How to Upload Photos to Alexa Show

We take recently been exploring means to leverage "shared photos" equally another style to encourage remote interactions among family members, and we wanted to find ways that an Repeat Show could exist used for photo sharing.

The good news: there are several ways to do that, and this solution explains how.

There are multiple ways to get photo sharing on an Repeat Testify, depending on how y'all currently use the product, and on your level of technical composure.

This solution describes 3 ways:

• You already use Alexa Video Calls;
• You lot take phyiscal access to the Repeat Show;
• You demand to do it remotely (but video calls are not set up).

Already Using Alexa Video Calls?

If you are already having Alexa Video Calls with your loved one, I take some good news for you! Since their name is already in your Alexa Contacts, you tin can easily share photos from your iPhone or Android phone using the elementary steps below.

If you lot have been previously sending photos by email, yous may take overlooked this option.

Here is a video of Photograph Sharing on Repeat Show.

Simple Directly Photo Sharing: The Steps

1. In your Apple Photos app or Android Gallery app, select a photo

2. Tap the share icon

3. Tap the Amazon Alexa icon
   1. Note- y'all tin can only send ONE photograph at a fourth dimension. If you lot select more than than one, the Amazon Alexa icon will not appear
   2. In one case only
      1. Tap "GOT It" to send photos to Alexa devices
      2. Allow Amazon Alexa to access photos

4. Tap your loved ane's contact proper noun
5. Tap Share
6. You tin too type or speak a message
7. Tap send

Wow! I never noticed that! What does my loved i see when they get the photo?

It will appear with an on-screen message and a sound. They can just say "Alexa, show the photograph"

If they missed the message, it will be seen in rotation with other Home Content information, if you have left the Repeat Show Home Content setting at default or used our recommended settings.

If they tap the screen, they can send y'all a annotate on that photo that volition show upward in your Alexa app.

You tin view their reactions in the Alexa app past tapping Communicate

They can also say "Alexa, prove photos from Thirty" where XXX is the Alexa Contact'southward proper noun or nickname of whatever family member who has shared photos. This is a very easy style for your loved one to select a slide testify of photos from a specific family member. Your loved one can also swipe through the photos

Not Using Alexa Video Calls?

Well, that is great, but I'm currently not doing Alexa Video Calls, is there any other way to share photos?

No trouble! I'll testify you lot means to handle that below.

WallPaper Settings (requires physical access)

If you take physical access to your loved i'due south Echo Show, you tin can make a change to its wallpaper settings to point at an Amazon Photos Album where you and other family members can post pictures. The pictures will bear witness up as a rotating background series of photos overlayed by information such as weather.

No Access to the Echo Testify?

If you don't take physical access to their Echo Show, I'll show you how to do that remotely past using your loved ane's Alexa business relationship on your mobile device.

The mutual Photo-Frame type brandish with rotating family photos tin be implemented using solution 1 or solution 2.

Solution 3 provides a means for your loved i to asking a full-screen slideshow with the ability to respond to the photos.

Here are three solutions that differ on features for the loved one and ease of use for those posting photos.

1. Alexa App Photos
2. Amazon Photos App Collection
3. Shared Photos

Solution	Requires Amazon Photos	Loved One's business relationship login	Loved One as a Contact	Rotational background brandish	Allows loved one'southward feedback	Comments
1 Alexa App Photos	NO	Yes- every fourth dimension	No	Yes	No	Easiest setup, hardest to mail photos
ii Amazon App Photos	Yes	Yep- once	Yeah	Yes	No	Difficult setup, easier to post photos
3 Shared with you photos	Yeah	Yes- once	Yep	No	Yes	Offers on-demand slideshow with feedback.

Here is a YouTube video showing the three photo sharing solutions in activity.

I suggest that you try solution 1 every bit it'south the easiest to implement.

