My girlfriend gave me an Alexa assistant as a gift with all good will, since she knows I like technology. I know in terms of privacy it is garbage, however I wonder if there is a safe way to use some functions of this device, perhaps without internet. Some way to hack it or something, do you guys know something about this?

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    1 year ago

    What are you talking about? All Alexa Speakers I own or have encountered support bluetooth playback from other devices just fine, and at least the older ones also have a 3.5mm jack.

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      1 year ago

      sorry maybe i confused echo dot devices with alexa speakers?

      i only ever encountered echo dots and they can’t play over Bluetooth

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        1 year ago

        Echo dots can also play over Bluetooth.