Amazon Alexa For Mac

Developers at U.S. digital consultancy Rain have created a little-known app called Reverb that allows users to access Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant from their Mac desktop or iOS device.
Launching the free Mac app prompts users to sign in to their Amazon account, after which a window opens showing the familiar blue Alexa ring on the desktop. Click and hold on the ring with the mouse cursor, and provided an internet connection is active, the virtual assistant listens and responds to the sort of spoken questions and commands usually directed at Amazon's Echo range of smart speakers.
The iOS app works similarly, and the latest version of Reverb uses Alexa v2, which adds support for news flashes, timers, alarms, long form audio, audiobooks, and more. It can also interact with smart devices that are compatible with Alexa, such as lights, switches, and thermostats compatible with Samsung SmartThings, WeMo, Philips Hue, and others. The only Alexa service Reverb does not support is playing music, due to restrictions Amazon has placed on using Amazon Music in apps.
In addition to the above, users can enable third-party skills through the app with a simple voice command – 'Enable Bird Songs', for example. In testing, the Mac app also responded to new skills enabled through Amazon's Alexa iOS app, which officially supports and integrates with the Reverb app for iOS.
The apps provide a convenient solution for Echo owners wishing to make Alexa available in, say, their office room or study, without having to buy an additional supporting device. It also offers prospective Echo buyers an opportunity to test the service prior to making a purchase, and at the very least gives curious Mac users a chance to compare Alexa's and Siri's smarts side by side on their desktop.
Reverb for Amazon Alexa is a free download available for Mac from the Mac App Store [Direct Link] and for iPhone and iPad on the iOS App Store [Direct Link].

To check for updates, go to the app store on your mobile device and search for 'Alexa app.' If an update is available, select Update. To learn how to use the app, go to Amazon Alexa App Basics. Normally, MAC address is assigned to all network devices and they are used as a network address for IEEE 802 network technology which includes Ethernet and Wi-Fi. This MAC stands for Media Access Control address. If you are using Alexa-enabled smart speakers, you can find MAC address of Amazon Echo and other Echo devices.

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Why would you need to know how to find Alexa IP address for Amazon Echo devices? You would want this address to check that the device is correctly linked to your WiFi network. Knowing that your speaker has an IP address assigned to it is valuable. It helps in debugging internet issues between your Alexa device and the Amazon Alexa cloud servers. If it has no IP address, you won’t be able to play music, get news, control lights, or anything else that these units normally do. So in this post, we show you how to find this address using a combination of the Alexa app and a typical router’s Attached Devices pages.

Further, You can locate the Alexa device’s MAC ID (hardware address) as well, using this same method. How? The MAC ID is listed in the Alexa app on the device’s About page. In fact, we need the MAC address first, and then that we’ll use to find the device’s current IP address. Note that fortunately, registering your Alexa device does not require its MAC address. Unfortunately however, as of this writing, the Alexa app does not show the IP address of its connected speakers. Thus, we must perform the added step of looking up the IP address associated with the device’s hardware address on the router.

How to Find Alexa IP Address

Note that the device whose IP address you want must be powered ON and connected to your network. Since these addresses are normally allocated dynamically by the network, your speaker won’t have this address unless it’s connected.

1. Go to the Alexa App’s Home Screen

Bring up the Alexa app on your mobile device. We’re running this scenario on an iOS based iPad Air.

The Home page of the Alexa app is pictured next.

2. Tap the Menu (Hamburger Control) Item

Tapping the Menu option on the Home screen brings up the main menu screen, similar to what’s pictured next.

3. Tap the Settings Menu Item

The Settings option is pointed at by the green arrow in the last picture.

This pulls up the All Devices page, as shown next.

4. Tap the Echo Device whose IP Address you Wish to Find

In this demo, we want to find the IP address for our Echo Sub subwoofer speaker. So we tapped that entry in the screen pictured last.

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We then saw the Device Settings page, as shown next.

Next, scroll down the page to find the About option, as highlighted in the next picture.

5. Tap the About Option

Hitting About pulls up the About screen for the device you selected in the last step, as shown next for our Echo Sub speaker.

The MAC address appears on this About page for our Echo Sub, as shown in the previous screenshot. Note that we’ve partially blocked this hardware address along with the speaker’s serial number for security purposes.

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To find your devices IP address, write down its MAC address that you get from this screen on your Alexa app, as we’ve done here. Then, move on to the next step.

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6. Find MAC Address in Router’s Connected Devices List

Finding the IP address associated with the given MAC address works differently on the many routers and networks out there. But in our case, we have the Asus RT-AC87R router and WiFi access point. So we show its Attached Devices screen where we found the MAC address listed from above. Most routers have page that shows all the network devices they’re currently hosting.

We circled the entry with the same hardware address as our Echo Sub that we got in the last step. In our example, the Echo Sub’s IP address is 192.168.0.45.

7. Done!

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We have now shown one way how to find Alexa IP address for an Echo device like a speaker. We hope this outline helps you debug any internet connectivity issues with your Alexa-based smart speakers. Take care.

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  • 2019-05-01: Tuned the targeting for ‘ How to find Alexa IP address’.
  • 2019-01-25: First published.

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