How to set up and customize do not disturb mode on the echo show

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Now that Amazon Echos can receive calls and messages, it’s only a matter of time before you get sick of all the notifications. The Echo Show can be the most invasive, allowing impromptu video calls or Drop Ins, and showing you events or news. Here’s how to enable Do Not Disturb mode on the Echo Show so you can get some peace and quiet at night.

Do Not Disturb mode on the Echo Show will turn off the screen entirely and blocking any notifications you might receive until you disable it. Right out of the box, you can enter Do Not Disturb mode by swiping down from the top of the screen and tapping Do Not Disturb.

Once you turn it on, the screen will go dim and display the current time. To turn off Do Not Disturb mode after that, swipe down and tap the same button again.

You can also set the Echo Show’s Do Not Disturb mode to turn on at certain times of the day. For example, you could turn your Echo Show off at 11:00PM and turn it back on at 6:00AM before work. To set up this schedule, swipe down from the top of the screen and tap Settings.

Scroll down in the list and tap Do Not Disturb.

On this page, tap the Scheduled toggle to enable the Do Not Disturb schedule.

Next, at the bottom of the page, tap the button labeled Starts to set a time to begin Do Not Disturb mode. The Echo Show will automatically enter Do Not Disturb mode at that time every day. Repeat this process for the ending time as well, to let the Echo Show know when it should go back to normal.

If you keep your Echo Show in a room where people sleep, watch TV, or generally wouldn’t want a bright light shining in their face all the time, it’s a good idea to turn on Do Not Disturb mode as soon as you get your Echo Show.

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What to Know

• Open the Alexa app and select Menu >Settings >Device Settings. Choose a device, then select Do Not Disturb.
• Schedule Do Not Disturb: Go to Menu >Settings >Device Settings > [your device] >Do Not Disturb, toggle on Scheduled, and set a time.
• Do Not Disturb doesn’t work simultaneously across all of your devices. You need to activate it on each device individually.

Tired of hearing Alexa tell you about various things? You can activate the Alexa Do Not Disturb mode to keep it from giving you alerts during designated timeframes. The mode lets you block all incoming notifications, announcements, and incoming calls. The mode doesn’t block prescheduled alarms and timers; you’ll need to turn those off separately if you don’t want them to interrupt you.

The Do Not Disturb function is designed to work on any Alexa-enabled device. However, you cannot set the mode to work simultaneously across all devices on your account; you must activate it individually in each device’s settings to achieve that goal.

Turn On Alexa’s Do Not Disturb Mode for a Single Instance

You can set up a single instance of Do Not Disturb using the Alexa app or by directly speaking to Alexa.

To turn on the mode using your voice, give the command, “Alexa, turn on Do Not Disturb.” It will respond with “I won’t disturb you” so you will know it heard you.

To turn on the mode using the app instead, open the Alexa app and follow these steps:

Tap the hamburger menu in the upper-left corner of the screen.

Tap Settings.

Tap Device Settings.

Find and tap the device you want to set the mode on.

Scroll down and tap Do Not Disturb.

On the Do Not Disturb screen, move the toggle button to On.

Do Not Disturb is now set on your selected device. Follow these same steps and simply slide the Scheduled toggle button to the Off position to turn off the mode.

How to Schedule Alexa’s Do Not Disturb Mode

If you need Alexa to stay quiet at the same time on a regular basis, you can schedule Do Not Disturb mode using the Alexa app.

Do Not Disturb schedules must be set for daily occurrences. You cannot customize them to work, for example, only on weekdays. It’s every day or none at all.

To set up a scheduled Do Not Disturb time, open the Alexa app and follow these steps:

Tap the hamburger menu in the upper-left corner of the screen.

Tap Settings.

Tap Device Settings.

Find and tap the device you want to set the mode on.

Scroll down and tap Do Not Disturb.

On the Do Not Disturb screen, next to Scheduled, move the toggle switch to the On position.

Next to Start, tap the time. Use the clock provided to select the hour and minute you want Do Not Disturb to begin. Don’t forget to select AM or PM. Tap OK.

Next to End, tap the time. Use the clock provided to select the hour and minute you want Do Not Disturb to end. Don’t forget to select AM or PM. Tap OK.

Alexa will not disturb you during scheduled hours except for preset alarms and timers. You can still play music or listen to other audio during scheduled hours.

How to Disable or Turn Off Do Not Disturb Mode

Just like turning the mode on, you can turn the mode off either verbally or through the app.

Now that Amazon Echos can receive calls and messages , it’s only a matter of time before you get sick of all the notifications. The Echo Show can be the most invasive, allowing impromptu video calls or Drop Ins , and showing you events or news. Here’s how to enable Do Not Disturb mode on the Echo Show so you can get some peace and quiet at night.

