Amazon Echo devices lose aux input control via Alexa

<figure> <img alt="The fourth-gen Echo smart speaker on a wooden desk" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21977839/dseifert_201020_4247_0003.0.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p>If users have been utilizing an older Amazon Echo device as a speaker through its 3.5mm aux input, Alexa voice commands to play or pause audio from the line-in may cease functioning. <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/amazon-bricks-alexas-ability-to-control-echo-speakers-aux-input/"><em>Ars Technica</em></a> reports on a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/alexa/s/pYDscOMdj4">Reddit</a> user who claimed to have received a notification from Amazon regarding this change, which the company has confirmed. Amazon spokesperson Claudia Chavira Velez stated, "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."</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-embed-reddit"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="iframely-embed"><div class="iframely-responsive"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/alexa/comments/1wyjzba/amazon_kills_line-in/?share_id=o8NkFkFV24VK6L--FnTyZ&amp;utm_content=share_button&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_source=share&amp;utm_term=1"></a></div></div> </div></figure> <p>The notification did not provide any reasoning for the removal of this feature.</p>