Confused by Alexa’s mild rings in your Echo? Right here’s what the colours imply

One of the confounding moments after I received my first Amazon Echo Dot was when its mild ring started pulsing yellow, signaling… effectively, what precisely?

Certainly, Echo gadgets comparable to the usual Echo, the Echo Dot, the Echo Pop, and the Echo Present can show flashing indicator lights in a variety of various colours, and they are often fairly complicated–even aggravating–should you don’t know what they imply, or make them cease.

Fortunately, deciphering the flashing lights in your Echo machine is straightforward, and as soon as the code, the lights can warn you when one thing’s amiss along with your Echo, let when you might have incoming messages, warn you when Alexa is listening, and extra.

Pulsing yellow mild

Let’s begin with the sunshine that confused me probably the most after I received my first Echo (the ever-popular Echo Dot). Usually accompanied by a cheerful “bum, bum!” alert tone, the flashing yellow mild lets when Alexa has a notification for you, or should you missed a reminder.

One of the frequent instances you’ll see the yellow mild is when Alexa desires to let you know {that a} bundle from Amazon has been delivered, or when Amazon is about to ship a “Subscribe & save” merchandise.

Simply say “Alexa, inform me my notifications” to listen to your Alexa alerts, and the yellow mild will disappear as soon as Alexa has learn them to you. If you wish to delete all of your notifications with out listening to them, simply say, “Alexa, delete all my notifications.”

Stable crimson mild

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Right here’s one other frequent and complicated Echo indicator mild: the mysterious stable crimson mild. The most probably offender for the crimson mild is a pressed microphone mute and/or camera-off button. Press the mic mute button once more, and the crimson mild ought to disappear.

Seeing the crimson mild, however nobody pressed the mic mute button? If that’s the case, the crimson mild signifies that there’s some form of error, comparable to a glitchy Wi-Fi connection or an issue with Alexa.

Blue mild with spinning light-blue section

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This one’s fairly easy. Everytime you communicate to Alexa, a blue mild will seem with a light-blue section that’s going through the course through which she’s listening.

You’ll additionally see the blue mild when Alexa is processing what you simply stated. If there’s no blue mild, Alexa isn’t listening (or didn’t hear you).

You may additionally see a quick glimmering blue mild in case your Echo machine is receiving a software program replace.

Spinning orange mild

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Whenever you first plug in a brand-new Echo speaker or show, the spinning orange mild will let that the Echo machine is in setup mode.

In case you see the spinning orange mild and also you’re not establishing your Echo for the primary time, it signifies that the machine is attempting to connect with the web, indicating that you just might need a web service outage.

Pulsing or spinning inexperienced mild

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A pulsing inexperienced mild means that you’ve got an incoming name in your Echo machine. Simply ask Alexa to reply the decision, or say “Alexa, ignore” to ghost the caller.

If the inexperienced mild is spinning fairly than pulsing, it signifies that somebody simply did a “drop-in” in your Echo machine or that your Echo simply began a name (both since you requested her to name somebody or as a result of she misheard you). To finish the drop-in or name, simply say “Cling up.”

Purple mild

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Placing your Echo speaker in “don’t disturb” mode (which blocks incoming calls and notifications, however not timers or alarms–extra on this in a second) will make a purple mild briefly flash.

A regular purple mild when you’re initially establishing an Echo means one thing went mistaken throughout the Wi-Fi setup course of.

Spinning white mild

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In case you’re an Alexa Emergency Help subscriber, did you set Alexa to “away” mode earlier than leaving the home? If that’s the case, that’s the rationale there’s a spinning white mild in your Echo speaker.

Simply say “Alexa, I’m house” to make the white mild disappear.

The one different time you’ll see some time mild in your Echo machine is whenever you’re adjusting the quantity.

This story is a part of TechHive’s in-depth protection of the finest sensible audio system.

How are you going to flip off Alexa’s mild ring?

You may’t utterly flip off Alexa’s mild ring, however (as I famous earlier) you may hold the lights to a minimal by placing your Echo speaker into Do Not Disturb mode. Whereas on this mode, Alexa gained’t hassle you with lights or different notifications until an alarm or timer goes off.

1. Open the Alexa app, faucet the Gadgets tab, faucet the Machine Sort filter, faucet Echo & Alexa, faucet Apply, then choose an Alexa machine from the checklist.
2. Faucet the Do Not Disturb button.
3. To place Do Not Disturb on a schedule, go to the Settings display screen in your Echo speaker, scroll right down to Do Not Disturb, flick the Scheduled toggle, then enter the day by day Begin and Finish instances for Do Not Disturb mode.