How to Set Amazon Echo Auto to Google Maps? – Alexa in your car

If you like comfort at the wheel and being able to perform actions in an optimal and safe way when driving, you can consider a great recommendation. use Amazon Echo Auto or also known as the Alexa voice assistant.

This device is designed as a virtual assistant for the car and thus enjoy its benefits such as placing a song to listen to or receiving location directions when traveling with Google Maps. With this tutorial you will learn how to correctly configure Amazon Echo Auto a Google Maps.

What are the options for connecting Amazon Echo Auto to the car?

There are two main options to link Amazon Echo Auto to the vehicle, which are by Bluetooth connection and through an auxiliary cable (AUX). Being connected on your phone through the mentioned tools will use mobile data since it does not have a WiFi connection.

Physical connection and via Bluetooth

To correctly use these two tools mentioned above, you must have the Amazon Alexa app updated to its latest version and the player must support Bluetooth 4.0 and above and contain a charging port or USB port. To connect the Alexa assistant to the car, proceed with these steps:

1. The first thing you should do is place your Echo Auto device in a comfortable place in the car and preferably close to you.
2. Connect the mobile device with your car cigarette lighter usb adapter and start the car. Once this is done, activate the connection via Bluetooth on the phone.
3. You can select Bluetooth or auxiliary input, depending on the connection that the car has.
4. If your car’s sound system does not support Bluetooth music playback, you can use the included auxiliary cable to connect the device to the player.
5. When you have everything ready, you can download the Amazon Alexa App, which must be connected to your mobile data in order to operate the device.

How to add the device in the Alexa app?

You must download the Alexa application which is free on both iOS and Androidin both it is configured in the same way as you will see below:

1. Open the app and at the bottom of the screen tap on the device section.
2. In the new tab on the top right corner Click on the Plus symbol (+). Then click once on the option that says ‘Add a new device’.
3. Find and select the corresponding option to indicate that it is an Amazon Echo device and click on ‘Echo Auto’.
4. To end follow each of the installation steps that tells you the procedure of the App.

One of the recommendations to keep in mind is that at the end of all the configuration of the application, you grant permission and full access to your location and phone microphone to obtain better results when using.

How to connect to Google Maps on iOS?

The Google Maps application is very useful when traveling in your car, wanting to know your route, the traffic that may be on the road, locating addresses, among other functions. The great advantage is that said application is available for all models of the iOS operating system

The way to connect Google Maps to your iOS device is going to the ‘Settings’ menu of the equipment, then in the section that indicates ‘General’ you must activate the ‘Location’ option. By following these steps correctly you will be ready and you will be able to successfully use the App on your iOS mobile device.

Is it possible to use Amazon Echo Auto from multiple phones?

It is possible to connect more than one phone to the Echo Auto device, although it is a bit complicated and annoying at the same time, because it has some limitations, which would be that you should not connect both phones at the same time because I would pick one at random. However, if you want to connect more than one mobile device, follow these instructions:

1. The first step is to activate Bluetooth on the mobile device that you will connect. Then start your Echo Auto and press for a few seconds on the ‘Action’ option.
2. You must keep the button pressed until it starts to emit an orange light.
3. Now, from the mobile device, access the Alexa application and click on the ‘Devices’ option.
4. in the new tab click on the plus sign (+) and select the ‘Add device’ option, then tap on ‘Amazon Echo’.
5. Finally, go to the ‘Auto Echo’ option and carry out all the instructions that the application will show you to complete the process.

In addition to this, you should pay attention to the phone that is connected first does not automatically connect to the device, because having two or more phones connected every time you use Echo Auto you would have to go back to choose your phone to use manually for the reason explained above.

Having many connected devices may not recognize the one you want and for this you must turn off Echo Auto, turn it on again and if it does not connect you must follow the process to connect your device again.