After doing that, if you determine that it'south too much problem having to log into your loved one's account to mail photos, read through solution 2 which offers a means to hands postal service from within your Amazon Photos app. After its setup, solution 2 allows you to hands switch between several albums that you have created.

Solution three can exist used separately, or in addition to other solutions, to provide a means for a loved one to kickoff a full-screen family photograph slideshow and add their feedback to photos.

Annotation that solutions ii & 3 require that your loved ane exist an Alexa Contact. If you currently take Alexa calls with them, they are already an Alexa Contact. If non, you can add them by following the steps in this article.

Although the solutions below bargain with displaying on an Echo Show, there is a style to alter the photos displayed as a screen saver on a loved one's Fire Television (Cube, Stick or Burn Tv Edition). Delight note that the screen saver must be locally enabled and requires at least a v-minute timeout with no video prove running for the screen saver to offset. Fire Tv screen savers also time out and in that location is no way to currently change the timeout.

OK, how practise I exercise it?

Solution 1- Alexa App Photos

This works even if your Grandpa doesn't have Alexa Contacts or Amazon photos.

It works without those settings because you are logging into granddad'due south Alexa business relationship. This is not as flexible as the other methods, but if you don't want to set up Alexa Calling and Amazon photos, this is a expert choice.

Basically, you need to know his Amazon business relationship login credentials so logon to the Alexa app on your mobile device with his account. I volition provide step-by-step instructions below.

Step by Step Instructions.

In the Alexa app- sign out of your account

• Tap More
• Tap Settings
• Coil down and Tap "Non xxx? Sign out"
• Tap Sign Out

Now, Login with your Grandpa's business relationship

• Y'all may be asked to validate the account by text or electronic mail
• Tap his name
  • Confirm his name
• Skip any "Verify your telephone number"
• Skip the Alexa voice training
• Tap devices
• Tap "Done" if prompted to add together new devices
• Tap Echo & Alexa
• Tap his Echo Bear witness
• Scroll downward to Home Screen Groundwork and Tap it

• Tap Uploaded Photos

• Tap Continue
• Tap OKAY to add Photos (if asked)

• On Android Phones, you tin can choose from several sources.
  • If not machine-presented, tap the 3 bars in the upper left
• On iPhones, you lot can only add from the phone storage, which can include albums.

• Select up to 10 photos and tap Add together

• Be sure "Brandish on device" is enabled.
• Yous can as well delete photos from his brandish.

Your Grandpa will now have a continuously rotating background display of pictures.

If you find it inconvenient to log into Grandpa'south account each fourth dimension yous desire to transport a new photo, consider dedicating an onetime tablet or phone (no cell service required) to his business relationship.

Solution two- Amazon Photos App

This solution is harder to ready up, but makes information technology much easier to add photos afterward.

There are 3 steps involved:

1. Add together your photos to an Amazon Photos anthology
2. Add the Amazon Photos album to a collection (group)
3. Change the wallpaper setting on the Echo Bear witness to point at the drove (grouping)

The first footstep- add together photos to an album in your Amazon Photos app

If you are using an iPhone:

• Tap the Apple Photos icon (to create an Apple Photos Anthology)
• Tap Albums
• Tap the "+" in upper left
• Tap New Album & proper noun it
• Add photos
• Tap Washed

• Open the Amazon Photos app (to add that album to Amazon Photos)
• Plow off Car-SAVE (if asked)
  • Tap Done
• Tap "More" 3 bars in lower correct
• Tap "Upload Photos and Videos"
• Tap on the "Smart Collections" (Apple Photos anthology) y'all but created
• Select the photos you want
• Tap Upload

Your Apple Photos are now in an Amazon Photos Collection

If you are using an Android phone:

• Open up the Amazon Photos app
• Tap Albums
• Tap the 3 dots in the upper right
• Tap Create Anthology & name it
• Tap Next
• Add photos
• Tap Create
• Tap "<" in upper left
  • Information technology may take a few moments for the photos to appear

The second pace- add the Amazon Photos album to a group in Amazon Photos app

Using an iPhone OR an Android phone:

Delight annotation that Amazon calls them "Groups" in Amazon Photos, but later refers to them as or "Collections" in the Alexa app.

