Alexa can’t control the aux input on Amazon Echo speakers anymore

October 6, 2026 Stevie Bonifield

The fourth-gen Echo smart speaker on a wooden desk

If you've been using an older Amazon Echo device as a speaker through its 3.5mm aux input, Alexa voice commands to play or pause from line in may stop working. Ars Technica points to this Reddit poster claiming they received a message from Amazon about the change, which the company has confirmed. According to Amazon spokesperson Claudia Chavira Velez, "We recently notified the very small number of customers using voice requests to play or pause audio from the aux audio input on select Echo devices that this functionality will no longer be supported."

The message does not include any explanation for why the feature was removed. It also …

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