Installing Amazon Alexa ~IN~ Your Ceiling

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I decided to install an Amazon Alexa (aka an Echo Dot) in my ceiling and hook it up to some ceiling speakers I had. This made the device perform a lot better in my opinion and I thought it came out pretty good!
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Putting a smart speaker in the ceiling integrates the Amazon Alexa into your home/room and just makes the audio, the mic's ability to hear you clearly, and the overall experience of using Alexa that much better.
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@yvimaus76 2 года назад

*It’s perfect for me. The size is exactly **Newest.Technology** what I needed. The sound is loud enough for me to hear without having to turn it higher. Suggestions on various uses is extremely helpful! Worth every dollar spent!*

@fireboltofdeath 6 лет назад

*Watching Chucky movie* *Movie over* "Man that's creepy. His laughing scares me" *alexa begins laughing*

@Techblaze21654 6 лет назад

Fireboltofdeath I feel the same way even though I have a Google home mimi

@lindritalija969 6 лет назад

Better fucking shoot it before she turns to skynet

@aaasttraaa 6 лет назад

Fireboltofdeath creepy!

@Annathedouble00magna 6 лет назад

Haha true true they are creepy as doh

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

too late, it has begun!

@lattina62 11 месяцев назад

like the features, setup was difficult for some of my devices (August Door lock, ru-vid.comUgkxhB5YOMNj04GuoAosExygP4cH-dKeb4aB Bose speaker)... but all switches and outlets (5), thermostat, tankless water heater. Unfortunately all I can do is turn on/off Bose. It doesn't support volume or changing channels, but I believe that is due to the particular speaker I have.... Worth getting if you already have other devices to use it with... I don't sit around and ask Alexa questions much so that doesn't really matter to me....

@elotronics 6 лет назад

The DIY tech guy in me really truly appreciates what you’ve just done here. I’m inspired to do something future tech like this when I work on my home cinema.

@water0nmars 6 лет назад

I just watched a bunch of your videos last night thinking "man, I wish he'd bless us with some new content." Prayers answered.

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

ha thats really great, glad i was able to come through for ya!

@avocadostuff2881 6 лет назад

The ceiling looks like a classroom ceiling... Edit: How did I get so many likes so quickly? This is the most I've ever gotten!

@wademitch 6 лет назад

GD Avocado no its just used in schools its actually really convienient for sound absorbtion and its easy installation

@dylanrandolph5685 6 лет назад

That’s in every basement ever

@AyStar 6 лет назад

It's called a drop ceiling, they are like that in office buildings as well because they are designed for easy access for maintenance.

@renegangfan5630 6 лет назад

\Dylan \Randolph no not really lol

@Bruh-nj4ql 6 лет назад

\Dylan \Randolph no it's not...

@sniffadoghq 3 года назад

Love this saw this video before. Came back to it and took the plunge and order the required to get it installed. Can't wait. Thank you easy to understand and well put together video. No BS or faff just straight up advice I appreciate it 🙏

@maxdondada 6 лет назад

Another dope video. I've been wanting to install an Amazon dot in my wall for months

@stewvlogs5084 6 лет назад

I like this idea. Nice to see it in action. I thought about ways of achieving this before but I would have to take all my floor boards up to install speakers. It gives the feeling that Alexa is all around you like in the Sci fi movies. My Echo kept setting off every time you said Alexa lol. Great job!

@navi0822 6 лет назад

You are back!!! Nice :) always great to see a video from you I learn so much.

@garrettb5470 6 лет назад

Great setup,

@Bcarr122391 6 лет назад

Damn! That is freaking amazing! Now I wanna go buy some ceiling speakers & dots to set this stuff up!

@eldafint 6 лет назад

It's really cool that it keeps listening after it has finished a command, wish my Google Home could do that

@sabereaseera1384 6 лет назад

Now the laughing will be louder

@lansraad6142 6 лет назад

lol!

@harrisonfrench3577 6 лет назад

Thats what 'she' said

@louiseharvey3952 2 года назад

Keep cc.13 days ago

@nicthompson6522 6 лет назад

Dayton Audio is actually produced and made (some parts anyway) in Dayton, Ohio. That is fascinating to me as I have lived in Dayton for years and never knew this company existed. That's pretty cool!

@itsajrthng6104 6 лет назад

Dope video, i wish the face on the Alexa could be white that would look so sick as it blends in with the white ceiling

@ethan6118 6 лет назад

I am so jealous! You have a seperate room for your doritos!

