r/alexa

When i ask Amazon Alexa to play ocean waves for my child, why the f*ck does it need to announce everything. Shut the F up and play the song, i don't need some random voice regurgitating what i just asked. Its just a dog shit experience.

Trying to play zen music and it goes “PLAYING OCEAN WAVES BUT CANT PLAY FOR MORE THAN 10 HOURS”. Excuse me shut the f*ck up. Every night for 3 years it played same disclaimer. Whoever is programming Alexss is a complete retard.

Are servers down? My Echo devices are just silent with any command or question. My internet access is fine.

I'm in Chicago. Echo lit up. I asked it to read notifications 3 times. No response. Went to the app and asked if it was working. It answered and I again asked it to read notifications and it did. Tried to leave feedback and no response. Now no response in the app or verbally.

And for the record, it says my wife’s name, always.

Me every morning: (me, barely whispering) "Alexa, turn off hatch." Alexa: (whispering) "ok." This turns off my hatch sunrise alarm clock quietly so as not to wake my husband.

Yesterday: (me, whispering) "Alexa, turn off hatch." Alexa: (screaming in her new AI Alexa Plus voice) "DO YOU WANT ME TO ACTIVATE WHISPER MODE?!?!? SAY 'WHISPER' TO ACTIVATE WHISPER MODE!!!!"

Obviously if I am whispering, I want you to respond in a whisper! JFC. Woke up my husband, and then we were both in a pissy mood to start off our Monday.

Anybody know how to shut off the screen of the echo show 5? I say “Alexa shut off the screen” and it does for a split second and turns right back on.. I just want to see it for the time at night, the whole display is too bright when I’m trying to sleep

So I just bought a new LG TV with Alexa built in. I have an Echo Dot in the room where the TV is going.

Does this mean the TV can do all the same things as the Echo Dot (control smart thermostat, turn on/off lights…). If so, can I move the Dot to another room? And will the TV’s Alexa work if the TV is turned off?

I'm really sick and tired of Alexa.

She doesn't recognize the simplest commands and plays things I didn't ask for.

I literally get angry before going to bed, even though I have the latest generation Echo Dot in my bedroom.

Alexa Plus? Screw that!

I’m not paying for some shitty service that I never even had when I bought the device.

Seriously, enough is enough! I’m selling all this crap and getting Google or something.

I've been having issues with my Alexa turning the mute function on by itself, and not allowing me to turn it off. I checked my routines and nothing I set is causing this. What do I do?

I bought an Echo Dot four or five years ago to use mostly as a bedroom clock radio. For four of five years it did those functions mostly well. I've had a weekend alarm set for all of that time. This morning, I wake up a few minutes after the alarm should have gone off. I asked Alexa why my weekend alarm didn't go off. She responded that I have never had a weekend alarm on this Echo and would I like to set one up? WTF? Can I trust this thing to run my alarms now. or will they possibly disappear into the ether like this one did.

To cap my frustration, I went to the Amazon Digital and Device Forum to complain, and to see if others had the same issue, and it wouldn't let me enter the question! It kept telling me that "personal information like names" was in my question. The only name used was "Alexa." I edited it to remove that, and still it wouldn't let me enter it.

Amazon android app just had an update and suddenly I'm forced to have alexa, I don't want alexa. Privacy and security should be paramount on our phones seeing as everything is DFA these days. They're gonna force me to uninstall the Amazon app, and probably delete my account

I set up “hello” to turn on all lights, and most of the times she says “ok” and does it. But sometimes she says “which contact would you like me to call” or something like “hey how are you” and does not do the task. So I want to replace it with a different phrase, but I want to make sure she will not confuse it with something else

I cook 99% of my meals for medical reasons.

Alexa has been crucial to help with this, setting multiple simultaneous timers hand-free, being able to add or subtract time to individual timers with no problem.

For 10ish years ...

Me: Alexa set a timer for 1 hour

Alexa: Timer set for one hour.

Me (2 minutes later): Alexa, subtract 10 minutes from the timer.

Alexa: 10 minutes subtracted. You now have 48 minutes left on your 50-minute timer.

As of two days ago, Alexa changed accents and now has a much "muddier" sound quality, which is annoying, but I'll live with it.

Now ...

Me: Alexa, subtract 10 minutes from the timer.

Alexa: beeps once, doesn't subtract the 10 minutes

Repeated requests fail.

It has lost the ability to add or subtract time on a timer.

This really, really sucks.

Does anyone know of an alternate voice-activated kitchen timer?

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Hi! I live in Argentina and we bought an Alexa device for my grandparent, as he is old and even if we try, he can't understand phones. So, we wanted to use an Alexa and I know we can call them (I configured our Alexa dot with my account), but how can we approach other Alexa devices from other people? For example, if my phone is a device, and my dad downloads and configures Alexa app as his device, how can I call his phone through Alexa?

After looking around, phone calls can only be done with Canadian American and Mexican numbers. So....how could I reach my dad's Alexa devices (or him mine) without the phone number? Maybe by signing up Skype??

Thanks in advance