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Why is my Alexa circling green and blue?


Spinning cyan Slowly spinning teal and blue means that your device is starting up. If the device has not been set up, the light turns to orange when the device is ready for setup.

What does circling blue light on Alexa mean?

If you’ve just used your wake word, Alexa by default, then you may notice that your device displays a blue circle while it waits. This is to signify that it has heard the wake word and is waiting for you to give it another command.

How do I stop the spinning green light on my Alexa?

To stop the flashing green light, pick up the call (by saying “answer call”), decline the call (by saying “decline call”), or simply ignore the call until it stops ringing.

What does circling blue light on Alexa mean?

If you’ve just used your wake word, Alexa by default, then you may notice that your device displays a blue circle while it waits. This is to signify that it has heard the wake word and is waiting for you to give it another command.

What does a spinning green light mean on Alexa?

A spinning green light means you’re currently on a call or an active Drop In.

Why is my Alexa pulsing green?

Pulsing green on an Echo tells you someone is calling you. It should be accompanied by an announcement of who is calling. Say “Alexa, answer” to connect to the call (assuming you want to answer it). While on the call, the green light starts spinning until the call ends.

What do the Alexa colors mean?

Blue means your Echo is listening to or responding to a voice command. Yellow is a message, reminder, or notification alert, green is a call or Drop In, and purple (usually) indicates Do Not Disturb mode. White signals volume changes or Alexa Guard switching to Away mode.

Why is Alexa blue and not responding?

If Alexa lights up but won’t respond, the most common reason is that it didn’t understand you, so repeat the command. It might also have ignored the command if it thought your request was intended for another nearby Alexa device. You can also check your Wi-Fi connection and network settings, or reset the Alexa device.

Why is my Alexa green when I’m not on a call?

Here’s what we discovered. The spinning or flashing green light means you have a shipping notification. If a light bulb just went off over your head as it did ours, ask Alexa to “play your messages,” and the green ring should disappear.

Why won’t the blue light on my Alexa turn off?

Why is Alexa not connecting to the Internet?

Restart the Alexa-enabled device. Power off or unplug the Echo or Alexa-enabled device, turn it back on, then connect to Wi-Fi again. Sometimes this kind of physical reboot of an Alexa-enabled device can fix the problem. Confirm that the Wi-Fi password is correct.

Why won’t Alexa stop flashing green?

If your Alexa is flashing green, it means you have an incoming call.

How do I turn off the Alexa light ring?

Since the yellow light indicates an Amazon notification, you can change the settings in the app to change when the light appears. To stop all these notifications, go to Settings > Device Settings > (your Echo Dot) > Communications and tap the toggle off.

Why wont my Alexa stop being green?

A spinning or flashing green light on your Echo device means there’s an incoming call or an active call or an active Drop In.

How do you turn off Alexas light?

You can turn off Echo Dot lights by switching on the DND mode using Alexa on your device. This will prevent the Echo Dot from reading out any notifications or messages on your mobile, including your Amazon order details.

What does circling blue light on Alexa mean?

If you’ve just used your wake word, Alexa by default, then you may notice that your device displays a blue circle while it waits. This is to signify that it has heard the wake word and is waiting for you to give it another command.

How can you tell if someone is listening to Alexa?

How do you know when Alexa is listening? When it comes to privacy, there should be no surprises. You’ll always be able to tell when Alexa is listening to your request because a light indicator will appear on your Echo device or an audible tone will sound.

Why does Alexa light up when no one is talking?

It’s Alexa’s way of telling you the smart speaker is in Setup Mode or attempting to connect to your Wi-Fi network. So, if your network connection lapses from time to time, you’re bound to encounter this color on what appear to be random occasions.

Why is my Alexa not responding?

Uninstall and Reinstall the Alexa App. What is this? If there’s something wrong with the Alexa App and that’s what is causing the unresponsiveness, you can simply uninstall the Alexa App and reinstall it from the Play Store if you own an Android phone and the App Store if you own an iPhone.

How do you get Alexa to cycle through light colors?

Just say, “Alexa, make the lights blue,” and voila, she’ll make your smart lights blue. If your smart bulb has multiple white-light settings, you can now change between them using Alexa commands.

How do I turn off Alexa guard mode?

To deactivate Alexa Guard, you simply say, “Alexa, I’m home.” That will change your Guard mode to Home. If you’re not near your Alexa device and want to activate or turn off Alexa Guard, you can use the Alexa app. Go to the Guard section of the app and select the mode you want.

How do I know if someone dropped me on Alexa?

Use Drop In to open an instant conversation between your devices or with your Alexa contacts. When you receive a Drop In, the light indicator on your Echo pulses green and you connect to your contact automatically.

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