1. Get everything ready
3. Choose a location for your Echo
4. Plug in your Echo
5. Connect your Echo with the Alexa app
6. Connect to your WiFi network
The next step is to connect your Echo to your home WiFi network. Look at the list of available WiFi networks and click on yours, entering a password if required. Once your Echo connects to your WiFi network you will see a message on your smartphone screen that says “Your Echo is online”.
Changing your wake word (Optional)
If you want to change the activation word, go to the device settings menu in your Alexa app and click on the wake word option. From here you can change the wake word to either Alexa, Echo or Computer.