Well let’s jump straight to it, Alexa is known to be one of the most convenient tools for any smart home.
Alexa is known to use different blinking patterns and colors to signal various types of information. It may be difficult to understand at first, but it becomes easier to understand the pattern. And the yellow light is no exception. A yellow light on your Alexa could mean several things. It could be your Alexa trying to connect to your wifi or that you have a message or notification.
Meaning of The Alexa Yellow Light:
Spinning lightBlinking light
Spinning light
If you see Alexa display a spinning yellow, then it is probably trying to connect to your WIFI. Then if it persists, this is Alexa indicating that you may need to reenter the WIFI password on your Alexa app.
Blinking light
You will be provided information about the status of your order. Alexa will give you notifications when it is ready for shipment, when it’s ready for dispatch when dispatched, and on arrival. Prime users will receive notifications on the day that the order is set to arrive. And a final notification when the order is delivered.
Dismissing The Alexa Yellow Light:
This is quite easy by the way. Now you know that when you notice your Alexa display a yellow light then it means that you have a message or you have a notification and there are two ways of making it stop.
The first and easiest way is to simply speak to Alexa. Ask Alexa by saying the words “Alexa, read my message” or “Alexa, what notifications do I have?.
Alexa will immediately read out all your messages or notifications. Once Alexa stops speaking, the yellow light will stop and will not show until you have another notification or message.
Disabling Alexa Yellow Light:
Immediately after your package is delivered, your Alexa gives you a notification immediately. So now you can quickly pick it up before someone else can get to it. It is very helpful in bad neighborhoods.
What does the yellow light on Alexa mean?
Can I stop Alexa from reading out the product name of my orders?
Some items ordered may be private or personal and when updating you about the product status, Alexa announces the name but you can stop this by changing the settings.
Getting an Alexa is all up to you and it may be a good buy for your smart home.
