Alexa Not Responding, Any Other Issues Of Alexa With Alexa Community

  This morning, when I asked my Amazon Echo smart speaker   what the coronavirus is , Alexa’s response was correct: It told me that the virus had been identified late last year by researchers in China and that the outbreak had since been   declared a pandemic . After reporting the number of documented cases worldwide, it proposed some follow-up questions I could ask, like, “Alexa, what’s the   fatality rate of the coronavirus ?” or the slightly less grim, “Alexa,   where is the coronavirus ?” As the pandemic continues to spread around the world, and people try to understand how they should respond to it, more of them will turn to virtual assistants like Alexa to get information about the coronavirus. That’s pushed companies like Amazon and Google to tweak their various  platforms to prevent misinformation  and to ensure that accurate information from health authorities actually gets to users. At this point, it seems like the companies have been aggress...

  The more devices you add to a network, the more robust that network needs to be.  All routers have limits to the number of devices they can control. Combined modem/routers are often not robust enough to handle the demands of a Smart Home, as well as all of the PCs, phones, and tablets fighting for bandwidth.  This is especially true if you are still using the equipment your ISP provided you with five years ago.   Your router may randomly begin to drop devices when too many things try to connect at once.  And it will generally drop the one it senses is not actively using the connection . It may not pick those devices back up when other, more demanding devices cease their bandwidth hogging.  When you reboot the router, it now has bits and bytes for your smart Device again, and connectivity is restored. (This is way over-simplified, for purposes of this discussion. Sometimes, upgrading your equipment can put an end to random device dropping.  If you ha...

  Smart devices are nothing new in this generation. Alexa is one of the biggest players in the market. Being a smart speaker Alexa can handle everything from smart lights to be just another speaker. But with all these advantages there still are some bugs and problems related to the device. Do not worry in this article we will be discussing how to solve the Alexa not working issue. How To Fix Alexa Not Working In this section we will discuss how we can fix the issues, any one of them is guaranteed to work so do not worry all the aspects of the problem will be covered. 1.     Check Connectivity Well first and foremost, getting the most obvious fix out of the way, do check whether your amazon Alexa and your phone are paired. You can check it through the app or see it in Bluetooth options. Also, make sure your phone is connected to the internet. If you are out of range or due to some issue you aren’t able to access the device.   Make sure you go to the app ...

With the exception of using Alexa on your phone or tablet, you can’t do the Alexa thing until you get a device that’s Alexa-enabled. That sounds straightforward enough, but that illusion of simplicity is shattered when you see the sheer number of devices that are available. Amazon alone offers no less than a half-dozen different Alexa-enabled devices just in its Echo brand of smart speakers. How are you supposed to know which one to get? To help you make the right Alexa decision, here’s a quick look at what’s available from Amazon’s Echo brand so that you can compare features. Echo Echo is your garden-variety Echo smart speaker that’s designed for larger rooms because it comes with two speakers: a 2.5-inch woofer and a 0.6-inch tweeter. It’s fairly big — 3.4 inches in diameter and 5.8 inches high — so you may need to clear a spot for it. Echo Dot The Echo Dot is a smart speaker designed for smaller rooms because it comes with a single speaker and is quite a bit teensier overa...