What Outdoor Speakers Work With Alexa

Alexa and Google Home powered smart speakers can make their way outdoors in several ways. 

Echo Input

• If you have an Echo or Google Home speaker you could simply unplug it, carry it out side and plug it in again. 
• You can get portable versions of both smart speaker platforms from the likes of JBL, Ultimate ears and others that you simply move outdoors. Some of them last up to 10 hours on battery power. 
• Using an Echo input allows you to use any wireless or wired outdoor speakers you have laying around to bring the smarts outside. 

But if you’d prefer a portable battery powered smart speaker, there are many choices. We even heard 20 UE Booms playing outside, spread out across a court yard and they sounded incredible. Given that they cost around $100 each this would of course be a costly solution. 

Cyber Acoustics and Echo Dot 2

I recently stumbled upon the Cyber Acoustics portable Echo Dot 5gen speaker which given the reviews it gets looks like a tremendous deal. It’s available on amazon for under $60 and works both on power and battery. Please note this only works with the Echo Dot 2 which is sold separately.  If you buy both products you total cost will be around $85.

There are more traditional ways of hooking up outdoor speakers to Alexa: Hooking up an Echo Dot to a audio receiver with outdoor speakers Buying a new receiver with Alexa built in No matter what you decide there are lost so options to bring the advantages of either Alexa or Google Home into the great outdoors.