Do Not Disturb mode on the Echo Show will turn off the screen entirely and blocking any notifications you might receive until you disable it. Right out of the box, you can enter Do Not Disturb mode by swiping down from the top of the screen and tapping Do Not Disturb.

Once you turn it on, the screen will go dim and display the current time. To turn off Do Not Disturb mode after that, swipe down and tap the same button again.

You can also set the Echo Show’s Do Not Disturb mode to turn on at certain times of the day. For example, you could turn your Echo Show off at 11:00PM and turn it back on at 6:00AM before work. To set up this schedule, swipe down from the top of the screen and tap Settings.

Scroll down in the list and tap Do Not Disturb.

On this page, tap the Scheduled toggle to enable the Do Not Disturb schedule.

Next, at the bottom of the page, tap the button labeled Starts to set a time to begin Do Not Disturb mode. The Echo Show will automatically enter Do Not Disturb mode at that time every day. Repeat this process for the ending time as well, to let the Echo Show know when it should go back to normal.

If you keep your Echo Show in a room where people sleep, watch TV, or generally wouldn’t want a bright light shining in their face all the time, it’s a good idea to turn on Do Not Disturb mode as soon as you get your Echo Show.

Whether you just bought your Amazon Echo device or you’ve had it for years, you’ll want to update these settings right now.

Change these Alexa app settings now.

Whether you’ve unboxed your new Amazon Echo devices for the first time recently or you’ve had them for years, there may be more you can do to make Alexa behave how you like. Sure, you know how to use your Echo to call someone , how to connect Alexa to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and more , and even how Alexa can help you in the kitchen . But have you really considered all the settings Alexa offers?

A few small changes could make a big difference. For example, you’ll be glad you made updates to your privacy settings, including automatically deleting recordings and turning off the setting that lets Amazon listen to the same recordings.

Read on for six Amazon Echo settings I’ve found to be most useful. If you have your favorite customizations, share them in the comments.

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Update your Amazon Echo privacy settings

One of the first concerns with owning an Echo speaker is privacy. Fortunately, Amazon is unwrapping more privacy settings going forward , including updates to both Ring and Echo products that make incremental advances on user privacy.

Your Echo can automatically delete your recordings. To turn that setting on in the Alexa app More menu and go to Settings > Alexa Privacy > Manage Your Alexa Data > and toggle the Automatically delete recordings switch on.

You can delete your entire voice recordings history, too. To do this, open the Alexa app and go to Settings > Alexa Privacy > Review Voice History. Next, tap the downward-facing arrow next to Displaying and then the arrow next to Filter By Date. Then you will tap All History > Delete All My Recordings.

And you can also keep Amazon employees out of your conversations and from listening to your voice recordings. In the Alexa app, go to Settings > Alexa Privacy > Manage Your Alexa Data. From here, select Choose How Long to Save Recordings > Don’t Save Recordings > Confirm. Next, scroll down to Help Improve Alexa, and switch the Use of Voice Recordings to off.

For more safety tips on any of your smart home devices read our privacy guide on how to keep Amazon, Google and Apple out of your conversations .

Enable Brief Mode on your Amazon Echo

When you ask Alexa to do something, like play a song or turn on the lights, Alexa will say something like “OK, turning on the lights.” This is to help you determine why Alexa did something if it didn’t perform what you asked. However, if you don’t want Alexa repeating what you just said, you can change that setting so that it only plays a short sound instead of a voice response.

To do so, open the Alexa app More menu and select Settings. Under the Alexa Preferences section, tap Voice Responses, then toggle the switch on for Brief Mode.

Turn on Brief Mode so your Echo will play a short sound instead of a voice response.

Set up your preferred music streaming service

When you set up your Amazon Echo, the music service automatically defaults to Amazon Music. However, if you’re a Spotify, Apple Music or another music service subscriber, you may want to link your Echo to that streaming service instead.

Go to Settings > Music & Podcasts > and link to a service. On the same page, tap Default Services and switch to your preferred music provider. Now the Echo will play from the music streaming service of your choice when you say “Alexa, play music.”

Change the wake word from Alexa

If TV commercials keep triggering your Amazon Echo when they say “Alexa,” you can change the wake word to something that’s less likely to wake the speaker. The other traditional options to call the voice assistant are Computer, Echo and Amazon, but there are several newer wake word additions you can use like Ziggy and Hey, Disney .

If you want to change the name, just say “Alexa, change the wake word” and make your selection. You can also open the Alexa app, go to Settings > Device Settings > select your device > tap Wake Word and make a choice. Unfortunately, you can’t come up with your own name for the speaker, like Tallulah or Digital Overlord.

