What Happens To Alexa When The Internet Goes Out?

[@cozy_corner77]

Does alarms work on echo dot without wifi? I read somewhere it does but we have to turn it off manually by plugging it off ( and that’s okay for me). Someone please reply? And also can i add multiple alarms like 6:00, 6:15, 6:30 etc? (Heavy sleeper😅)

[@AutomateYourLife]

You can add multiple alarms Ashna, and they are stored locally. No WiFi required.

[@cozy_corner77]

Automate Your Life Glad to hear that🥰

[@cozy_corner77]

I ordered one also☺️

[@webiflex8878]

will Echo (4th generation) still run routines without wifi or internet if connected directly to zigbee devices ?

[@ilovejunica6124]

Good day, im a new owner of echo dot. but now my wifi are dead and unfortunately i still didnt set up my echo dot to my alexa app. can i still use echo dot for a simple bluetooth speaker? i mean just bluetooth connection to my phone to my echo dot. and how many times do i need to connect my echo dot to my alexa app? is it everytime i will use it with my internet connected to my phone and echo dot?

[@AutomateYourLife]

You're gonna need WiFi for it to respond I believe. You can try saying Alexa, turn on Bluetooth, but I think you'll find it answers right away and says it can't. Try it though!

[@loganfisher3138]

Amazon should look into allowing all Echo devices to communicate with an Echo Plus or Show via their Sidewalk Bluetooth communication standard if the internet goes out. This would mean you would only need one Echo Plus or Show, granting a massive amount of new utility to other Echo devices without Zigbee - particularly the Echo Show 5 and Flex, which both fulfill use cases that the Echo Plus and Show are ill-suited for.

[@AutomateYourLife]

I'm betting you're just speaking the future here Logan :)

[@glitch2615]

You can still stream to devices within your own network even if you lose connectivity with the web.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Thanks Glitch :)

[@mohammedmohboobpasha6385]

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[@DIYtechie]

Great video. What about automations running on a Zigbee enabled Echo device? Will a connected Zigbee sensor be able to turn on a zigbee light if the internet is down? And what about timed automations on any of these devices?

[@AutomateYourLife]

Hey! So, the Wait command can be used with Alexa but it never seems to work quite right with delaying automations like lighting. However, your ZigBee question can be achieved with almost every zigbee hub out there. Automated things that are supposed to happen at time X will usually still happen. The real question is if you can do it by voice, and that answer is no. Not yet.

[@DIYtechie]

Automate Your Life Does that mean that a motion sensor connected to an Echo plus via Zigbee will not be able to turn on a Zigbee bulb if the internet is down? Do you need to use a wait command for that?

[@bharathreddy1856]

Hey.. After all setup with WiFi, can I use it as photo frame and then just as Bluetooth speaker with out any WiFi and can I connect a wired camera to its USD port Please check it for me Thank you

[@AutomateYourLife]

Any Echo Show can use BT without WiFi. No wired cameras, and no photo frame (not much anyways) without WiFi

[@bharathreddykatam4669]

Automate Your Life after all setup if just wifi is turned off.. will the photo showing will go..?

[@TheBigern22]

but however with the firestick you can screen mirror without wifi..and you can use your phones data to stream, no hotspot required.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Thanks Emj!

[@chirag_khurana]

Any idea when Prime Video is coming to Chromecast devices?

[@quatie]

I'd love that

[@somemovingpictures]

Have you looked at what happens with the Hubitat hub? It is a device that uses local control for operating light switches, light bulbs, locks, sockets etc. locally and it has an Amazon Echo app. It would be interesting to know if Echo would operate locally via Hubitat without an internet connection. My guess would be that it wouldn't because all of Alexa's "brains" are remote and not local, but it, at least, might be a step toward localizing the Echo when it comes to voice operation of devices.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Yeah, I've looked at Hubitat. It's a good little local control hub for sure. :) Do you have it?

[@somemovingpictures]

@@AutomateYourLife Just barely starting. Not in place and working as yet. I bought it mainly for control of Lutron Caseta switches and plugs. I quickly discovered that it needs a "pro" version of the Lutron bridge in order to communicate using Telnet. I ordered that and only received it yesterday. Cross your fingers.

[@TheHigherSpace]

wow thanks! this is very useful! I have an echo plus in the living room I'm going to try and connect it to all the lights locally ... yesterday when alexa went down I couldn't switch the lights I needed (of course I'm not going to look for the mechanical switches I'm not an animal :D) so I had to wait :D .. this local control is very interesting !

[@TheHigherSpace]

Ok I have the option "local voice control" enabled in the settings (always been enabled) but when the devices wasn't online (happened before) when I tried to turn on / off lights it says "I'm not connected to the internet so i can't connect to X" ... I'm assuming there is another step I need to do to connect echo directly to the lights ?

