How to Change Alexa Name to Jarvis

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 five choices for the name that an Alexa speaker responds to. Those are, “Alexa…,” “Amazon…,” “Computer…,” “Echo…,” and “Ziggy…”

The word is the name you call out to get the speaker’s attention. Then it starts listening for a follow-up command / question. This setting is not customizable beyond these choices; at least, not yet.

You might change this name for a particular Alexa speaker. This way multiple speakers don’t all respond at once when you call her. This name is speaker-specific. So if you have several Alexa speakers near each other, 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, 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 tablet.

Screenshot of an iOS Home page showing the Alexa app. — iOS Home screen showing the Alexa app.

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

You should then get the Alexa app Home screen. Note though that the latest versions of the Alexa app may look different.

Screenshot of the Alexa app Home page, showing the -Settings- option. You must start here to change Alexa name. — The Alexa app Home screen, showing the -Settings- option. You must start here to change Alexa name.

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.

Picture of the -Settings- page, showing the -Living Room- speaker. — The -Settings- screen, showing the -Living Room- speaker.

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.

Picture of the -Device Settings- screen for our -Living Room- speaker, showing the -Set Wake Word- option. — The -Device Settings- screen for our -Living Room- speaker, showing the -Set Wake Word- option.

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.

Screenshot of the -Change Your Wake Word- screen, showing the Choices pull down menu. Since Jarvis does not appear here, we know of now way to change Alexa speaker name to that. — The -Change Your Wake Word- screen, showing the Choices pull down menu. Since Jarvis does not appear here, we know of now way to change Alexa speaker name to that.

6. Tap the Wake Word Choices Menu Item

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.

Screenshot of the -Change Your Wake Word- page, with the Choices menu expanded. — The -Change Your Wake Word- screen, with the Choices menu expanded.

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.

Screenshot of the -Change Your Wake Word- screen, with the -Computer- option selected, and the -Save- button highlighted. You'd need to do this to change Alexa's name to Jarvis, if you could. — The -Change Your Wake Word- screen, with the -Computer- option selected, and the -Save- button highlighted. You’d need to do this to change Alexa’s name to Jarvis, if you could.

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.

Picture of the -Changing Wake Word In Progress- window in the Alexa app. — The -Changing Wake Word In Progress- window in the Alexa app.

Next, the Wake Word Changed window appears as follows.