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Alexa Is Acting Oddly

Jordan2 — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 16:29:47 GMT

I have the original Amazon Echo. Anyway in the last week or so Alexa has been acting oddly. Today she came on twice, I didn't ask her anything and she couldn't have heard something on TV that she could have thought was her name. One day she started playing music all on her own. I'm beginning to think she is possessed! When your alone in the house she can scare you. Has anyone else had this experience?

Re: Alexa Is Acting Oddly

qualitygal — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 16:58:19 GMT

"Ooooooooooooohhhhh Andy!!"

That would creep me out.

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patbz — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:02:53 GMT

Happened to me a couple of days ago; kept coming on with no provocation. Turns out DH was fooling around with his phone trying to enable a Tap (in another part of the house). It was freaky!

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Krimpette — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:30:31 GMT

Rarely. But today, she came on to tell me she "could not find that song on my playlist" I don't have a playlist!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I love my Alexa. I often call on her to help me sleep. Babbling brook is my favorite "sleep" sound.

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de1rdre — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 18:54:47 GMT

More Russian hacking. LOL

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LTT1 — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 18:56:24 GMT

@Jordan2

I am sorry— that IS creepy!

AARP commercial (joke) “Oh, Amanda?”

”Oh, Amantha?”

”Oh, Ariel?”

and so on

Re: Alexa Is Acting Oddly

Jordan2 — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 19:22:33 GMT

@LTT1 wrote:
@Jordan2

I am sorry— that IS creepy!
AARP commercial (joke) “Oh, Amanda?”
”Oh, Amantha?”
”Oh, Ariel?”

and so on

@LTT1, sometimes she'll come on when I'm alone in the house, it scares the ****** out of me!

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LTT1 — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 19:26:05 GMT

@Jordan2
It would scare the living daylights out of me too.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 22:12:47 GMT

My Alexa occasionally makes an unsolicited comment and she also goes through periods where she ignores me. She gets over it and then we're friends again.

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susan kay — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 01:18:52 GMT

Once yesterday, then once several weeks ago, Alexa came on and said something like "I can't find the answer for that" (dont' remember exact words). I hadn't asked her anything!

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De Anna — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 03:42:32 GMT

Alexa, has come on a few times, without asking her. And sometimes when playing music she jusy stops, kind of weird and irritating at the same time.

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phoenixbrd — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 04:28:08 GMT

Very rarely....Alexa is usually on the money.

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Moonchilde — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 04:53:51 GMT

@Jordan2 wrote:
I have the original Amazon Echo. Anyway in the last week or so Alexa has been acting oddly. Today she came on twice, I didn't ask her anything and she couldn't have heard something on TV that she could have thought was her name. One day she started playing music all on her own. I'm beginning to think she is possessed! When your alone in the house she can scare you. Has anyone else had this experience?

Strange you should post this, as my Echo Dot has spoken to me twice in the last 7-10 days out of the blue and I also didn’t think anything was said on the TV that would have set it off. Both times it was something on the order of “I didn’t get that” or “I don’t understand” and that was it, she was quiet after that.

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Marp — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:07:47 GMT

When I get an unsolicited I don't understand or similar I suspect a brief drop in my wifi or internet connection.

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Jordan2 — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:18:51 GMT

@Moonchilde wrote:
@Jordan2 wrote:
I have the original Amazon Echo. Anyway in the last week or so Alexa has been acting oddly. Today she came on twice, I didn't ask her anything and she couldn't have heard something on TV that she could have thought was her name. One day she started playing music all on her own. I'm beginning to think she is possessed! When your alone in the house she can scare you. Has anyone else had this experience?

Strange you should post this, as my Echo Dot has spoken to me twice in the last 7-10 days out of the blue and I also didn’t think anything was said on the TV that would have set it off. Both times it was something on the order of “I didn’t get that” or “I don’t understand” and that was it, she was quiet after that.

@Moonchilde, that is pretty much what happened to me! Someone once told me there was a comedian that I guess hacked in to the Echo and got Alexa to do what he wanted on many people's devices. I could totally see this happening.

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LTT1 — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:49:52 GMT

I always wonder if one is supposed to say “please” and “thank you” to her!

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Nightowlz — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:07:05 GMT

Mine was on in the middle of the night. I could see the light from it flashing on the walls. I don't know why it keeps doing that. I had to move it to the nightstand on DH's side of the bed so when the light comes on it does not wake me up. When it was on my nightstand it would light up right in my face. When light wakes me up that's normally the end of my sleep since the light is telling my brain it's time to get up. LOL!!!

Every once in a while I have heard her say I did not get that or I'm not sure.

1 morning wheh I woke up I told her to turn the AC on a certain temp but she was having problems connecting with wifi so she could not do it. That was annoying since it's the whole reason I bought it.

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jewel3 — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 04:43:09 GMT

Show her who’s boss - unplug her, wait a minute and plug her back in.

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VaBelle35 — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 00:20:30 GMT

@LTT1 wrote:
I always wonder if one is supposed to say “please” and “thank you” to her!

I say please, thank you and a few other choice words depending upon the response I get ;o)

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apple1964 — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:31:12 GMT

I have two echo dots in two different rooms... one in black and one in white, when I was cleaning the house I noticed and heard both Alexa's having a conversation with each other.. Hello then the other said hello.. it went on for a few minutes and then it stopped. That was weird and creepy. I had the all music channel on so no name was mentioned.