My Echo stopped playing any music.

[kebroken]

My Echo stopped playing any music.  It says it is having difficulty playing music.

[joshsimpson79]

You're not the only one.  Both of my Echos at lunch had the problem, so it must be on amazon's end.  Netflix and other things worked fine.  Hopefully it's fixed soon.

[kevb]

Possibly related news:  http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-amazon-web-services-down-bsi-20170228-story.html

[joshsimpson79]

Possibly related news:  http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-amazon-web-services-down-bsi-20170228-story.html

Thanks for the article.  Mine just started working again.  I was starting to get the shakes,   It's sad how much I now rely on cloud based music these days.

[mike27oct]

People, before firing off posts like this, just remember the internet is not perfect, and give it an hour to see it it comes back!

[joshsimpson79]

People, before firing off posts like this, just remember the internet is not perfect, and give it an hour to see it it comes back!

I don't think anyone said anything nasty or rude. One person just had a problem, and I said they weren't the only one. I made a joke about getting the shakes from not having my tunes and that was it. I don't know what "posts like this" is supposed to mean. Anyway, it all appears to be fixed now.

[malliekm]

Wasn't just music either.  I was over at mom's today and asked Alexa to enable TrackR (for her phone).  Alexa was having a hard time understanding and said to try later.  Tried several times.  I understand it could be a glitch on Amazon's side but mom and dad wouldn't be as forgiving 

[mike27oct]

People, before firing off posts like this, just remember the internet is not perfect, and give it an hour to see it it comes back!

I don't think anyone said anything nasty or rude. One person just had a problem, and I said they weren't the only one. I made a joke about getting the shakes from not having my tunes and that was it. I don't know what "posts like this" is supposed to mean. Anyway, it all appears to be fixed now.

No, but there were a few posts about the same issue; it's like nobody looks at posts before they post (the same thing).  Just everyone have a little patience and wait to see if things improve.  Don't Panic; these things get fixed within an hour most of the time.

[jwlv]

In case you missed the news yesterday, a large portion of Amazon S3 servers went offline and caused disruptions for hundreds of thousands of websites. This includes Amazon's own websites and Alexa service. 

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/02/amazon-cloud-sputters-for-hours-and-a-boatload-of-websites-go-offline/
Or Google Amazon s3 offline and you'll see all the news sites reporting the same thing.

[mike27oct]

Yep, in many ways the internet is not quite ready for prime time as much as the electric grid and wired phone service.  A main reason I refuse to give up a wired phone line even if it costs more to keep it.  Just be glad it was Echo devices that flubbed yesterday; it could have been much worse.