7 Alexa Features You Need To Turn OFF Right NOW

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0:00 Intro
0:53 Feature #1
4:08 Feature #2
5:43 Feature #3
6:22 Feature #4
8:27 Feature #5
9:35 Feature #6
10:09 Feature #7

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[mrs.monicautt]

A family member died in April. It is so comforting to be able to go back and hear his voice. So glad this feature was on. Looking into saving these on anther device. Drop in is fantastic for my mom with dementia. All us adult kids can drop in on her throughout the day and see that she is okay. She doesn't need to remember how it works, which is awesome. She just hears our voice and excitedly comes running over to see who came in to visit! Love it!

[ocqspoj]

Best part was you walked us through each thing. Not just said turn this off. For us new users it was very very helpful. Thank you

[theorushinjr]

The Drop In feature is one of the top reasons I bought the Echo Show. We want an intercom-like feature in our house so we could call each other for help in cases when either of us are unable to move about.

[TexasFlyBoy]

0:00 Intro
0:53 Feature #1
- Sidewalk
4:08 Feature #2
- DropIn
5:43 Feature #3
- Hunches
6:22 Feature #4
- Use of Voice Recordings
8:27 Feature #5
- Skill Permissions
9:35 Feature #6
- Turn off Echo Device Cameras
10:09 Feature #7 - Brief Mode

[TeranTovar]

Very helpful for a tech newbie like me. I was able to follow each step without a problem. Now to figure out how to get Alexa to stop blurting out random things! Thanks for these helpful tips!

[micksan]

Thank you. Would have never known about the "sidewalk" feature.

[carolmedlin]

This was so helpful. As a senior who lives alone I feel vulnerable and illiterate where my devices are concerned. This turorial gives me more control, and, therefore, more security and confidence. Thank you

[kellyrobinson]

All I needed to do was update my Alexa app on my phone and it installed Sidewalk! So I turned it off. Thanks so much for this very informative video. I appreciate people who share this kind of information with every body else who wouldn't have known about the risky vulnerabilities Amazon subjects us to. I really love my Echo and Alexa and so does the rest of my family, but privacy IS a big thing too.

[Jasperwolf]

I have this running joke with my friends where every time my echo goes off or I ask it something I always interrupt it and say “shut up” and one day it recommended brief mode to me lmao

[maladylis]

Thanks so much for the ideas. The echos are very helpful for someone like me with major memory loss due to a brain tumor. I can have it remind me to do everything. Instant subscriber !

[jbtulsarn]

Excellent and very concise. So many people on these instruction videos get so wordy! Your “cut to the chase” format was so enjoyable!!

[MrGzmn]

Liked how when you would say “Alexa” you lowered the volume on that word so no ones devices would activate.

[dixiegal]

Thank you for this information. You’re presentation is perfect, a short explanation, then instructions. 😀

[africo]

New subscriber here.
You speak very clearly, your demonstrations are good as well, and not too fast, Thanks.

[quintxavier]

Another tip: when whisper mode is activated, try asking Alexa to tell you a joke... it makes her punchlines 100x funnier.

[almostthere]

Great informational video. Reminder though, it is possible that everytime Amazon does 'silent' updates, they may be resetting all of their configuration back to default settings, so in the case of Sidewalk, they may be turning it back on without you knowing it. I hate having to turn my "customizable" options back to my personal choices.

[callmecaution]

Thank you for sharing the Amazon Sidewalk feature. My wifi has gotten more laggish lately and I couldn't figure out the reason why

[whylgul]

Summary
You have smartphone, you have no privacy 🤗

[emcustard]

We call our device Lexi when we want to talk about her but not activate her

[VegginInVT]

You deliver very concise and easy to follow instructions. Yours have been the most helpful to me thus far. Thank you so much.