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Enable voice purchasing on your Amazon Echo

You don’t always have time to perform an Amazon search and buy something you’re out of, like toilet paper. That’s why it can be helpful to set up voice purchasing on your Amazon Echo so Alexa can order products for you.

To get started, you’ll need to turn on voice ordering and 1-Click ordering. Open the Alexa app and navigate to Settings > Account Settings > Voice Purchasing and toggle Voice Purchasing on. Next, on the same screen, you should set up a voice code or profile so that only you can make purchases. Where it says Purchase Confirmation, tap Enable and select either Voice Profile (only your voice will activate purchasing) or Voice Code (a four-digit code).

Set up household profiles on your Amazon Echo

If you have multiple people in your house, you’ll want to set up voice profiles for each member who uses the Echo speaker. This will help Alexa learn your voice and distinguish you from others in the house. To create voice profiles, go to Settings > Account Settings > Recognized Voices > Create a voice profile and follow the onscreen prompts to set it up.

You can make sure your voice profile has been correctly set up by asking “Alexa, who am I?” The voice assistant will say “I’m talking to [your name].”

Alexa is Amazon’s cloud-based voice service. You can use Alexa voice commands to control your soundbar using Amazon Alexa-equipped devices, e.g., Amazon Echo, etc. Amazon Alexa features include informing you about messages and notifications you receive.

Sometimes these things can start to bother you, so there is an Alexa Do Not Disturb mode for such cases. The function of this mode is to ensure that you don’t receive notifications at set intervals.

The mode allows you to block all incoming notifications, announcements, and incoming calls. What is very convenient is that the mode doesn’t block the pre-scheduled alarms and timers. However, if you need to disable them separately if you don’t want them to interrupt you.

How to turn on Alexa’s Do Not Disturb mode for one device

Note that Do Not Disturb is designed to work on any Alexa-enabled device. Also, when using this mode, remember, you cannot set the mode to work on all devices in your account at the same time. To achieve such a result, you must activate it individually in each device’s settings.

In order to set up Do Not Disturb mode for a single device, you can do so either by using the Alexa app or by speaking directly to Alexa. More on that below:

To enable the mode using your voice, present the command: “Alexa, activate Do Not Disturb mode.” The device will respond with “I won’t disturb you,” so you know it heard you.

To turn on the mode using the app, open the Alexa app and follow these steps:

1. Open the app on your device.
2. In the upper left corner of the screen, tap the “hamburger” menu.
3. Go to the settings menu by selecting “Settings”.
4. Select “Device Settings” from the available options.
5. Next, locate and tap the device on which you want to set the mode.
6. After selecting the device, scroll to the bottom of the page and tap “Do Not Disturb”.
7. On the “Do Not Disturb” screen, move the toggle button to On.

This sets up the Do Not Disturb feature on the selected device. Follow the same steps and simply move the Scheduled toggle switch to the Off position to turn off the mode.

How to schedule Alexa’s Do Not Disturb mode

At times, you may want Alexa to be silent at the same time on a regular basis. For those occasions, you can schedule Do Not Disturb mode using the Alexa app.

If you want to schedule Do Not Disturb mode, you must schedule it for each day. You can’t set them up to work only on weekdays, for example; Amazon hasn’t provided such a feature yet. It’s either every day or none at all.

To set up Do Not Disturb times on a schedule, open the Alexa app and follow these steps:

1. Just like to set up a single device, first tap the “hamburger” menu in the upper left corner of the screen.
2. Next, select “Settings” from the available options.
3. In the settings menu, locate and tap on “Device Settings”.
4. Find and tap the device on which you want to set the mode.
5. Scroll down and tap “Do Not Disturb”.
6. On the “Do Not Disturb” screen, next to “Schedule”, place the toggle switch in the On position.
7. Touch the time next to “Start”. Use the clock to select the hour and minute when you want “Do Not Disturb” to start. Be sure to select AM or PM. Press OK.
8. Next to “End”, tap the time. Use the clock to select the hour and minute of “Do Not Disturb”. Remember to select AM or PM. Press OK.

Alexa won’t disturb you during scheduled hours, except for preset alarms and timers. You can still listen to music or other audio during scheduled hours.

How to fix an issue when you cannot turn on Do Not Disturb mode

If, for some reason, Do Not Disturb mode still doesn’t work after you have finished with the settings, try to do it all over again. Make sure you don’t skip any of the points and follow all of the above steps in sequence.

If after a few tries, Alexa is still bothering you with alerts, try to check if everything is ok with the settings of the Alexa and if it accepts your commands at all.

In case when you were trying to use the app, to turn on Do Not Disturb mode and nothing changed then try reloading it, and then reapply the settings.

If all the above hasn’t helped you, contact the technical support of Amazon. They will be obliged to help you in this situation.

