How to Use Echo Dot as Speaker for Fire Stick

By Ritik Rawat in FireStick Devices - November 1, 2022

Would you like to enhance the sound on your TV? Your Amazon Echo can be used as a speaker by connecting to your television via Bluetooth. Receivers and standalone TVs can both use this. If you have a compatible Fire TV device and an Echo, you can use Echo Dot as speaker for Fire Stick for even better sound. With the help of this guide, you will learn all about how to pair Fire TV with Echo speakers.

Amazon Fire TV devices have set echo speakers that every device wants to activate. However, leaving your Fire TV just the way it seems pretty bland and nondescript. What if you could connect it with some sort of voice-command-operated speakers. Well, that’s exactly what Amazon’s Echo speakers do. They connect to Alexa, the voice-operated intelligent personal assistant that responds to you by uttering ‘Alexa’.

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How to use Echo Dot as speaker for Fire Stick

Follow the steps mentioned below to pair it and use Echo Dot as speaker for Fire Stick for better sound quality.

Step 1: Navigating through the Amazon Alexa app

Firstly, install the Alexa app on your mobile device.
Now, tap on the ‘Devices’ part of the applying on the bottom right corner.
Then select the Plus in a circle icon from the top right corner and scroll to the bottom of the screen.
Select Combine speakers.
You will now encounter multiple options such as Multi-room music, Home cinema, and stereo pair. What will be pertinent to our purpose is the Home cinema. Tap on it.
Now select Back Bedroom Large Firestick TV 4k. If a triangle comes after a particular option then that would mean it is not compatible with your Fire TV device.
Tap on ‘Next’
Now you have to select the echo device that is compatible with your Fire TV device. For eg., If it is an old gen echo then it would not be compatible with your Fire TV stick 4k. The same is the logic for old Fire gen Fire TV sticks.
Tap on ‘Next’
Now, the next step would require you to add your home cinema to a group. It is recommended that you select the option where the TV and your Echo speaker are located. For instance, if it is your bedroom then select ‘Back bedroom large’.
Tap on ‘’Next’’

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Step 2: Navigating through You Fire Stick TV

In order to complete this step of pairing your Fire stick TV device to Amazon Echo speakers, you now have to head back to your Fire TV.
On the screen, there would be a prompt along with two options ‘skip’ and ‘play preview’
The latter option would allow you to test how the Echo speakers would sound by playing a random video. You can always skip if you don’t want the preview.
Next, there will be another prompt that would basically say that your Fire stick TV remote does not offer volume buttons which means that after being connected to the Echo speakers you will no longer be able to control the volume the way you do in your isolated Fire Stick TV. But don’t worry you can always control the volume by pressing the volume button on your Echo speakers themselves.
Tap on ‘Next’ and you have successfully paired your speakers with your device & use Echo Dot as speaker for Fire Stick

Also Read: Set up your FireStick device with any TV

How to check whether your Fire TV device and Echo speakers can pair?

Make sure your device is compatible to use Echo Dot as speaker for Fire Stick

Fire TV Device	Echo devices that are Compatible
Fire TV Stick 4K Max	Echo Studio Echo( 3^rd Generation) Echo (4^th Generation) Echo Plus (2^nd Generation) Echo Dot( 4^th Generation) Echo Dot ( 4^th Generation) comes along with the clock
Fire TV Stick 4K Fire TV Cube ( 2^nd Generation) Fire TV Stick Lite Fire TV Stick (3^rd Generation)	Echo Studio Echo (2^nd Generation) Echo ( 3^rd Generation) Echo (4^th Generation) Echo Plus (1^st Generation) Echo Plus (2^nd Generation) Echo Dot (3^rd Generation) Echo Dot( 4^th Generation) Echo Dot (3^rd Generation) Clock Echo Dot( 4^TH Generation) Clock

What to do if you can’t pair Fire TV with Echo speakers?

Check whether your Fire TV device and Echo speakers are compatible or not if you are unable to use Echo Dot as speaker for Fire Stick.
Ensure that your Fire TV device and Echo speakers are registered with the same Amazon account.
Ensure that your Fire TV device and Echo speakers are connected to the same wif-fi network
Ensure that the Alexa app is up to date

Also Read: Play Audio from Your Fire TV on Your Echo Devices

Finally, if you want to know what type of audio you’re getting, start a video in a player like Amazon Prime Video and press the centre button on your Fire TV remote. Choose Settings, then Audio. Select the appropriate audio soundtrack by clicking on Audio output. If Dolby Atmos is available and you have Alexa Home Theatre set up with an Echo Studio, you will see it in the list. You can also change the audio output device using the Firestick TV remote.

Press the centre button on your Fire TV remote while a video is playing to see what kind of audio you’re getting. A player like Amazon Prime Video is a good example.

Choose Settings, then Audio. Select aac or mp3 as the audio output format.

Audio output: 2.0, 5.1, 7.1

Conclusion

I assure you that to use Echo Dot as speaker for Fire Stick can be pretty darn easy if you follow the above steps as it is. But the key thing that you don’t want to miss out on is an active internet connection. Firestick and Echo speakers are a pretty good combination and we really hope that you manage to pair them together. Happy streaming.