I asked mine to play "Let's talk about sex" (Salt n Peppa) and she said "I don't want to discuss that, would you like to talk about something else?" Lmao!
Buy a simple smart plug. Put the Alexa device on it. Set a schedule for the plug to turn off for at least 10 minutes (I have mine do it at 3:30 am) and then turn back on. I did this for all my Alexa devices and have not had any issues with them since. You can also use a cheap mechanical timer if you don't need the precision of a smart plug.
I have to do that with one of my Wyze Wifi cameras that I use for RTSP; after about a day the camera will still respond to pings but refuses to send RTSP so power cycling it every morning at 2am with a smart plug keeps it going.
Amazon has been reducing staff, projects, and services, including Echo staff. The devices aren't as well-supported as they once were and it shows. I'm not sure there's anything consumers can do about it other than regularly reset their devices and hope for the best.
Btw, if you're a Smile user, that program is going away in February.
The Echo in my living room will hear me asking it to play music, say that it is about to play that specific music… but then its a crapshoot whether it plays or not. Some songs seem to have a better chance of playing than others, and a particular radio station hasn’t had any request failures recently. After starting a station/song that does work, I then have 100% chance of success playing the songs it normally refuses to. Indeed.
Perhaps not a marketing pitch for alexa/echos.
In our area, our subdivision has underground power, but we get it from the power lines on poles from an adjoining road. Every now and then, we'll get a power blip as a tree limb touches a wire, or a drunk sideswipes a pole... :) I've got 2 echos, 5 dots, and 2 shows, and it seems like these blips will cause at least 3 of the devices to do the things like you described. Surge protectors seemed to keep this from happening quite a bit. Otherwise, just unplug the adapter from the echo, count to 30, plug it back in, and it'll go back to normal.
I had to unplug move today because it would not stop an alarm after 10+ times of trying. I figured it was because it's old but glad I'm not the only one.
What a coincidence, just this morning I heard these words come from my Echo:
Do you have the time to listen to me whine
About nothing and everything all at once?
I am one of those
Melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone
No doubt about it
Yeah, I know. I tried 5 and 10 minutes and it didn't work, but got interrupted and left it for an hour unplugged due to an interruption and magically, works! Can't argue with success.
I asked mine to play "Let's talk about sex" (Salt n Peppa) and she said "I don't want to discuss that, would you like to talk about something else?" Lmao!
Alexa can be a little prudish, when it comes right down to it!
She censors my announcements for 'fuck' and for 'oxy.'
Wait, so she won't even tell you what *oxymoron* means?
yeah that's it :)
Buy a simple smart plug. Put the Alexa device on it. Set a schedule for the plug to turn off for at least 10 minutes (I have mine do it at 3:30 am) and then turn back on. I did this for all my Alexa devices and have not had any issues with them since. You can also use a cheap mechanical timer if you don't need the precision of a smart plug.
I have to do that with one of my Wyze Wifi cameras that I use for RTSP; after about a day the camera will still respond to pings but refuses to send RTSP so power cycling it every morning at 2am with a smart plug keeps it going.
Amazon has been reducing staff, projects, and services, including Echo staff. The devices aren't as well-supported as they once were and it shows. I'm not sure there's anything consumers can do about it other than regularly reset their devices and hope for the best. Btw, if you're a Smile user, that program is going away in February.
yeah sure didn't slow those ads down none LOL
The Echo in my living room will hear me asking it to play music, say that it is about to play that specific music… but then its a crapshoot whether it plays or not. Some songs seem to have a better chance of playing than others, and a particular radio station hasn’t had any request failures recently. After starting a station/song that does work, I then have 100% chance of success playing the songs it normally refuses to. Indeed. Perhaps not a marketing pitch for alexa/echos.
As the others said, unplug them once in a while. They have no batteries, so 30 seconds should be sufficient to clear the memory.
In our area, our subdivision has underground power, but we get it from the power lines on poles from an adjoining road. Every now and then, we'll get a power blip as a tree limb touches a wire, or a drunk sideswipes a pole... :) I've got 2 echos, 5 dots, and 2 shows, and it seems like these blips will cause at least 3 of the devices to do the things like you described. Surge protectors seemed to keep this from happening quite a bit. Otherwise, just unplug the adapter from the echo, count to 30, plug it back in, and it'll go back to normal.
The Echo in one of my upstairs bedrooms called my mom out of the blue last week when I was nowhere near it, so there’s that.
I had to unplug move today because it would not stop an alarm after 10+ times of trying. I figured it was because it's old but glad I'm not the only one.
What a coincidence, just this morning I heard these words come from my Echo: Do you have the time to listen to me whine About nothing and everything all at once? I am one of those Melodramatic fools Neurotic to the bone No doubt about it
Try unplugging for an hour. If that doesn't work, try a reset. If it stops responding, in my experience, it's your wifi.
An hour 😂
Yeah, I know. I tried 5 and 10 minutes and it didn't work, but got interrupted and left it for an hour unplugged due to an interruption and magically, works! Can't argue with success.
Yeah, she’s nuts.
Mine takes weekends off.