If the device was defective from the start, and you find out before the warranty expires, contact the place where you purchased the receiver to have it replaced with a new one.

However, please note that if you’ve caused the problem, the receiver won’t be replaced. Don’t try to cheat the store where you bought the receiver.

All sellers have a very clear list of what is compensated through the warranty, and they know how to determine when it’s there and the manufacturer’s fault and when they’re trying to cheat. In such cases, it’s better to buy a new set-top box and don’t waste your time.

I had my Echo show for a while now I find it incredibly beneficial especially since it’s connected to all my smart home devices such as camera, ring doorbell..etc. But the biggest issue I find with the Echo Show is the Home screen is cluttered with ads, suggestions, and many other distracting images or text.

Below is a step by step guide to removing unwanted ads, suggestions and other unwanted features from the home screen.

How To Turn Off Rotating Ads On Your Echo Show 5, Echo Show 8 & Echo Show:

• First in your Echo home page simply swipe down click on settings
• Select Home & Clock then ->Home Content
• Inside “Home Content” you will find everything that is displaying in your home screen contains a Blue Check, simply disable the blue check for items you don’t want to appear on your home screen
• Turning Everything off will remove all the clutter from your Home Screen except for the Time, Date, & Temperature.

To effectively Declutter your screen these are the things you would probably want to turn off:

• Rotate Continuously
• Discovery
• Game Schedule
• Game Score
• Notifications
• Shared With You
• Trending Topics

This will clear up most clutter from your home page, however, the “Alexa Try” notification cannot be removed and is a permanent part of the Echo show.

How To Customize Your Echo Show Home Screen:

(Out of all the Echo show’s The Echo Show 5 is by far the most customizable). So there will be limitations in terms of customizations if you are using the Echo Show 8 or Echo Show.

Customize Echo Show 5 Home Screen

Change your Echo Show 5 background screen:

• Swipe down on the Echo show screen
• Select Settings ->Home & Clock ->Clock

Different Types of Clock Customizations: (These options are only available to the Echo Show 5)

• Modern
• Playful
• Photography
• Classic

Change your Echo Show 5 Background to your personal Photos:

• Go to Background depending on your preference select Alexa App Photo’s or Amazon Photo’s

Customize Echo Show Home Screen (2nd Gen)

Change your Echo Show background screen:

• Swipe down the Echo show screen
• Select Settings then tap on Wallpaper & Clock
• And from there you will be able to select the type you prefer

How to Use Echo Show As A Digital Picture Frame:

One of the best ways is to simply download the Amazon Photos App. Once you Log in you will be asked for permission to access your photos once you select yes all your photos will be uploaded to the Amazon Photos app and simply log into the App on your Echo show and all your pictures should be in there. Now you should be able to set these photos to scroll through your home screen.

How To Get The Most Out Of Your Echo Show (Hidden benefits):

Make Your Echo Show Portable

There are several power banks available in the market such as the RAVPower 20100 mAh that allows you to make your Echo Show portable. This means you can bring your Echo Show outdoors with you, or just walk around the house and move it around without having to constantly go to the same place in your home to communicate or use your Echo show.

Use Drop In Calls

Drop-in calls work with echo show, Echo Dot and Echo and what it does is allows you to drop in unannounced into someone else Echo device without having to call or have the other person pickup. It automatically allows you to communicate with someone through video & voice. All that is required to set this up is to grant access to someone to be able to drop in calls to your device and that’s it they will be able to drop in and communicate with you at any time. There is a do not disturb feature available which prevents the person from dropping in at a specific time you select.

Connect Your Security Cameras to Your Echo Show

Linking your security camera’s to your Echo Show makes it incredibly convenient to monitor your camera’s all you need to do is ask Alexa to “show the front door”, and it will instantly show up on your Echo Show.

Benefits Of The Echo Show:

The fact that the Echo Show has a screen makes it incredibly useful with a bunch of features that you won’t get with the Echo or Echo Dot.

Use Echo Show as a photo album: This is one of my favorite features of the Amazon Echo Show the reason being is an average digital nonsmart Photo album can cost around $100 or more.

Tap To Alexa: Tap to Alexa allows you to communicate with Alexa by simply tapping the commands on the screen you’re able to customize and add your own commands. The benefit to this is if you are in a quiet environment and everyone is asleep in your home or you’re just tired of speaking to Alexa then simply tap and your good to go.

Browse the web: The Echo show allows you to browse the web, watch youtube videos, Amazon prime and much more.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Can I watch videos on the Echo Show?

Yes, you will be able to watch videos from youtube and Amazon Prime. However other streaming services such as Netflix won’t work on the Echo show but this feature might work in the future.

