How To Connect Two Echo Dots Registered To Difderent Usera

If y'all've got an Alexa device in your home, similar an Echo smart speaker, anyone in your home tin apply it. But there are certain disadvantages to having information technology associated with just ane account. Mainly, it means that anybody is pretty much sharing the aforementioned account.

Yous tin create what Amazon calls a "household." That means that there can be two adult accounts on the device. On an Echo, that means it can display photos and allow notifications (for example, for a to-do list) from both accounts. Creating a household too permits one member of the household to make a purchase using the other's business relationship, which tin can be useful if one person has a Prime account. (You tin add a code if y'all'd rather not allow the other household member to make purchases.) And outside of an Alexa device, having a household lets yous share digital content such every bit ebooks and games.

In that location are a few limitations.

Outset, you can only add together one other adult (or teenager) to a household account. Y'all can add up to four teens historic period 13–17 (who can shop on their own with parents approval the purchases). You tin also add iv children age 12 and under via the Amazon Kids Plus program, which costs $4.99 a month (or $ii.99 a month for Prime members) for a single child and $9.99 a month (or $6.99 a month for Prime members) for up to iv children. Besides, don't confuse this with Amazon Household, the service attached to a general Amazon account, which allows two adults, upwardly to 4 teens, and up to iv child profiles to share an account.

Hither'due south how to add someone to your household:

Become to the Amazon Household page on the Amazon website. (You lot can no longer add a household member using the Amazon app.)
Select "Add Adult" (or "Add together a Teen" or "Add a Child")

*Click on "Add together Developed" to add someone to your household.*

Add the name and email of the adult you desire to share the business relationship with. They volition be invited to bring together your Amazon Household. (A teen will likewise get an invite; you volition need to create a child's profile yourself.)

Your new Household member will be send an email — *Your new household member will be sent an email.*

In one case that's done, to go from one account to another, yous just have to say, "Alexa, switch accounts." (If y'all've lost track of whose business relationship you're using, you can say, "Alexa, place account.")

Remove a 2nd business relationship

What if y'all no longer want the other adult on your account? (Breakups practice happen.) You can easily remove them from your household:

Go to the same "Manage your Household" page on the Amazon site. On the left, you'll see icons representing yous and the other member of your household.
You can either select "Go out" to get out the household yourself or "Remove" to remove somebody from your household. Be aware that any adult leaving or removed from a household won't be able to join another for 180 days (in other words, six months).

To remove a Household member, go to the — *To remove a household member, go to the "Manage Your Household" page.*

That 180-solar day brake could be a trouble if, for example, you're simply trying to transfer a household member to a unlike account or if you've accidentally removed somebody. In either case, it'south a skillful idea to contact Amazon customer support via conversation or phone. Co-ordinate to a customer service rep I chatted with, Amazon can remove a household member without imposing the 180-day ban if requested. And if y'all've already removed one, it can reset the account so that you can add together another earlier the six-calendar month period is upwards.

Update March 18th, 2021, 2:15PM ET: This article was originally published on Nov 19th, 2019, and has been updated to accommodate changes in Amazon's Household plan.