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

lol, i can tell you, its pure heaven

@ethan6118 6 лет назад

techfreshness Im sure it is!

@53patsfan 6 лет назад

That Dayton Amp is great for small speakers, I have a few and they are 5 years plus and still going strong

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

yeh i think they make good quality stuff

@elftails 6 лет назад

Being able to move around the room hearing a soothing voice coming out of various speakers reminds me of Disney World 🐭

@RayAnthonyMichaud 6 лет назад

I really like that set up 👍

@TheDropForged 6 лет назад

Nice idea. I love it.

@nosubtv4242 6 лет назад

Nice idea. Lovely room too

@LewysC 6 лет назад

That's actually awesome!!

@RickyDove 6 лет назад

That sounds Awesome I'm liking this

@THEIXTHVLOG 6 лет назад

Room goals

@wilfgordon7704 6 лет назад

OMG UR DOWNSTAIRS PLACE IS SICKKKK

@vairencreative1808 6 лет назад

Now thats the future, innovating idea

@StephenBrewer89 6 лет назад

This is awesome! Great job!

@Godslovenmercy 6 лет назад

Nicely done!

@gamerjey7292 6 лет назад

That is so cool!

@Katieemmaw 6 лет назад

This is sweet, tempted to do this myself 😅

@2007_HondaAccord 6 лет назад

Man that is so smart.That is awesome 👏.

@user-wh5yl8gu9l 5 лет назад

Nice idea , i like ur thinking way 😉

@mabrurh 6 лет назад

Wow well that was really cool!

@nickpickel1400 6 лет назад

Awesome idea!!!

@JOETERRANY 6 лет назад

Cool idea!

@santhoshferrari4107 6 лет назад

That was a cool idea

@gmpnj29 6 лет назад

Good idea.

@MyLifeOfficial 6 лет назад

This is pretty cool man. Well done.

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

thanks meng

@zeframseane3760 4 года назад

Love This

@Dracheneks 6 лет назад

All you need to do now is to add some blue LEDs that change brightness depending on what sound is coming from Alexa. That was a great idea to put it in the ceiling and hook it up to the speakers though, nice work!

@seyeriv2804 6 лет назад

That’s cool 👍🏻

@MrNinjamonkeys 6 лет назад

This is cool it reminds me of the Disney movie smart house

@walleyeye 6 лет назад

Awesome video. Really like that setup!,!

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

thanks thor, am enjoying it!

@jimmyrodriguez5887 6 лет назад

That’s dope

@nitsuagmartin 6 лет назад

Genius!!!

@abbymichelle9821 6 лет назад

This is so cool

@rawnuhld 6 лет назад

That's a really, really, REALLY nice basement.

@jurgenwagner-thepecartist7552 6 лет назад

Nice Job

@BossVJBeast 6 лет назад

Ok not gonna lie that is pretty awesome

@MegaKoie 6 лет назад

Good job

@rmhutchins7 6 лет назад

I enjoyed your video. It was very helpful. Thank you!

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

great, very welcome, glad to help out!

@keegandesouza627 6 лет назад

You have a cool room

@veronicamarkham4465 6 лет назад

I love how you say thank you to your Alexa 😂

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

ha, i really only did that for the demo

@Carl_in_AZ 6 лет назад

Good idea. I put mine in a 2 gang outdoor weatherproof box with blue tooth to my amp to run my outdoor speakers around the pool. If I had a drop ceiling I would like this clean install. Maybe I could have done this in my patio's celing instead of the waetherproof box.

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

nice, that sounds great, voice controlling music from outside must be a pretty cool feeling!

@MaenMarashdeh 6 лет назад

This man is living in 2020

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

ha, it does sometimes feel like it! a great time to be alive

@eeeps2634 6 лет назад

Yeah Rip all the people living in 2018.....

@kamgrant 4 года назад

Maen Marashdeh Greetings from 2020

@anakinskywalker7703 4 года назад

Buddish Mecca rip all of us

@g8risgr849 3 года назад

Probably wishing now he could skip 2020.

@teddyheffernan6093 6 лет назад

Great video

@jomb13 6 лет назад

Love your setup! Should have a retractable screen to make it love even better

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

true that, i considered it but i think i do liek the screen

@pokesmole6218 6 лет назад

Nice

@vctbal 5 лет назад

Every time you said hey Alexa my Alexa responded 😂😂😂

@sahlay 6 лет назад

i'm not a fan of the Echo personally, but this is pretty cool. well done

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

thanks man

@MoparGuy1625 4 года назад

sahlay what do you prefer? I’m looking for a good Alexa device.