Can I use the Echo Show’s camera to take pictures?

Yes, you will b able to take pictures with the Echo Show’s camera and all your photos will be saved in the default Photo Booth app.

Final Thoughts

So there you have it, decluttering you Amazon Echo Show does make for a much better user experience. Rotating ads and suggestions over time do become very distracting, the good news is that they can be shut off very easily.

The Echo show is very customizable so you can adjust the screen background to your liking set different types of moods such as night or day mode as well as use the Echo Show as a digital picture frame.

The Echo show does also make it easier to control and monitor your smart home the fact that the Echo Show has a screen allows you to view your smart camera’s by simply asking Alexa, you will also be able to monitor and control your other smart devices with your Echo show, for example, your smart thermostat.

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Verify Do Not disturb is disabled. To access this feature, please follow these steps:

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3. Ensure “Do Not Disturb” is disabled

Android Users:

Please note that all Android devices are slightly different based on manufacturer and OS version. If you’re unable to locate any of the following settings, please contact your device manufacturer or carrier for more information.

Verify Do Not Disturb is disabled. To access this feature, please follow these steps:

1. Open the Settings app on your phone
2. Tap into Sounds
3. Verify “Do Not Disturb” is set to “off”

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Echo Show is a convenient little device that seamlessly fits perfectly in any household. Thanks to its versatile design, it blends with the decor while simultaneously offering a wide range of different features.

You can turn this device into a picture frame, check the weather, or see the latest news. However, some people just want the device to remain on the clock screen and not rotate to all those other display cards.

Although there’s no way for an Echo Show to constantly display the clock, there’s a method that will make this card appear much more frequently than before. Let’s find out how.

First Method: Limit the Rotation of Display Cards

Your Echo Show is set to constantly rotate the display cards. Although you can’t permanently disable rotation, you can set the rotation to happen only once.

When the display screen switches to all the different display cards, it will return to the clock screen and remain there until you activate it again.

You may limit the screen rotation via the settings menu on the device. Here’s what you should do:

1. Swipe down from the top of the screen of your Echo Show to display the quick-access bar.
2. Select the “Settings” (gear) icon at the top right of the bar.
3. Tap the “Home Screen” menu from the list.
4. Select “Home Screen Preferences”.
5. Tap “Rotate Once” under the “Rotation” section.

When you do this, scroll down and make sure that all items under the “Displayed Home Cards” section are disabled. This ensures that no other display screen beside the clock will rotate multiple times.

Now return to your home screen and wait for the display cards to continue switching until they go back to the clock. The display should stop there and not move until you trigger it with your finger or voice command.

Second Method: Activate “Do Not Disturb”

The “Do Not Disturb” feature on Echo Show will prevent all notifications and alerts coming from Amazon Alexa. This means that you won’t know about any incoming calls or any new message, but most importantly, your display won’t change.

When you activate this mode, the display will instantly go back to the clock screen and remain that way until you deactivate it. It obviously has its limitations but it’s the best way to ensure that your Echo Show stays on the clock-screen.

To enable the feature, you can say “Alexa, don’t disturb me,” or “Alexa, do not disturb” and the display should immediately change. Alternatively, you can do this from the Alexa app itself:

1. Launch the Alexa app on your smart device.
2. Tap the “Menu” icon located at the top-left.
3. Select “Settings”.
   
4. Go to the “Device Settings” menu.
   
5. Choose your Echo Show from the list of the devices.
6. Tap “Do Not Disturb”.
   
7. Toggle the switch on.

From this screen, you can schedule the “Do Not Disturb” mode for a certain period of the day. This can be convenient during resting hours when you don’t want to receive any alerts. In turn, you can always keep track of the time from the Echo Show display.

Are You Irritated by the Non-Stop Scrolling?

Are you frustrated by the constant scrolling of display cards? Is that why you want Echo Show to stay on the clock-screen? Unfortunately, besides the two above options, there’s no other way to stop scrolling. It has to rotate at least once and the “Do Not Disturb” mode limits all other features.

That said, you may simply turn off the Echo Show display and get on with your business while you still receive all important messages and calls. Simply say “Alexa, turn off the display” and the screen will go completely dark.

You may not keep the clock-only screen on the device, but at least the rotating cards won’t disturb you while you need to focus on other things. Furthermore, you can still listen to music and issue commands while the screen is dark.

No Permanent Solution for the Moving Clock

As you see, there’s no simple, nor permanent way to make your Echo Show stay on the clock. Still, this doesn’t mean you can’t work around the issue with one of the methods explained above.

As long as the device remains idle, you can enjoy the clock-only screen. Even if you use the device for some time, leave it to rotate and it will eventually return to the clock screen. Overall, until Amazon launches a feature that enables you to display only the clock screen, you’ll have to settle for these options.

