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Richar51
Aspirant
Dec 26, 2019

Disable Red Mute LED

Is there a way to disable the red LED when you mute the voice assistant, in my case Alexa? Reason being, the mic is too sensitive and I have Alexa devices competing for my attention two rooms away. I ...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 26, 2019

You can change the echo's "wake word" to individualize the devices. 

That's what I've done with my devices that are close enough to interact with each other. 

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    Richar51
    Aspirant
    Dec 26, 2019
    Thank you. I do that for other devices as well, but unfortunately Orbi does not currently allow you to change the wake word. Please let me know if anybody understands otherwise.

    Thank you again !
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      plemans
      Guru - Experienced User
      Dec 26, 2019

      Right but if you leave the orbi as alexa and change all the others to echo, sweet cheeks, etc.....then you should be good. 

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        Richar51
        Aspirant
        Dec 26, 2019
        Got ya. It’s a viable work around to what I would think would be a standard feature. I’ll give it some thought. Appreciate it !