Use Alexa and your speaker

Ask Alexa a question

Say “Alexa” followed by your question or request. When Alexa is listening for a command, you’ll see a blue light ring on the speaker and your phone’s display.

When you are done speaking, Alexa will respond. Depending upon the question, you will both hear a response and see relevant info on your phone’s display.

NoteIf you’re having trouble, check that voice activation is enabled and that your phone volume is turned up.

Here’s some things you can ask Alexa:

  • “Alexa, what’s the weather?”
  • “Alexa, what are some top-rated restaurants?”
  • “Alexa, set a timer for 20 mins”
  • “Alexa, play my flash briefing”
  • “Alexa, show my calendar”

Ask Alexa to play music

The Moto Alexa app works with Amazon music services, such as Prime Music or Amazon Music Unlimited.

  1. If not already set up, go to music.amazon.com to set up your Amazon account for Amazon Music services.
  2. Say “Alexa” followed by the artist, song, or playlist you’d like to hear.

    “Alexa, play my playlist; dinner music”

Ask Alexa to do more

You can set up Moto Alexa to read books, learn skills, and work with some smart home devices. To do this, download and install the Amazon Alexa app from Play Store.

For Amazon Alexa help, go to www.amazon.com/alexasupport.

NoteNot all Amazon Alexa features available on Amazon Echo devices are supported. To see a list of what’s supported, go to www.motorola.com/smartspeakeralexafeatures.

Use Alexa on your phone

Alexa can respond even when the speaker isn't attached to your phone, as long as you’re near your phone, and you train Alexa to recognize your voice.

NoteAlexa may not hear you over music or in other loud environments without the Moto Smart Speaker attached.

Other speaker features

Even if you aren't using Alexa, you can use your speaker to play music or watch videos.

With four far-field microphones, your Moto Smart Speaker works great as a speakerphone for calls with multiple people in the room who are speaking from a distance. And for louder, hands-free voice calls too.

To use as a speakerphone:

  1. While on a phone call, press Speaker to hear audio through the speaker.
  2. Use Volume button on side of phone to control Moto Smart Speaker volume.