Which one would you choose? Share your opinions in the comments section below.

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All of Amazon’s Echo devices can read you audio books, play music, and control your smartphone, but with its 10-inch touchscreen, the Echo Show and Spot give Alexa a way to not only tell you something but show you as well. These smart displays add a visual element to the digital assistant, which gives you the ability to watch live TV through Hulu, view what’s happening outside your home through your video doorbell, and place both video and audio calls.

The Show’s communication features, in particular, are pretty robust. Want to get started communicating with the Show? Here’s how.

Getting set up

The first step in using the Echo Show to communicate with other Echo devices is to register for Alexa-to-Alexa calling. Open the Alexa app on your mobile phone and then tapping the “Communicate” button at the bottom of the screen. From there, Alexa will ask you to verify things like your name and phone number and give the device access to the contacts on your phone.

If you’d like to make calls using Skype, you’ll also need to link your Skype information to your Alexa account. Select Settings, followed by Communication, then Skype.

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Amazon’s Echo Connect can also make calls over your landline or VoIP connection. For that, connect the $25 device to your phone line, then complete the setup within the Alexa app.

You can access your profile page from the Communicate menu by tapping the human icon at the top right side of the page. That page will come into play a few times when we’re talking about communication features on the device.

Make a video call

You can make voice calls with an Alexa device, but the Echo Show has the added bonus of letting you see the person you’re calling, as well, provided they also have an Echo Show, an Echo Spot, or a video-enabled smartphone or tablet with the Alexa app installed.

To start a video phone call on your Echo Show, ask Alexa to call the person you’re trying to reach. For instance, you might say, “Alexa, call Jeff Bezos.”

Both generations of Echo Show can make and receive video calls.

The Echo Show uses the device’s forward-facing camera above the display to capture you for the person you’re calling, and Dolby speakers tucked into the design to help you to hear the call. If the person on the other end has an Echo Show or Spot, then the call will default to video; however, you and the person you’re calling can toggle video off and on whenever you want.

If you’re the one receiving the call, you can answer by simply saying, “Alexa, Answer.”

‘Drop In’ on friends and family

When you’re talking about calling between Echo devices within your house, you might want to make those video calls a bit more casual. Alexa’s Drop In feature allows you to literally just appear on the Echo Show or Spot in your home without anyone having to accept your call. The feature is audio-only for devices without a screen.

You’ll need to enable the feature on the Communicate menu within the Alexa app on your mobile device before you can use Drop In.

When you drop in, the person on the other end of the line will be given a 10-second warning before a video stream between you and them will be initiated. Afterward, it looks just like a traditional video call.

Make announcements

Your Echo Show can also be used as a way to communicate with your household, sort of like your own personal intercom system.

Once enabled from your profile page, send a message to all compatible devices (so all your Echo smart speakers and displays, but not your phone) by saying, “Alexa, make an announcement,” followed by your message. If one of the devices is in Do Not Disturb mode, then it will not play your message. A device in Do Not Disturb mode can, however, send an announcement to other devices in a household network.

If you’re in a situation where you can’t speak but you need to make an announcement, you can type your announcement into the Alexa app and she will read it aloud to all your Alexa devices. Super handy when you want to announce something like, “The baby fell asleep on me. Bring me the remote!”

Text your pals

If you’d rather send a message in words rather than video, the Echo supports receiving voice and in-app messages on both Android and iOS, and Android users can send SMS messages using any Echo device.
To use the SMS feature, enable it in the app on your profile page.

The feature allows you to send text messages to people in your contact list by just asking Alexa to send a text message. For people not in your contact list, you can do the same by saying, “Alexa, send a text message to 123-456-7890.”

Amazon Echo speakers can set alarms, reminders, make and receive calls, and more with Alexa on it. But sometimes you would want to silent your Alexa speaker especially while you are sleeping, working, or reading. You can silent any alerts coming out of your Echo or Echo Dot by enabling Do Not Disturb mode.

You can quickly enable DND mode on Amazon Echo or Echo Dot speakers by using the Alexa app or using your own voice. Let’s begin.

Alexa Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb on Alexa, like any other device, blocks certain notifications, alerts, and sometimes calls to avoid any distractions you don’t want. It will block a handful of features that Alexa has. Following are the things that do not work when your Alexa is on DND mode.

• Broadcast announcements
• Drop ins
• Any type of notifications
• Calls and messages
• Ring doorbell chimes

Enable DND from Alexa App

Do Not Disturb or DND was not that visible or easily accessible in the Alexa app. Now you can set your Amazon Echo speaker in DND with the Amazon Alexa app.

For that, first, open the Amazon Alexa app and visit the Devices tab.

