How to Change Alexa’s Name and Voice

Are you a boss of Alexa, and tired of calling Alexa, the smart personal assistant to accomplish tasks? Alexa is not the name of the smart cylindrical speaker. But Echo acts in response to the word ‘Alexa.’ This is a wake-up word which activates your personal assistant Amazon Echo. When you call that wake-up word, it can pick it up across the room and respond.

If you have more than one Alexa in your house and it creates confusion, then this is a good idea to change the name.

How to change Alexa’s name

You can’t give any name to Alexa you want. Customization options are minimal you have to choose from them. You can change the name to ‘Echo, Amazon or computer.’

Follow the steps to change the name of your Personal assistant (Alexa)

1. Launch ‘Alexa’ app in your device.

2. Sign in with the same account (Amazon account) you have registered in your Alexa device.

3. Hit on ‘Menu button’ or the ‘three horizontal lines’ on the top-left side.

4. Pick ‘Settings.’

5. Select the Alexa device whose name you want to change.

6. Scroll and Hit on ‘Wake Word.’

7. Open ‘Dropdown’ button.

8. Choose a new Wake Word from the given options. (You can’t change Alexa’s name to the name you want).

9. Confirm by hitting ‘Save’ button.

When you have done successfully, you can now call your Personal assistant with a new name that you have selected.

How to change Alexa’s Voice

If you're bored of hearing Alexa’s voice, its same tones and intonations, or the female voice, but sadly you can’t change it to a male voice. Only you can change her voice according to your nation, and accent that matches your speech pattern.

1. Launch ‘Alexa app’ in your device.

2. Tap on ‘small gear icon’ from the Menu to open ‘Settings.’

3. Select the Alexa device whose voice pattern you want to change.

4. Tap ‘Language.’

5. Select a language from the ‘Drop-down’ menu.

6. Now, hit ‘Save Changes.’

7. Confirm by hitting ‘Yes, Change.’

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