility built-in. The Smart Speaker 500 is part of a larger family of Bose smart sound products that are all compatible with each other as well as Alexa.Portable Smart Speaker: If you want to use Alexa while you’re outdoors on the patio or porch, the Portable Smart Speaker is for you. This speaker is perfect for keeping an eye on the household through your smart home’s systems even if you’re outside in the garden or garage.