From the screen, tap on “Echo & Alexa” at the top.

The app will list all your echo speakers. Select any individual Echo speaker from the list. Unfortunately, you cannot put all your home speakers in DND mode at once.

The next screen is where you can actually turn on or off the Do Not Disturb mode on the Amazon Echo speaker. Tap the greyed-out crescent moon icon on top of your screen to enable Alexa DND mode.

To get out of the Do Not Disturb, simply tap the button again, and now you are out.

Use Voice Command to Put Echo in Do Not Disturb

If you do not like to tweak the things from the Alexa app, you can put your Echo speaker in DND with your own voice. You can simply ask Alexa “Alexa, turn on Do Not Disturb.” Here are some commands you can say to Alexa instead of this to switch to DND mode:

• Alexa, don’t disturb me
• Alexa, please don’t disturb
• Alexa, do not disturb

To switch back from DND mode, you can simply say “turn off do not disturb” to Alexa. All these commands will help you enable or disable Do Not Disturb on the Amazon Echo speaker. You can change the way you call Alexa by changing the Alexa wake word right from the Amazon Alexa app.

FAQ: Alexa Do Not Disturb

Amazon Alexa has a Do Not Disturb or DND mode that lets you silence any notifications and alerts from the speaker. This will help you get a goodnight’s sleep without getting any distracting messages out of your home smart speaker.

You can tell Alexa to go into Do Not Disturb by either using the app or with the voice command. If you are using the voice command, ask “Alexa, turn on Do Not Disturb” or “Don’t disturb me.”

You cannot drop in on an Amazon Echo speaker which is in Do Not Disturb mode. The recipient needs to turn off Do Not Disturb mode for you to drop in on them.

If you don’t want any distractions from Alexa while sleeping, set your Amazon Echo speaker in Do Not Disturb mode before going to the bed.

You can avoid all annoying notifications, drop-ins, and broadcast messages by putting the Amazon Echo speaker in Do Not Disturb. However, you still won’t miss any important notifications and calendar events even during DND.

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In a move that’s sure to destroy your sanity, Amazon is giving Alexa one of the most hated features in the world: notifications.

The company announced Alexa’s new Notifications feature on Tuesday, stating that the addition is “a way [for Alexa] to proactively signal new content is available from skills and domains.”

Until recently, Alexa couldn’t speak or do anything until a user said the wake word. The first big exception to this rule came when Amazon announced a calling and messaging feature for Alexa devices earlier this May.

Now, however, Alexa can chime in without instructions to “alert customers with information that’s important to them.”

In other words, you are about to hear a whole lot more from Alexa, unprompted. Uuuuuugggggghhhh.

The announcement was targeted at developers who make skills for Alexa and includes instructions for how developers can modify their apps to be ready for users.

With the new update, users will be able to opt-in to notifications for each skill using the Alexa app, and they will be notified by a chime and pulsing green light, similar to Blackberry-style LED notifications.

Users can also ask “Alexa, what did I miss?” or “Alexa, what are my notifications?” Fortunately, the update also comes with a “Do Not Disturb” mode which will mute notifications.

While notifications can be useful for certain apps to, say, announce a new podcast episode or share a breaking news alert, developers could misuse the notification capability as is often the case with push notifications on apps. For example, often times, news apps will allow users to opt in to all-or-nothing breaking news push notifications, which are then misused for events that are not necessarily of high urgency, and more to encourage engagement with the app.

It will be interesting to see how developers use this feature in the future. Many users of Alexa devices are not at home during the day, and coming home to a daily barrage of notifications is not a pleasant user experience, to say the least. That means developers will have to design an experience that doesn’t overwhelm users who are away from the Echo for hours at a time, while still being useful to those who are constantly around it.

The feature may be better suited for the Echo Show, Amazon’s new Echo with a screen, than the voice only devices, as viewing a number of notifications at a glance is much quicker than listening to them play one by one.

No matter whether you love or hate Alexa’s new notification features, the announcement is telling of the future of Alexa. No longer just a potentially helpful tool in the background, Amazon wants Alexa to be positioned to be the control center for your home. The LED pulsing is ironically reminiscent of answering machines, which also fits with Alexa’s recent transformation into the 21st century landline phone.

So say hi to Alexa . before she says hi to you first.

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Maintenant que Amazon Echos peut recevoir des appels et des messages, ce n’est qu’une question de temps avant que vous en ayez marre de toutes les notifications . L’Echo Show peut être le plus envahissant, permettant des appels vidéo impromptus ou Drop Ins, et vous montrant des événements ou des nouvelles. Voici comment activer le mode Ne pas déranger sur l’Echo Show pour que vous puissiez avoir un peu de paix la nuit.

