Here we answer the question: How to change Alexa name to Jarvis?
You can indeed change the name that the Amazon Alexa enabled speakers respond to when you say it. But you can’t change it to Jarvis. Currently, there are only four choices for the name that an Alexa speaker responds to, and those are, “Alexa…,” “Amazon…,” “Computer…,” and “Echo…”
The word is the name you call out when you want the popular voice assistant to wake up and start listening for a follow-up command / question. 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, so that they don’t all respond at once when you call her. This name is speaker-specific. So if you have multiple echo speakers around the house, you could assign each one a different trigger word
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, but Not to Jarvis, Step by Step
1. Find the Alexa App on your Mobile Device
We find our copy of the app on the third page of the Home screen on our iOS based iPad tablet, as shown next.
2. Then, Run the Alexa App to Change Alexa Name
You should then get the Alexa app Home screen, similar to the picture displayed next, although the latest versions of the Alexa app look somewhat different.
3. Tap the Settings Option to Continue with How to Change Alexa Name but Not to Jarvis
Find the Settings item highlighted by the pink arrow in the last picture.
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
Find this pointed at by the pink arrow in the last picture.
You should then see the Change your Wake Word screen, like the following.
6. Tap the Wake Word Choices Pull Down Menu Item to Continue with How to Change Alexa Name, though Jarvis is Not an Option
Find this pointed at by the pink arrow in the last picture.
That menu then expands, and appears as follows. Note that Jarvis does not appear in the list. But the available choices mentioned above do.
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
See the Save button highlighted in the last screenshot.
Then, the Changing Wake Word window pops up briefly, as shown following.
Next, the Wake Word Changed window appears as follows.
9. Press the Close Button
Your Alexa Echo speaker should now respond to her new name. Test it out.
10. Done with How to Change Alexa Name to Jarvis !
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- 2021-01-01: First published.