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How to Reset Any Amazon Alexa Device: A Quick and Easy Guide

How to Reset Any Amazon Alexa Device: A Quick and Easy Guide

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Resetting an Alexa device may seem daunting, but it’s a straightforward process that can solve many problems. This guide will walk you through the steps to reset different Alexa models, including the Echo Dot, Echo Show, and Echo Studio.

Understanding Why You Might Need to Reset

How to Reset Any Amazon Alexa Device: A Quick and Easy Guide

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There are many reasons to reset your Alexa device. It may be unresponsive, you may be planning to sell it, or you may just want a fresh start. Before resetting, make sure your device is plugged in and connected to the Internet.

Each model has its own reset procedure. We’ll cover the Echo Dot, Echo Show, and Echo Studio.

Step-by-Step Guide to Resetting Echo Dot

  • Locate the reset button.

  • Press and hold the button until the light turns orange.

  • Follow the prompts to complete the reset.

Instructions for Resetting Echo Show

  • Swipe down from the top of the screen.

  • Access the settings menu.

  • Select ‘Device Options’, then ‘Reset’.

How to Reset Echo Studio

  • Click and hold the microphone off and volume down buttons.

  • Wait for the light ring to turn off and then on again.

  • Release the buttons to initiate reset.

Reconfiguring Your Device After Reset

You need to set up your device as if it was new. This includes connecting to Wi-Fi and logging into your Amazon account.

Conclusion

Resetting your Amazon Alexa device is a straightforward process that can solve a variety of problems and refresh your device’s functionality. Whether you have an Echo Dot, Echo Show, or any other Alexa gadget. Remember, resetting your device will erase all custom settings and data, so it should be done carefully. With the steps outlined in this guide, you are now ready to confidently reset your Alexa device, ensuring that it will continue to be a valuable and efficient part of your smart home setup.

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FAQs

  1. Will resetting my Alexa device delete all my data

    Yes, a reset will erase all your settings and data.

  2. Can I reset my Alexa device remotely?

    No, you need physical access to the device to reset it.

  3. How often should I reset my Alexa device?

    Only reset when necessary, such as when experiencing problems.

  4. Will resetting affect my smart home devices?

    Yes, you’ll need to reintegrate your smart home devices after a reset.

  5. Can I undo a reset?

    No, once a reset is done, it cannot be undone.

Sennheiser HD 450SE

Sennheiser HD 450SE Headphones With ANC And Built-in Alexa Now Launched In India.

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On Wednesday, the Sennheiser HD 450SE headphones were released in India. The German audio brand’s over-the-ear headphones have active noise cancellation (ANC), a 30-hour battery life, and Bluetooth v5 connectivity. Sennheiser HD 450SE is a limited-edition version of the Sennheiser HD 450BT, which was released in March 2020. Amazon Alexa integration and a dedicated voice assistant button are included in the new over-the-ear headphones. The Sennheiser HD 450SE’s frequency response ranges from 18Hz to 22,000Hz. They are also foldable.

Specifications and Features

Sennheiser’s HD 450SE over-the-ear headphones support Bluetooth v5 and the AAC, aptX, aptX low latency, HSP, HFP, AVRCP, and A2DP codecs. The Sennheiser Smart Control app for Android and iOS allows users to control various aspects of their Sennheiser headphones. The app displays the battery level, provides a quick start guide, and allows for firmware updates. The use of a podcast mode improves vocal clarity.
Sennheiser HD 450SE has 32mm dynamic transducers, a frequency response range of 18Hz to 22,000Hz, and a dual-beamforming MEMS microphone. The Sennheiser headphones have ANC, a closed-back design, and a compact folding design, as previously mentioned. With a dedicated voice-assistant button, they can also use Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri. Furthermore, the headphones feature an Amazon Alexa integration for improved connectivity.
Sennheiser HD 450SE can last up to 30-hours on a single charge when ANC is enabled. Using the USB Type-C port, the Sennheiser headphones can be fully charged in 2 hours. They are 195x100x232mm in size and weigh about 238 grams.

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Price And Availability

The Sennheiser HD 450SE will cost Rs. 14,990 at retail. They’ll be available for purchase exclusively on Amazon starting January 16 during the Amazon Republic Day Sale 2022. The Sennheiser headphones will be available in only one color: black.

