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Amazon Alexa yellow light (side-to-side)

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Alexa communicates with you through its shiny colors. Some colors such as blue and red are friendly (indicates that she is listening to you or someone is calling you). However, some colors indicate an issue. In this post, we will figure out what Amazon Alexa yellow light mean.

Are you receiving “Sorry, I’m having trouble understanding you right now. Please try a little later” message? Check this post out.

Yellow light on your Echo device may indicate two things:

  • You have a notification (Example: Your Amazon order has been delivered). Just say “Alexa, read my notifications”. She will respond and the yellow light will go away. Check this post for more details.
  • Your Echo device is offline because there is an issue with your internet connection. Here is a video that explains it and provides a few recommendations:

Are you trying to improve Echo’s sound quality? Check this post to find out how to connect more than one Bluetooth speakers to Echo Dot.

What to do about Amazon Alexa yellow light?

If the yellow light is swinging from side to side (not blinking), check your internet connection. Are you able to use internet on your phone or computer?

A quick fix would be restarting your router. Simply, turn it off and turn it on back after a few seconds. Amazon Alexa yellow light should disappear after about a minute.

If it is still showing yellow light, restart your Echo device (unplug it and plug it back).

For people with more technical background, I would recommend connecting to your router’s administrative panel and checking all the active connections. A device might be overusing your network. Kill all connections and check if there is any improvement.

Amazon Alexa yellow light

How about other Echo colors? Here is a list of colors and their meanings for Alexa.

Alexa blinks yellow light ring

Alexa blinks yellow light ring. What does it mean?

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Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa blinks yellow light ring when she needs your attention! In other words, there is something she wants to tell you.

Note: The ring may look green in the pictures but it is actually yellow and it is blinking (pulsing)!

There are 8 different colors Echo devices may display: blue, red, orange, yellow, purple, green, white, violet. Device may pulse or show these colors solid. Sometimes they just flash. Each color and action have a different meaning.  It is important to know their meanings to use your voice assistant efficiently.

Are you receiving “I am having trouble connecting to the internet. Take a look at the help section in your Alexa app” message? Check this post out.

Why does Alexa blinks yellow light ring?

When there are some messages or notifications for you, Alexa blinks yellow light ring and it also chimes to alert you. It could be an incoming message or it could be a comment to your question on a product at Amazon.com.

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What does yellow light mean?

In order to hear what the message or notification is about, say “Alexa, read my notifications” or “Alexa, play my messages”.

Are you receiving “Sorry, I’m having trouble understanding you right now. Please try a little later” message? Check this post out.

Alexa blinks yellow light ring
Pulsing yellow. You have a message!

Here is what Amazon says about the pulsing yellow light:

Alexa delivers messages to the recipient’s Alexa app as well as to all of their supported Echo devices associated with their Amazon account. When there is an incoming message, lights on supported Echo devices pulse yellow, and the devices chime.

Alexa Messaging

How about red, blue, green lights?

Wondering what other colors Echo devices display mean? Here is a list of colors and their meanings for Alexa.

Would you like to improve Echo’s sound quality? Check this post to learn how to connect more than one Bluetooth speakers to Echo Dot.