Voice In Canada Flash Briefing #1121

Happy Monday, hope you are doing well.

Today I want to give you a little bit of a tip about how you can purchase an Echo Show device and then set it up prior to giving it to someone, Say it’s for a loved one or a friend and you want to do the setup for them, well, it is possible and I’d like to walk you through how to do that today.

Now, if you need to come back to this flash briefing at a later date to refer to it, then just know that all the flash briefings and the show notes for the flash briefings are on the website at VoiceinCanada.ca.

So this is how you do it, first of all, when you order the Echo Show device, although you’re going to have it shipped to your home, so you can set it up.

Make sure that you flag it as a gift because that way it comes unregistered, in other words, it’s not registered to your Amazon account.

Once you receive it, so you’re going to plug it in, you’re going to tap on the screen, select the language, and then select your WiFi network. You’re going to enter your WiFi password, click Done and then it will connect.

Now you’re gonna then type in this loved ones or friends Amazon account, email and password, and then type sign in at the bottom, you’re going to confirm the timezone and then click Continue.

Make sure that you flag it as a gift because that way it comes unregistered,

After that is done, then you’re going to use the following steps to save this other person’s WiFi network.

So you’re going to swipe down from the top of the Echo Show and select Settings, then select a network, select Add a network under preferences, type in the name of the loved ones network.

Use the drop down arrow under security and select you’ll see it you don’t necessarily need to remember these letters but you’re going to select WPA/WPA2PSK, you’re going to type in the password and select Save.

Now you can unplug it, you can repackage it and send it off to your loved one and when they plug it in, it will connect to their WiFi network.

Hey will need to enter their Amazon account password on the screen for security purposes but otherwise, it is connected to their WiFi network and there you go.

So I know a lot of people were wondering how they can set it up remotely, that’s basically how you can do it.

I hope that is helpful to you and by the way, if you do want to purchase an Echo device, I am an affiliate for Amazon.

You just go to VoiceinCanada.ca/Amazon, it takes you to the Amazon website but I do earn a small commission if you do use that link. And, obviously, thank you very much, there’s no extra cost to you whatsoever, again, that’s at VoiceinCanada.ca/Amazon.

Have a wonderful day, I’ll talk to you again tomorrow.

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