It should then light up orange, which indicates it’s in setup mode. Red also communicates device errors, such as Alexa being unavailable or issues with Wi-Fi connectivity. The microphone/camera on or off button was pressed. The microphone has been turned off and Alexa is not actively listening for your commands. Now, you will have to wait patiently for minutes as the device will Turn OFF and then Turn ON. Press the microphone button on top of the device to turn it on again. A teal spotlight on a blue ring means that Alexa is listening, or is processing your request. The light ring will then briefly turn blue. Recent news reports in the last week revealed that Amazon has thousands of workers listening to Amazon Echo aka Alexa voice assistant recordings. You can say "do not disturb me" to turn off the notification light and prevent other interruptions. You will see blue light which gets turned to orange light. The more interesting feature is the scheduler. 2. It has a light blue icon with a white circle on it. This will also turn off Blue Shade if it’s not within that time frame: Starting at 8pm and turning off at 6am sounds good to me, so I’ll leave the default. … Recently, Alexa can no longer tell the difference between these two words. The Echo's light ring will be off unless you are using the unit or have a pending notification. If I tell her to turn off the kitchen lights, she will only turn off the kitchen lamps. The Alexa device now comes to the original factory settings. 3. To turn Do Not Disturb on or off, head to your Alexa app for Android or iOS, open Devices > Echo & Alexa > [Your device's name] > Do Not Disturb, and toggle the feature on or off. Use your Alexa app and set up your device from your smartphone. If the purple light is pulsing then there's a Wi-Fi error, try reconnecting the device to Wi-Fi. Open the Alexa App on your mobile phone or tablet. Same thing in the living room. At first, we had f.lux, an app that aimed to remove the blue from our screens that kept us up at night. You cannot use the Echo without the light ring activating as it's a primary avenue that Alexa was designed to use for communicating with the end-user. Enable “Automatic Activation” by tapping on the on/off slider control and you’ll find you can enable an on and off time. Red. If your Echo stops listening or continues to display an orange, red, or purple light even after you check your Wi-Fi settings, your Echo needs a restart. More Amazon Alexa how-tos Push the microphone button to turn it back on. I have lamps in the living room and kitchen with hue bulbs. In newer Windows 10 builds, the functionality is baked right into a feature called Night Light. See if Alexa … Press it again to enable your microphone and/or camera. White light (Alexa Guard) A continuously spinning white light means your Alexa device is in Away Mode and Alexa Guard is on and listening for any trouble. It worked correctly for years and now it doesn’t. The microphone is turned off if you have a solid red light ring or bar instead of a solid blue one. Wait for the light ring to turn off and on again. You can reset your Amazon Echo using the Alexa app or using the appropriate button combination on the Echo device itself. Say "Alexa, turn off do not disturb" to get back to normal.