Alexa Ring Light Flashing Issues

Alexa is a smart device that comes with many ring lights. Every color of the Alexa ring lights tells us different things. It is confusing to see the Alexa ring light colors that Echo speakers display. However, there is logic to it. As long as we know how to decode them, each color light indicates a unique signal about our Echo device. Some tell us about notifications, troubleshooting, and many more. Here we discuss Alexa's ring lights in detail. It becomes easier for users to understand its meaning and fix them quickly. We are dividing them according to their parts.


Meanings of Alexa Ring Light


We are dividing ring lights according to their parts. Let us check the meanings of different lights.


Conversation Colors



When Alexa listens to our commands or engages with us in conversation, certain colors appear.


No Alexa Ring Light


A positive sign is when we plug in our Echo, but there are no lights on. We can hear a voice command when our speaker is on. It shows our speaker is on and also listening to our voice commands. 


Alexa Blue Ring


When there is Alexa flashes blue light, it shows Alexa learned our wake word and is hearing our request. Sometimes there is a spinning blue light or Alexa blue ring, which means Alexa is processing our request. When we give a voice command to Alexa to play the song, the blue light starts spinning, it shows that it is a searching song. It turns off when the request is complete.


Alexa White Ring


When we change the volume on an Echo, they display it in Alexa white ring light, whether we press the plus or minus buttons or say, "Alexa, volume up/down." When Alexa Guard is on, our device listens for suspicious sounds and reports them to us. We can also customize these light setups to turn on and off in response to specific sounds.


Setup and Troubleshooting Colors


Let us check the meanings of these Alexa ring lights.


Teal Light Ring


A teal light ring flashes when we restart our device or plug it in. The meaning of the spinning teal light is that our Echo is starting, and after setup, the light turns orange.


Alexa Orange Ring


Orange lights indicate that our Echo is in setup mode or trying to connect to the internet. An orange light appears after a factory reset or when we first set up our Echo. We must understand the meaning of the Alexa orange ring because if we know it means we can easily fix it. There is also a need to check that our internet network is properly functioning. It is also vital for us to fix the issue properly so that we can use the device.


Alexa Red Ring


A red light on your Echo means one of two things: we are having Wi-Fi problems, and the device has lost an internet connection, or its microphone is disabled. Alexa Red ring lights also show that our Echo Show's camera is impaired. There is a need to fix our network problem quickly. We can also check the speed of the internet; if it is slow, there is a need to contact our ISP.


Alexa Purple Ring

The flashing of the purple ring on Alexa light means we are facing an error during setup. The reason is our wifi network, which stops the setup process. When our Echo device is in Do Not Disturb mode, it also shows a purple light. It also needs to remember that Alexa also blocks calls, messages, and reminders, but it doesn't block alarms or timers.


We can easily turn on or off our Do Not Disturb mode from our Alexa app. We must launch the Alexa app. Now navigate the device to Echo & Alexa [Name of Our Device] > Do Not Disturb. Here, we toggle the feature on or off. Every user has their own preferences, so it depends on them whether they want to turn on or off Do Not Disturb Mode.


There is a need to check our wifi settings when Alexa is not responding or displaying orange, red, and purple lights. We can also restart our Echo device. It occurs for many reasons.


Notifications


The Echo device shows different lights when there are notifications. Here we check the meaning of “lights.” It becomes easy to understand the meaning, so we can glance at all notifications.


Alexa Yellow Ring


A yellow ring light reveals a new message, notification, or reminder is waiting for you. We can say through a command "Alexa, what are my notifications?" or "Alexa, what are my messages?" It also flashes yellow and Alexa yellow ring tells us the status of our Amazon Prime delivery. It becomes crucial for us to read all the notifications so that we are aware of our coming Amazon Prime delivery.


Alexa Green Ring 


When our Echo displays a pulsing green light or blinking Alexa green ring, it means we have an incoming call. The Alexa app or another Echo device is calling us. We can either say, "Alexa, answer this call," or we can deny it. A solid green light will shine from our Echo whenever we are on a call. 


The meaning of the spinning green light is that our Amazon Echo is in Drop In mode. Our Echo or Echo Show is called or video chatted with approved contacts at any time with Drop In. Sometimes we forget to turn on its Drop-In features. 


There is a need to check the spinning green light and go to the Alexa app. Here we check its conversation history. We can go to settings > Alexa privacy> Review voice history. Here we can check that Alexa misheard us and turned on Drop In. We can easily enable or disable Drop In the mode in our Echo device. It becomes easy for users to use Amazon Alexa devices quickly. 


Wrap Up


Users can easily understand the meaning of different Alexa ring lights. It is also imperative for us to fix the errors in the ring lights so our Echo device works well. Every Alexa ring light has different meanings, so it is necessary to understand their deep meaning.