Amazon Alexa Servers Down Across UK and Europe

[#1]

It looks like having sold stacks Amazon have been caught out by everyone tryng to use their new Christmas.  prezzie!  https://downdetector.com/status/amazon-alexa/map/

[#2]

Ho Ho Ho ! ... Merry Christmas ! ! ! :cheesy:

[#3]

What happened to Bah Humbug? Have a good 'un!

[#4]

How am I going to switch my lights off now?

[#5]

@Mustrum Call 999 and see if they can help ! :shocked:

[#6]

My Xmas tree lights are controlled by an Amazon smart plug which in turn is controlled by Alexa.

I might have to move the armchair later so I can get to the wall socket switch later if Alexa is still off line.

[#7]

Maybe I will have to switch them off at the switch, but I will wait until I have to get up to do something else!

[#8]

Good news, she is back, and my lights are off again, Christmas music being played again, happy days!

[#9]

Guys: make sure you don't leave a loquacious avian of the order Psittaciformes in the company of activated Alexa. I heard  a tale of one that managed to order goods, to its owners embarrassment and expense. Be the tale true or fancy, I hope there would be some way for the system to identify the person is who it seems to be.

[#10]

My solution was to log into my Alexa account as soon as I got it and switch off the ordering option. My non technical avian doesn't know how to reverse this option.

[#11]

One of my neighbours name is Alexa......................

I have the same name as Alexa

I always wondered why you can't pick/program your own command name.

[#12]

@billnotben You can!

Have a look - How to change the wake command.

[#13]

@billnotben, as @Mustrum says you can but the list is limited to 3 names, and they won't allow you to set your own to prevent abusive or derogatory terms being used.

[#14]

I don't have one but three isn't really much of a choice.

If I did have one it would be my "pet" so I would of course want to name it. That would be half the fun. What little there is.

And if it did make a lot of mistakes I would have wanted the option of a suitable "abusive or derogatory" name.