[@AutomateYourLife]

There really shouldn't be anything extra for you to do. Are you directly connected through the ZigBee hub? It could be the switch vs the bulb...so I'd maybe try that. I can't test it directly for you because I'm not in the US :)

[@AutomateYourLife]

Oh...here it is. Yep! So, get a ZigBee device and connect it as a new device. Don't use another hub at all!

[@TheHigherSpace]

Anybody had the 10mins alexa downtime yesterday ? server outage or smth ..

[@AutomateYourLife]

Nothing here!

[@TheHigherSpace]

@@AutomateYourLife went down for me yesterday, I asked what's up in the forums and turns out many people had the same issue .. maybe 10min later it went back to normal ..

[@AutomateYourLife]

I might have just missed it then! Or maybe it was in the US :) Us Canucks missed it!

[@somemovingpictures]

Yes. USA in Tennessee.

[@DeneF]

Knowing you will see this here and maybe not in aTweet Yoof. Just got a free home hub with a new phone contract on EE here in England mate. Contract also came with a free Pixel 3a for £25 per month (for my lady). Just keeping you up to date with world goings on. Keep up the sparklingly epic work young tech warrior.

[@AutomateYourLife]

I see tweets...sometimes!? Very nice! That sounds like a great deal Yoof. I wish I could get that kind of a deal! Our cell plans are around $100 CDN...ugh.

[@DeneF]

That's about £58, rough. I knew you Canadians paid through teeth on monthly contacts and 36 months also I hear. Bloody terrible. I hope that does not include an upfront cost too?

[@AutomateYourLife]

Oh there can be. I think the Pixel 3A’s are “free”. It’s ridiculous my friend!

[@marksmadhousemetaphysicalm2938]

I tell people that my smart home takes a huge dump when the internet goes out...lights come on spontaneously and I have to turn off switches I haven't touched in years now...🤣 I am hoping Musk's Starlink will make that kind of problem a thing of the past...(hopefully lower costs too) ...

[@AutomateYourLife]

Lol...a huge dump!

[@javosubliminals2651]

Alexa echo dot stops playing music when recording on Snapchat. i am connected to it through bluetooth and not wifi. how can i fix this?

[@AutomateYourLife]

That means that your WiFi is nearing being overloaded. You actually need better WiFi. It's not about having great coverage as much as it is being able to handle all the devices streaming. Watch this video and you'll get an idea of just how much this can change with the right router or system: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHvOcoVnmpZ6psU

[@crazycoinbox6078]

What I what to do is setup a alexa on a router with wifi. this router will connect to things to turn on or off lights play music from a flash drive. I would like to put these items on a timer. You don't need the internet as long as you use a router to connect to the items within a routine.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Most voice commands require access to the cloud. It's a bit difficult to do much without that, but there are some local functions now capable. Perhaps you'd share your setup cause it sounds like you're doing more than I'd expect.

[@crazycoinbox6078]

@@AutomateYourLife my main issue with Alexa is it's programed to spy on you and at some point will go haywire on you. I plan on using a Raspberry pi to control my remote setup. How? I am still researching it. Linux OS takes a little bit to learn on your own. There are some youtube builds for remote raspberry pi systems. My system will run on 2, 12v batteries that will be charged via ac power.

[@donnawilson8923]

Well my internet is out right now. No Wi-Fi on phone, laptop or TV but yet my Alexa Echo Dot is still working...please explain because I'm confused!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Sounds like everything else dropped off to be honest. The Echo Dot can't really work if it doesn't have connection. :)

[@garypage8114]

Hi a very informative video thanks for your time and effort.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Happy it helped Gary!

[@sadguru1969]

Can u pls tell me how u edit ur videos

[@AutomateYourLife]

With a lot of time and patience! And Premiere Pro

[@bernardbredhauer1484]

Not a lot you can do when there is no Internet Brian.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Well, it’s getting there!

[@berylwhite2983]

Thanks keep the great work

[@AutomateYourLife]

Thanks Beryl!

[@ronm6585]

Thanks.

[@garethjones5068]

I'm glad you had the Echo Show to help you celebrate your transition 😋

[@AutomateYourLife]

ahhaahahah!

[@garethjones5068]

@@AutomateYourLife Goodbye Brian, Hello Briana 👋

[@AutomateYourLife]

Higher watch time and retention :)

[@garethjones5068]

@@AutomateYourLife You changing the channel name to Home Automation XX 😆

[@AutomateYourLife]

Screw that. All the way. XXX

[@That.guitarist]

I have your T-shirt but it's sweat shirt

[@AutomateYourLife]

Ooooh, I wouldn't mind that. Did it shrink?

[@sziltner]

Oh Duh!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Well, that's just a part of the story! There's a ton of good capability here.