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Alexa And Echo

Jordan2 — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 01:56:03 GMT

So I'm watching Complications and the commercial for the Amazon Echo comes on. The guy says Alexa and asks what's new? My Alexa heard him and starts giving me a news report! She scared the heck out of me (not the first the first time)!

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DoneTryin — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 02:01:06 GMT

LOL! That would have startled me, too. That's a little creepy, like when a recorded call "talks" to my voice mail.

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geegerbee — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 03:37:09 GMT

The same thing happened to me! Only during the commercial someone asked Alexa to play some kind of music. I then said Alexa stop. It wouldn't stop. I had to get up and turn Alexa off. They need to call it something else during those commercials!

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DoneTryin — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 03:59:57 GMT

I wonder if anyone has contacted Amazon about this? I can just visualize Bezos with his tech folks having some giggles over it.

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geegerbee — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 04:14:40 GMT

I just emailed Amazon and asked them to change the name in the commercials from Alexa to something else. In the meantime, when that commercial comes on I can't hit the mute button fast enough.

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gardenman — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 11:02:48 GMT

I'd predicted this would happen quite a while back. It's hard to advertise a product like Echo without showing it in action, but anyone with an Echo will have their Echo responding to the commercial. I just hope they don't show how you can order stuff through an Echo! We could all end up with unwanted packages arriving.

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lovescats — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 18:31:30 GMT

I had my echo come on during big brother either on sunday or wednesday I don't remember. the commerical came on I left and came back and she was playing prime music. It doesn't bother me.

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Jordan2 — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 20:00:45 GMT

@lovescats wrote:
I had my echo come on during big brother either on sunday or wednesday I don't remember. the commerical came on I left and came back and she was playing prime music. It doesn't bother me.

I DVR'd Under The Dome and the commercial was on. Luckily I was fast forwarding so it didn't matter to Alexa. I do have to say it is a little unsettling for her to come on when you are alone in the house!

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Kachina624 — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 01:36:12 GMT

Can someone please refresh my memory? I recently had to unplug my Echo, and when I plugged it back in Alexa was gone. It still works as a speaker but I miss Alexa. What magic do I perform to awaken her?

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gardenman — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 12:21:24 GMT

I'm guessing that you've hit the microphone button on top disabling the microphones, so Alexa is now deaf. Pressing it again should restore things. If that doesn't work then try unplugging her again, leaving her unplugged for a couple of minutes.

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mima — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:48:20 GMT

I had the ID channel on and there was a show about Alexis not Alexa. My Alexa still kept rambling constantly. LOL I finally had to turn her off for the rest of the show.

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mima — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:50:24 GMT

By the way, I don't think they could call her another name on the commercial. That would be odd since we can't call her anything except Amazon or Alexa. If they called her "Sara" on the commercial, they'd get gobs of calls from Alexa owners wanting to know how they can also use the name "Sara". Nope, wouldn't work.

Re: Alexa And Echo

NanaLinda — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 16:46:14 GMT

I've unplugged my Echo several times during thunderstorms and she always came right back when I plugged it back in. Perhaps it's a problem with your Echo.