@TheMagicclaw29 3 года назад

@@MoparGuy1625 get echo dot 3rd gen super cheap rn

@recless8667 6 лет назад

You really should mount that thing to the t-grid. They make hangers for it, it'd just be a matter of attaching the Echo to the hanger; look for "ceiling tile hangers", "t-grid hangers", or "drop-ceiling hangers". Which is what brought me here, I was looking to see if someone had mounted her using a proper mount.

@eden20111 6 лет назад

As I’m watching this video, My Alexa is responding to your questions too 😂😂😂😂😂

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

yeh it does that!

@tenzingngodub641 6 лет назад

How come, You don’t have to say Alexa all the time

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

there is a setting in the alexa app called 'follow up mode' so where she keeps listening for a few seconds after an initial command

@dazza1591978 6 лет назад

Hi, can't find the following command. It's probably not available in the UK yet.

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

yeh i think thats the case. so dumb, seems like they could just isntantly roll that out across the globe, i mean come on ha

@pennyproductions3053 6 лет назад

Tenzing Ngodub š

@sinjon 6 лет назад

Darren Bentham check under settings for your specific echo device in the Alexa app

@leahcastro9047 5 лет назад

I like this

@techfreshness 5 лет назад

i also like this

@The99210 6 лет назад

You have a nice basement.

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

thanks we enjoy it alot

@randomkidwithnofreinds 6 лет назад

Dope

@dxnya4580 6 лет назад

Wow cool wow

@VEGGIEIB 6 лет назад

Goals for my upstairs add I have the same type of ceiling.

@tonywang9026 6 лет назад

thanc yau

@Alexwilson225playsMC 6 лет назад

Next Amazon product: iNtRoDuCiNg ThE AmAzoN CeiLInG TiLE

@yase0 6 лет назад

Nice basement

@SuperCripple 6 лет назад

That is really freakin' cool. I didn't know you could get it to turn on space heaters and stuff like that. I guess you just need some kinda switch that the space heater plugs into, and then name that switch "space heater" in your devices?

@TheDropForged 6 лет назад

Tommy Tindall Yeah you answered it yourself. You just plug into wifi plug and you have it.

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

yep yep!

@justraegan8106 6 лет назад

every time he said *Alexa* my Amazon echo responded😂💀

@150whattt 4 года назад

Can you adjust volume using Alexa, or do you have to go into the closet to manually turn the knob on the amp?

@azanjamal5376 6 лет назад

Cool

@_brandon_jean_8032 6 лет назад

FBI: "thx for making it easier to spy on you..."

@doctorgadgetix4887 6 лет назад

What did these speakers do before? TV-surround sound? Now they are ONLY for the Echo, right?

@leonk6950 6 лет назад

Doctor Gadgetix they did nothing, they came with his house. Now they do music via Alexa and other Alexa things. Still, I would have connected it to a speaker system too for music

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

i know, unfortunately, i don't love using just my voice to control music, i do prefer going through my phone for music control.

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

yeah, only echo, i think thats the key to it

@yahirarellano3652 6 лет назад

🤘

@technobrain1461 6 лет назад

Hey, man thanks for the video. What is the name of your speakers? And how much watts they have to be supported by that amp?

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

they are just some boston acoustics, any would really do, you really only need like 40 watt speakers if that, 25 would work

@JustinGreene0224 6 лет назад

Nice setup. I'm thinking of doing something like this where I'm going to replace my extra smoke detectors with Google WiFi/Home pucks. This is a great starting point guide. Did you run power manually or just a long extension cable?

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

thanks justin, since it is powered via usb, i just used an extra long usb cable.

@richardcrim3831 6 лет назад

Awesome idea but I would have gave the speakers a little more power with the Insignia 200 watt by 2 channel receiver

@StephanusYanaputra 6 лет назад

That moment when your Alexa reacts to the video because the video mentions "Alexa"... And it said the same Warren Buffet explanation at the same time too.

@lighto2313 6 лет назад

I subbed

@robbygray7829 5 лет назад

i understand the speakers but for the ceiling lights what other devices did you need to buy to control the lights in the ceiling i see a few people online controlling lamps for wall plug devices you at to the current wall plugs but the ceiling lights hows this work?

