BT Advanced Digital Home Phone with Alexa Built-In Works Only With BT Smart Hub 2

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However, if you do want a landline phone service, it'll have to be a digital voice service from 2025. What if I don't have or want a broadband connection? BT’s Digital Voice service is powered via broadband and if the internet goes down, you won't be able to use your phone or Alexa features. Please make sure that you have another way to call for help in an emergency. Digital Voice works with your existing phone, or you can get a new Digital Home Phone. You can use your existing phone by plugging it in to your Smart Hub 2 router or in to a Digital Voice Adapter. Alternatively, you can get a new Digital Home Phone such as the Advanced handset with Alexa built-in. You can only have one active Alexa session at a time. Playing music would be the single active Alexa session. The second handset would not respond to the Alexa button press and it will show a blue circle next to it to show Alexa is active on the other handset. The second handset will be able to make calls using BT as usual. Keep scrolling as we go into more detail on what you can expect from these options. Echo Dot – for basic audio and voice commands

Minute Mindfulness – This beginner-friendly skill aims to detach you from stresses and strains in just one minute. If you think you’ve mastered your voice assistant, you’re probably wrong. The wide range of things you can do with Alexa is astonishing, and it’s learning all the time. Hi Ken, switching off phone lines would never have happened during the Thatcher years because broadband was only available on compatible phone lines then. We’ve still got the same lines, we don’t all have broadband.

Follow the on-screen instructions. Alexa is now deregistered from your hub. If you want to use the Alexa service again. Press the Alexa button and follow the set-up instructions. Follow your favourite sports teams – In the Alexa mobile app, head to the main menu and tap Settings. Under Sports, run a search for your favourite team. For example, try tapping in ‘Arsenal’ or the name of any other teams you’d like to keep an eye on – there’s a range of sports on offer. Then, try saying ‘Alexa, give me my sports update’. The move to digital phone services isn't only about infrastructure: it also offers benefits such as clearer calls, the ability to make multiple calls simultaneously and the possibility of accessing your landline in other locations. The digital home phone also comes with a large colour screen, outstanding battery life and works with BT’s Digital Voice service to provide crystal-clear HD calling, Call Diversion, Multi Call and Call Protect Ingredient Sub – Have a lovely recipe idea but missing one ingredient? This handy skill saves the day. Simply ask: ‘Alexa, Open Ingredient Sub’ and you’ll be given good options you can use as a substitute.

The Advanced Digital Home Phone with Alexa built-in is BT’s latest and most advanced Digital Home Phone. It has full support for the Digital Voice service, including HD-quality calls and all of the Digital Voice features. On top of that, you’ll get a colour display and a one-touch button for Alexa, allowing for things like one-touch dialling and controlling your other smart home devices. The Advanced Digital Home Phone with Alexa built-in is a cordless device so it connects wirelessly to your Smart Hub 2 router. Because of this, you can use it pretty much anywhere in your home. According to BT, the phone has a 50m range indoors and a 300m range outdoors. The demise of the PSTN is linked to the roll-out of full fibre broadband in the UK, although the two aren't on the same timeline. While phone services will no longer use the copper network by the end of 2025, the aim is for full fibre coverage to reach 85% in the same year. Ofcom told us it that will keep a close eye on the progress made by phone providers to help ensure all customers, particularly those who are vulnerable, are supported through the transition. But for some people it’s also possible to make a receive call with Alexa, using your mobile phone number. In the UK this is limited to EE customers and Vodafone customers who have a Red account. Once set up, incoming calls to your mobile phone will ring your Alexa devices as well as your phone, and similarly, you can place calls from your phone number by speaking to Alexa on an Echo speaker or display.If you'd like to add the Alexa voice assistant to your existing audio setup, there are a couple of ways to get the job done. Set your default music provider – In the menu in the Alexa app, head to Settings > music, then tap Choose Default Music Services. Remember some music streaming services and features require subscriptions. The Advanced Digital Home Phone also has a wider range of accessibility options such as Ringer Volume Boost and Large Text.