Le mode Ne pas déranger sur Echo Show éteint complètement l’écran et bloque toutes les notifications que vous pourriez recevoir jusqu’à ce que vous le désactiviez il. Dès la sortie de la boîte, vous pouvez passer en mode Ne pas déranger en faisant glisser le doigt depuis le haut de l’écran et en appuyant sur Ne pas déranger.

Une fois allumé, l’écran s’assombrit et affiche l’heure actuelle. Pour désactiver le mode Ne pas déranger après cela, balayez vers le bas et appuyez à nouveau sur le même bouton

Vous pouvez également activer le mode Ne pas déranger de l’Echo Show à certains moments de la journée. Par exemple, vous pouvez désactiver votre Écho à 23 h et le rallumer à 6 h avant le travail. Pour configurer cette planification, faites glisser votre doigt depuis le haut de l’écran et appuyez sur Paramètres.

Faites défiler la liste vers le bas et appuyez sur Ne pas déranger.

Sur cette page, appuyez sur le bouton Planifié pour activer le programme Ne pas déranger .

Ensuite, en bas de la page, appuyez sur le bouton intitulé Démarrer pour définir l’heure de début du mode Ne pas déranger. L’Echo Show passe automatiquement en mode Ne pas déranger à ce moment-là tous les jours. Répétez également ce processus pour l’heure de fin, pour que le Echo Show sache quand il devrait revenir à la normale.

Si vous gardez votre Echo Show dans une pièce où les gens dorment, regardent la TV, ou ne veulent généralement pas une lumière brillante brillante dans leur visage tout le temps, c’est une bonne idée d’activer le mode Ne pas déranger dès que vous obtenez votre spectacle d’écho.

Tout le monde parle d’Internet et de la question de savoir si, ou comment, il devrait être réglementé. Mais pas assez de gens savent comment Internet fonctionne réellement – ou ce qu’est exactement Internet. Qu’est-ce que l’Internet, exactement? LIÉS: Qu’est-ce que la neutralité du Net? Vous avez probablement le vôtre réseau local “à la maison, et il est constitué de tous les appareils connectés à votre routeur, qui se connecte à Internet.

Vous êtes peut-être intéressé par la création de vos propres chaînes Roku. Peut-être avez-vous trouvé un canal Roku que vous voulez utiliser, mais il n’y a pas de moyen officiellement supporté pour l’installer. De toute façon, vous devez savoir comment activer le mode développeur et télécharger une application Roku qui n’est pas disponible dans le magasin.

Use Alexa to tell the whole family that dinner is ready

Amazon’s Echo smart speakers can already be used as a household intercom system. But where that only lets you speak though one Echo or compatible Sonos at a time, the Alexa Announcements feature means you can broadcast messages to an entire house at once.

Say you have an Amazon Echo in the kitchen, a Sonos in the lounge, Echo Dots in the bedrooms and even an Ecobee thermostat in the hallway. If you want to tell the whole family that dinner is ready, or that the evening’s movie is about to start, you can broadcast that message through every one of these devices simultaneously.

When Alexa Announcements launched back in 2018, it only worked with Echo products. This was expanded to include Alexa-equipped Sonos speakers, like the One and Beam, later that year. But from May 2019 this was expanded again, this time to include all Alexa-equipped devices. This means that any smart home product, with a microphone and speaker for communicating with Alexa, now works with Alexa Announcements.

How to use Alexa Announcements with a voice command:

Using the Alexa Announcements feature is very simple. Just speak to any one of your Alexa devices and say: “Alexa, announce that…” and read out your message. Instead of reading your message in her own voice, Alexa will make a chiming noise through every compatible speaker or device in your house, then repeat an audio recording of what you said.

You can also trigger this action by saying: “Alexa, tell everyone…” or “Alexa, broadcast…”

If you’d rather break the command into two utterances, you can say: “Alexa, make an announcement.” The assistant then prompts you to state your message.

Making an announcement with the Alexa app GearBrain

How to use Alexa Announcements using the Alexa app

You can also trigger an announcement by typing it into the Alexa app, instead of speaking aloud. This could be useful if you want to broadcast a message across the home, but are out of earshot of an Alexa deice, or if you are away from home. You could quickly type “I’m on my way home” into the Alexa app as you leave the grocery store, to have the assistant inform your household.

To do this, open the Alexa app, tap on the Communicate icon in the lower-left, then tap on the Announce button at the top, and type your message. Messages typed into the app will be read out in Alexa’s voice, whereas messages spoken into the app will be played directly, using your voice.

Alexa will send the announcement to every compatible device in the home, so long as they are registered to the person sending the announcement, or to a member of their Amazon Household. An announcement will not be sent to a device if it is being used for a call or drop-in, or if its Do Not Disturb mode is enabled.

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