• Open the Amazon Photos App
• Tap Sharing
• Tap Share "+"
• Tap Create a new grouping
  • If you already take some groups, tap "+" in upper right corner
• Select ANY photograph
  • Yous will more photos afterwards
• If using Android
  • Tap Next
• If using iPhone
  • Tap Share
  • Tap "Untitled Group"
  • Tap Add members

• Tap Granddaddy'south proper name
  • If you don't see Grandpa'due south name, Tap Show More Contacts
    • If still yous don't come across Grandpa'due south proper noun
  • If you all the same don't see Grandpa's name
    • Tap "<"
    • Tap More
    • Tap Settings
    • Tap Contact Volume
    • Turn on "Use Your Alexa Contacts"
      • If yous have previously setup Alexa Calling for him, his proper name will now prove upwardly
    • Tap "<"
    • Tap "<"
  • If you all the same don't see Grandpa'southward name
    • Blazon in his electronic mail accost
    • Tap Next
    • Tap Share
      • This will transport Grandpa an electronic mail. I propose you temporarily add his email business relationship to your mobile device. You tin do that with a web postal service business relationship

• This will create a group that you tin rename
  • You will need to setup an Amazon Photos account for him- perform Step 1a below
    • Then start Step 1 over again
• If using Android
  • Tap Share
• If using iPhone
  • Tap Invite

• The Grouping is auto-named for y'all

• I suggest you lot alter the name to something more useful; east.g. Grandpa Photos
  • Tap the existing proper noun
  • Tap it again on the next screen
  • You volition finally exist allowed to edit information technology
  • Tap Rename
• Tap "<"
• Tap "<" again

• Tap "<" in upper left

You should now see your group named Grandpa Photos with the photos selected. This "grouping proper noun" is what yous will use on the Echo Show "wallpaper" setting every bit an Amazon Photos Anthology

Annotation that it shows that it's shared with your Grandpa'southward kickoff name in his Amazon account

Adding more photos

• In the Amazon Photos app
• Tap "Photo(s)"
• Tap "+" in the lower correct
• Select your photos
• Tap "NEXT"
• Tap "Share"
• Tap "< "

The third stride is to change the wallpaper setting to point at that Amazon Photos anthology:

You will demand to invite your loved 1 and family members to view the collection

If you have access to the Echo Show

• Swipe down from the acme of the screen
• Tap Settings
• Tap Wallpaper & Clock
• Tap Amazon Photos
• Scroll down though and select the Album you created in stride on

If you don't have access to the Echo Bear witness

• To Logout of Amazon Photos as yourself
  • Tap More than (3 bars in lower right)
  • Tap Settings
  • Coil down and sign out
• Login as your loved one in the Alexa Photos
• Plow off AUTO-SAVE
• Tap Washed
• Tap "Skip" in upper correct
• Tap More than (3 bars in lower right)
• Tap "Personalize Repeat Show & Burn Idiot box"
• Tap your loved one's Echo Show or Fire TV
• Tap "Add more collections"
• Select the collections you want to add
• Tap Salvage

You can and then run into which collections will exist viewing.

Be certain to log out of Amazon Photos every bit your loved one

• Tap "<"
• Tap "<"
• Tap Settings
• Scroll down and sign out

Your loved one will at present have a rotating background screen of family unit photos with an informational overlay. Information technology may take a few minutes for this to take effect.

Whew! I have it all setup at present, how to I add/delete photos in the future?

Now that your loved 1'south Echo Evidence has been set to use your Amazon Photos collection, all that you (or other family members) have to do is add/remove photos using YOUR Amazon Photos app. That is the real beauty of this solution.

