Microphone question when listening to music

[gff667]

I was listening to Prime music, and while playing a song Alexa doesn't hear me when I try to change the volume, or tell it to stop. I have to get right next to it and say stop. The mic picks up my voive from the other side of the house, but can't hear when it's playing music at volume 5.

Anyone else have this issue??

[PaulKTF]

Yes, I have that same problem and I know others do too. You are not alone.

[renegade600]

music is going to interfere with the microphones and there is nothing you can do at this time - all you can do is to wait for a pause.  I dont play music much but have the same problem with the alarm, timer and news briefs.  I read in another forum that if you are playing music or have some other noise during voice training, it helps. 

[mike27oct]

Exactly, and instead of yelling at the darn thing and not getting results, walk up and turn the volume wheel down like any other radio up too loud, make your request and then tell  Alexa, volume 5, or whatever.

I'm sure somebody wants an "app for that" and there is one.  It's in the Alexa app; just go into Now Playing and tap pause. Hey; don't even need to go into Now Playimg, the pause and play button is at bottom of Home screen, along with a volume control slider. Cool. (How long has that been there?)

[NYC-Style]

Has there been any progress on this yet?...I'm having the same issue.  And it's not the music interfering with the microphone as the issue just recently started.  :

[fstbusa]

Mine actually heard me really well when listening to music up until about a month ago... then all of a sudden it can't hear me even if I yell from across the room.... really frustrating!!   I swear an update foobar'd it.

[Slygrin]

I have the issue if I have the volume too loud for her to hear me well. The Dot suffers from this more than my Echos. My guess is the Dot's speakers are closer to the microphones than the Echo's are.

[DParker]

Mine actually heard me really well when listening to music up until about a month ago... then all of a sudden it can't hear me even if I yell from across the room.... really frustrating!!   I swear an update foobar'd it.

I have two Echos.  Both are up-to-date on software (version 3202), and neither one of them are suffering from this issue, nor have they shown any noticeable signs of reduced responsiveness at all.

[mike27oct]

Bottom line; there is a price to pay if volume of these devices are up too loud.  Duh.

[fstbusa]

Bottom line; there is a price to pay if volume of these devices are up too loud.  Duh.

when you wanna rock... you gotta rock! 

[mike27oct]

Uh, can anyone tell us what the volume control ring on the top is for?  Hint: It is not to turn on the espresso machine.  Duh, again.

[PaulKTF]

It's one of a few ways you can lower the volume but you should still be able to lower it with a voice command no matter what volume it is already set/playing at.

[mike27oct]

Your opinion; I don't agree.  That volume control is there for a very good reason, and very LOUD volume is one of them.  Not much else to say, really.

[NYC-Style]

I think what some folks don't get is that this was not an issue initially.  Regardless of volume level the response word was consistently recognized...the troubling part is that the lack of response can occur even when volume is at level 4...   And with that being said maybe the bottom line should be..."do not create a device and set a volume level which would render it unresponsive."  I would like to think the folks in R&D tested the max volume level where the device can still respond...which I'm sure they did...which is why this wasn't a problem initially.

[Ventiman]

Use the remote, may be extra but they fix the issue when it is LOUD. Not all echo owners own smart phones remember, hence the remote.