Alexa, what if my daughter is called Alexa? How to change it.

As I've seen many adverts for the Amazon Echo speaker device, and I have a friend who's name is Alexa, I wondered what could be done to stop the Echo / dot from responding everytime someone speaks to my Alexa, or at least calling her name.

A quick look on the internet revealed that you can't change the Echo / dot's name, but you can change the call sign or watch word.

Here are the available options and how to change it.

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Home, Settings, Alexa Devices, "Wake Word"


or from the app

• Tap the Alexa icon to begin.
• On the Home screen, tap the “hamburger menu” icon in the upper left-hand corner of the app’s screen.
• Tap “Settings” from the menu that appears.
• On the Settings screen, tap the device you wish to change the wake word on.
• On the next screen, scroll down until You find the “Wake Word” menu option. Tap it.
• Tap the pull-down menu to display the available wake words for your device. At the time of this article, the available choices are Alexa, Amazon, Echo, and Computer.
• Tap the “SAVE” button to save your selection.
• The app will tell you when your changes have been saved.
• Use your new wake word to wake up Alexa on your Amazon device.

Options for name include  Alexa, Computer, Amazon, Echo and Computer.