@techfreshness 5 лет назад

so i use philips hue, that comes with a control box you plug into your router, then you can control all the hue bubls directly, so in other words you can control it with alexa or your phone, since alexa will control that philips control box. alternatively you can get alexa/smartphone enabled wall switches and outlets, so that anything that plugs in or is connected to the wall switches can be controlled. does that make sense?

@thehivegaming7144 4 года назад

Question can u use multiple echo dot?

@jeremyassayah 6 лет назад

I did the same in my house, connecting the ceiling speaker to an amp then to Alexa. I have that setting for couple months already and I like it but the issue I run into is white noise. Because the speakers are powered all the time but nothing is playing thru them I get a white noise (tiny). Do you have any issues like that?

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

hmm, i hadn't noticed too much, maybe turn your amp down and alexa up or the alexa volume down and amp up. or try new aux cable, do you have it running close to any electrical wires? your amp could maybe be noisey?

@Yarach 6 лет назад

I remember not so long ago people saying a permanently turned on microphone is the most stupid thing ever because NSA and others could listen to everything. People obviously have learned nothing from the leaks en exposed information in the last year alone. If a company charges nothing for their services, it is your personal information you are paying with!

@wickedmuffin76 6 лет назад

I don’t want anyone listening to me all the time, government or otherwise

@jephreemika490 6 лет назад

Lol, what of all the free websites you give your credit card numbers to? Those charge you for services? Didnt think so. Give up, leave the internet.

@wickedmuffin76 6 лет назад

Why would you give a credit card number to a free website?

@jephreemika490 6 лет назад

Mark Zielke is ebay and/or amazon not free? Have you not bought anything online?

@wickedmuffin76 6 лет назад

I wouldn't call a website selling things a "free" site, free to look at I guess but you provide payment to buy things, and they have a legal obligation to protect your account information.

@zach2gamez53 6 лет назад

OMG lol when u said Alexa my Alexa Turned on

@lilpikalikeschutube_alt4507 6 лет назад

Thanks this trick saved space in my apartment!! 😃

@billmthacker Год назад

I want to connect an old timmey studiio microphone the Alexa. I only wat it to respond when I push the button on the microphone. Can this be done?

@TheTinkerDad 6 лет назад

Ok, this made me subscribe, an awesome idea! Now tell me, how do you make your Echo to accept commands like "set temperature to ..." without having to use a skill prefix, etc?

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

ha sweet. as far as the temp, well the nest just happens to able to respond to that specific command without needing any wierd prefix, unfortunately a lot of alexa enabled devices require those wierd prefixes as you know. its really just kind of hit or miss depending on the command/device comboination. usually if it requires some wierd prefix or syntax, i'll just not use that feature

@TheTinkerDad 6 лет назад

techfreshness I see, thanks. I'm mostly using Alexa with DIY devices, so I couldn't recognize the Nest device on the wall for the first glimpse. (It was visible in another video you've posted.) Oh well, thanks anyway for the reply. I can just hope in the future they'll be able to get rid of the need for skill prefixes.

@dommas. 6 лет назад

It's called follow up mode

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

thats cool and totally agree. so have you done any diy with any blinds or window treatments? that was gonna be my next thing i think.

@TheTinkerDad 6 лет назад

Let's say it's in progress - i have some motors and controllers to play around with, but i'm still looking for an intelligent platform to manage my devices through Alexa - I mean you can hook up basically anything to Home Assistant, then you can control Home Assistant's attached devices with Alexa, but apart from a few rare cases, you're limited to "Turn off this", "Turn on that". Sounds kinda weak for me, so i'm researching my own platform instead of home assistant, which would feature machine learning to automatize stuff, based on habits (like it records usually when you go to sleep, etc.) and sensor data (motion, light, temperature, etc)

@deantetro5650 6 лет назад

This was an awesome video, until my Alexa hooked up to a home theater heard Alexa and stated shouting at movie volume, I just shit my self, but awesome video

@GWebVideos 6 лет назад

My Alexa went off🤣

@VEGGIEIB 6 лет назад

Will the smart plugs safely work with a dumb stove - making it a smart oven /stove? Thanks.

@techfreshness 6 лет назад

i don't think so, you really need a stove that has that functionality built in. if you think about how a stove works, you don't really turn it on and off like a light switch, so just 'plugging' it into a smartplug wouldn't really achieve what you are trying to do, plus could be a little dangerous