How to Change the Name of Alexa in Simple Steps

If you are getting fully into the world of home automation, you may have bought a smart assistant to have everything controlled from a main switchboard. One of the options to choose from is the Amazon Echo, which with the help of Alexa is capable of managing an infinity of smart devices with a simple voice command. But what command?

Calling Alexa

Change the Name of Alexa in Simple Steps

We only have to name the assistant so that our smart speaker is activated immediately. It is an action that in the first occasions is quite strange to do and with what some may feel ridiculous when speaking only at home, however, it is an incredibly useful thing with which to have immediate control of a large number of devices that we have scattered around the house.

By default, Amazon devices are activated when they hear the word “Alexa”, however, we will have the possibility to choose other keywords with which to recite the magic phrase with a different word than Alexa.

Renaming Alexa

Unfortunately, we can only choose between three options predefined by Amazon itself, since only Alexa, Echo and Amazon will be the words that we can define as an activation word. Any of these words will catch the attention of Alexa, but we can only activate one for our day to day.

Is it possible to customize the name of Alexa?

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Today Amazon does not allow us to choose a custom and custom name as the activation word. The only options are Alexa, Amazon and Echo, and this is possibly due to the complex learning system of artificial intelligence, since Amazon will prefer to have three words controlled instead of opening an infinite fan that would complicate things for AI.

Additionally, limiting words to brand trade terms helps to make Amazon’s ecosystem bigger by being fully recognizable worldwide. If everyone uses Alexa (which happens in most homes), the assistant will gain a certain personality that will allow him to be recognized just by listening to his voice.

How to change the activation word of Alexa and your Echo speaker

To choose one of the words available in the system, we must take a look at the speaker configuration to choose the word that best suits us. The steps to follow are those:

  • Open the official Alexa app
  • Select settings from the side menu

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  • Click on Device Settings

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  • Choose the Echo device you want to configure

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  • And select Activation word

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  • On the next screen you will have the available options that Amazon allows

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  • Choose the one you want and go back to complete the process

Can I have different activation words in my Echo?

If you have more than one Echo, you can select different activation words for each one, taking into account that, if you have more than 3 three Echo at home, at some point you will have to repeat the keyword. Is there any use in choosing different words between Echo? Not really much. The advantage of having the same word for each Echo is that it allows you to have total freedom to execute the commands, and thus you will not have to be aware of which speaker to speak to, since the closest one will be in charge of taking the mandate and completing it.