Screenshot of the Alexa app on iOS in 2018, displaying its -Settings-Change Your Wake Word- screen, showing the -Wake Name Choices- menu, with the -Amazon- choice highlighted.

Can You Change Alexas Name

Can you change Alexas name? You can indeed change the name that the Amazon Alexa enabled speakers respond to when you say it.  So the current choices are, “Alexa…,” “Amazon…,” “Computer…,” “Ziggy…,” and “Echo…”  You say this name when you want the voice assistant to run a command or answer a question.  It’s how you “get her attention,” so to speak.

Can you Change Alexa’s Name with Voice Commands

You can now change the wake word name with a voice request.  Let’s say your speaker currently wakes up to ‘Alexa’.  Then use the following commands to change this word to one of three other choices as follows.

  • Alexa, change name to computer.
  • Okay Alexa, change name to Amazon.
  • Alexa, change name to Echo.

She then responds with the following,  “Okay, you can call me <new name> on this device in a few seconds.”

Can you Change Alexas Name to Anything you Want? 

The name setting is not customizable beyond these four choices (Alexa, Amazon, Computer, Echo).  At least, not yet.

You might wish to change this name for a particular Echo speaker device.  Why?  Because speakers with different names don’t all respond at once when you call with the same name.  Thus this name is speaker-specific.  So if you have multiple echo speakers around, you could assign each one a different trigger word

Following are instructions on how to set this watch name for a specific Alexa device.

Can You Change Alexas Name?  Yes, Via the Alexa App

1. Find the Alexa App  on your Mobile Device 

First, we find the app on home screen page three on our iOS tablet, as shown next.

Screenshot of the iOS 11 home screen, showing the Amazon Alexa app Icon highlighted.
Can you change Alexas name? iOS 11 home screen, showing the Amazon Alexa app Icon highlighted.

2. Then, Run the Alexa App

You should then get the Alexa app Home screen, similar to the picture displayed next.

Screenshot of the Amazon Alexa app on iOS, displaying its -Home- screen, with the hamburger control highlighted.
Amazon Alexa app on iOS, displaying its -Home- screen, with the hamburger control highlighted.

3. Tap the Hamburger Control

Then, this brings up the app’s main menu.

Screenshot of the Amazon Alexa app on iOS, displaying its control menu, with the -Settings- option highlighted.
Amazon Alexa app on iOS, displaying its control menu, with the -Settings- option highlighted.

4. Tap the Settings Option to Continue with Change Alexas Name

So this brings up the  Settings  screen.

Screenshot of the Amazon Alexa app on iOS, displaying its -Settings- screen, with our -Bedroom Dot- speaker highlighted.
Amazon Alexa app on iOS, displaying its -Settings- screen, with our -Bedroom Dot- speaker highlighted.

5. Tap the Alexa Speaker you Wish to Change

In this demo, we’re going to modify the  Bedroom Dot  speaker’s wake word.  So, when we tapped that device on the screen above, we got the  Device Settings  following screen back.  We then scrolled down to reveal the wake word option.

Screenshot of the Alexa app on iOS in 2018, displaying its -Device Settings- screen, with the -Wake Word- option circled.
Alexa app on iOS in 2018, displaying its -Device Settings- screen, with the -Wake Word- option circled.

6. Tap the   Wake Word  Item

You should then see the  Change your Wake Word   screen, as follows.

Screenshot of the Alexa app on iOS in 2018, displaying its -Settings-Change Your Wake Word- screen. We have the current name and expansion arrow circled.
Alexa app on iOS in 2018, displaying its -Settings-Change Your Wake Word- screen. We have the current name and expansion arrow circled.

7. Tap the  Wake Word Choices  Pull Down Menu Item to Continue with Change Alexas Name

Then, you can touch either area.

After touching, that menu then expands as shown next.

 Screenshot of the Alexa app on iOS in 2018, displaying its -Settings-Change Your Wake Word- screen. We're showing the -Wake Name Choices- menu, with the -Amazon- choice highlighted.
Alexa app on iOS in 2018, displaying its -Settings-Change Your Wake Word- screen. We’re showing the -Wake Name Choices- menu, with the -Amazon- choice highlighted.

8. Tap the Wake Word Choice you Wish

So we’re changing our living room speaker to   Amazon.  So, we tap the  Amazon  item on that menu.

This returns us then, to the  Change Your Wake Word  screen.  But now, the current name is Amazon.

Screenshot of the Alexa app on iOS in 2018, displaying its -Settings-Change Your Wake Word- screen. We set and circled the -Amazon- name choice.
Alexa app on iOS in 2018, displaying its -Settings-Change Your Wake Word- screen. We have set and circled the -Amazon- name choice.

9. Tap the  Save  Button

Then after a short pause, the Wake Word Changed  window appears.

Screenshot of the Alexa app on iOS in 2018, displaying its -Wake Word Changed- window, with the -Close- button highlighted.
Alexa app on iOS in 2018, displaying its -Wake Word Changed- window, with the -Close- button highlighted.

10. Press the Close Button

The app then returns to the  Device Settings  screen.  Your Alexa speaker should then respond to her new name; Amazon in this demo.

11. Close the Alexa App

12. Finished with Yes, you Can Change Alexas Name !

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References for Can you Change Alexas Name

  1. The Official Alexa Home Page
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