How to Change Alexa Name, Rename

You can indeed change the name that the Amazon Alexa enabled speakers respond to when you say it.  Furthermore, the current name choices are, “Alexa…,” “Amazon…,” “Computer…,”  “Echo…,” and “Ziggy…”

The word is the name you call out when you want Alexa to start listening for a follow-up request.  It’s how you “get her attention,” so to speak.  This setting is not customizable beyond these choices; at least, not yet.

You might wish to change this name for a particular Echo speaker device. Then they don’t all respond at once when you call her.  This name is speaker-specific.  So if you have many Alexas around the house, you could assign each one a different name.

Following are instructions on how to set this watch word for a specific Echo device connected to your Amazon account.

How to Change Alexa Name or Rename Her, Step by Step

1. Find the Alexa App  on your Mobile Device

So we find the app on the third page of the home screen on our iOS based iPad tablet.

2. Then, Run the Alexa App to Change Alexa Name

You should then get the Alexa app Home screen.

3. Tap the Settings Option to Continue with How to Change Alexa Name

Touching this item brings up the Settings screen, as shown next.

4. Tap the Echo Speaker Whose Name you Wish to Change

We’re going to change the Living Room speaker’s trigger word here.  So, when we tapped that device on the screen above, we got the next screen back.

5. Tap the   Wake Word  Item

You should then see the Change your Wake Word screen, similar to the following.

6. Tap the Wake Word Choices Pull Down Menu Item to Continue with How to Change Alexa Name

That menu then expands, and appears as follows.

7. Tap the Wake Word Name Choice you Wish

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

The app then returns us to the  Change Your Wake Word  screen as follows.  But now, the value in the Wake Word Choices pull down combo box is Computer, as shown.

8. Tap the  Save Button to Change Alexa Name

Then, the  Changing Wake Word  window pops up briefly, as shown following.

Then the Wake Word Changed  window appears as follows.

9. Press the Close Button

At last, your Alexa Echo speaker should now respond to her new name.  Test it out.

10. Done with How to Change Alexa Name !

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References for How to Change Alexa Name

1. 1. Official Alexa Home Page
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