Login the Amazon Photos app using YOUR account:

• Plough off AUTO-Salvage
• Tap Done
• Tap "Skip for now" on the "Personalize Your Devices"
  • These are devices on YOUR account, not your loved ane'due south account
  • Tap "GOT IT"
• Tap Albums
• Tap on your loved one's album
• To add together a photo
  • Tap on the 3 dots in upper right
  • Tap add together photos
  • Tap Add together
• To delete a photograph
  • Tap on the photo
  • Tap on the 3 dots in upper right
  • Tap "Move to Trash"
  • Cull to also delete from your device
• Tap "<"

It may accept a few minutes before they notice whatever changes .

Please note that you tin create several albums and switch which album or group of albums your loved one sees past changing the to a higher place wallpaper setting on their Echo Show. Information technology'south great to be able to exercise this remotely!

Solution iii- Shared With Y'all Photos

This solution tin can be used with either of the above solutions. Its main feature is that information technology gives your loved ane a way to respond to photos.

Information technology relies on Contacts in Alexa Communications, which yous volition outset demand to set upward, every bit shown in our article. If y'all already are doing Alexa Calling with your loved one, you already have Alexa Contacts setup.

In the Alexa app on your mobile device

• Tap Communicate
• Tap Share

• Tap Got it

• Tap Photo Gallery/Camera Coil

• On Android Phones, yous tin can choose from several sources.
• On iPhones, you can merely add from the phone storage, which can include albums

• Tap the photos source and select ONE Photograph at time
• Tap a Contact name (This is why y'all demand Alexa Calling enabled)
  • If you don't have it enable, encounter this article on Alexa Calling.
• Tap Share

You tin can besides include a typed or phonation message. This will be sent separately and an Alexa "message" containing either text or audio for your loved one.

Yous tin see a list of the photos you take sent and view the responses your loved ane may have sent back.

You can delete any of the photos by opening the Amazon Photos app

• Tap Sharing
• Expect nether Alexa Sharing for your loved one's name
• Yous tin can remove photos for the shared grouping

What will my loved ane run across on their Echo Show?

Note: By default, "Shared with You" under Settings- Home Content was set to "ON" when the Echo Testify was initially prepare. If that setting were turned off, yous would need to observe someone to plough it dorsum on if y'all can't visit your loved ane, every bit I can't observe a manner to do it remotely. Your loved one will yet get the note of a photo being received, but non the repeating reminder. They can still view the photos past saying, "Alexa, what are my Shared Photos?"

Your loved 1 will go a note in their Echo Show that you have shared a photo. If they missed the message, the Home Content feature mentioned above would again display that note during the rotational brandish of information

Here is what they have to say to Alexa to view the photos; "Alexa, what are my Shared Photos?"

They tin tap on the photo and select an "emoji" icon

The feedback your loved one will run into when they touch the emoji

This "shared with you" method has an reward over the photo frame type brandish in that your loved ane can verbally request that the series of displayed pictures by saying, "Alexa, what are my Shared Photos?" They can so sequence through them and provide feedback to you at any fourth dimension.

At that place are on-screen controls for Pause/Resume, Forward/Back also as spoken Alexa commands for the same features using those commands.

Tips & Tricks

Seeing what your loved i enjoyed

It may non be obvious, just Amazon Photos has prepare up a grouping for you and your loved one. If you also have an Echo Prove, and take turned on "Shared with you", you volition receive a note in the screen rotation that your loved ane has responded to a photo.

If y'all say "Alexa, what are my shared photos?", you will see the photos you shared, along with your loved one's comments

If your loved 1 has problems speaking the Alexa voice commands, consider adding a push to make Alexa proactive as described in the article on Alexa Routines

Which app to use?

• The Alexa app is used to add photos to the groups for sharing and provides a new photo notification.

• The Amazon Photos app is used to view the history of a serial of photos and to remove them from the grouping.
  • Annotation, yous could use this app to add together photos, but your loved ane wouldn't go a notification.

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