About The Company

Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Co. KG, based near Hannover, Germany, is one of the world’s leading audio equipment manufacturers. Neumann GmbH, the company’s Berlin-based subsidiary, is the world market leader in high-end studio recording microphones. Sennheiser is a well-known supplier to the global music and entertainment industries, as well as the broadcasting media. The company’s high-end microphones and headsets for professional and personal use, including noise-canceling headsets for pilots and headsets for call centres and multimedia applications, generate the majority of the company’s revenue. As well as hearing aids and wireless broadcasting systems, Sennheiser manufactures audio-communication systems for conference centres, museums, and trade shows.
Customers all over the world have praised their headphones, microphones, and all-around audio solutions, as well as their dependable service and dedicated staff. Sennheiser stands for premium products, the ultimate in sound quality, and undistorted listening enjoyment, whether their customers are artists, disc jockeys, scientists, sound technicians, or demanding music fans. Their drive for excellence stems from this enthusiasm. This is what drives the company to achieve its goal of transforming tones and sounds into the ideal auditory experience every day.
They are present on every continent, just like their customers. Sennheiser now employs more than 2,800 people around the world. Their production centers at their main plant in Wedemark, Germany, meet the highest technical standards. This is where they make microphones, cordless microphone and monitor systems, conference and guided-tour technology, aviation transmitter/receiver sets, and microphone and headphone capsules, among other things.

Alexa Users Gets Ad-supported Music Streaming for Free

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Though the rumours of Amazon rolling out an ad-supported streaming music service was making rounds till the last week, it was not final that when the company will launch the said service. Amazon, on Thursday, confirmed that all the company’s Echo products will now be streaming the ad-supported music service for free.

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The Echo-devices will now be able to play music from the top playlists of Amazon Music Unlimited, and the user does not have to be an Amazon Prime or Amazon Music Unlimited member. Baing ad-supported, the music streaming service, from Amazon, will play smaller ads in between the songs in random time intervals.

Earlier, the users needed to subscribe for the Prime membership to use the music streaming service bundled to it, or they could buy a separate plan to use Amazon Music Unlimited, by paying a monthly $3.99 fee to use on an Echo device and $9.99 fee to use the service on a non-echo device.

Noticeably, the company has announced the news on the same day Google launched the ad-supported free YouTube Music streaming on Google Home smart devices. Also, Amazon has directly challenged its another rival, Spotify, that was the only music streaming service to provide free as well as paid service to its users.

Amazon, along with its ad-supported music streaming service has introduced referral deals to its subscribers, to get more users to buy its Alexa-powered family of Echo, other smart home devices, and its Prime membership. The music streaming service included in the free membership includes over 2 million songs in different languages, and the paid subscription plan of the same service has a library of over 50 million songs. Noticeably, last year, Amazon’s music streaming service alone had tens of millions of active subscribers, and the company sold over 100 million Alexa-enabled devices last year.

Having a music streaming service for free from the same company, as the smart speaker belongs to, is a better choice for every Echo speaker owner, as they do not have to pay extra money for a music streaming service from other company to play on those devices. Also, this is quite a move by the company to increase the sales of its smart speakers over smart speakers from its rival companies.

Ecobee Secretly Trying its Hands on the Indoor Smart Security Cameras

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The famous smart thermostats manufacturing company Ecobee, reportedly, is enhancing its expertise, and the next product from the company may be a home security camera. According to a few leaked camera pictures, first obtained by ZatzNotFunny, the company has been working on an indoor camera for quite some time now.

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Looking at the leaked images, there is a black colour camera which is mounted over a silver colour cone-shaped stand. On the top, it has four lights, that flashes yellow or blue light. Reportedly, the camera from Ecobee might be the next home smart device.

Purportedly, the camera may have support for Amazon’s Alexa or perhaps it will be a standalone Alexa speaker. Noticeably, in 2018, Amazon invested a huge amount of money into Ecobee, that too from the Alexa funds and some of the older Ecobee products, including ecobee4 and Ecobee Switch+, also have got the support for a few Alexa features. So there are higher chances that this device will have some good Alexa features, too.

It is also expected that the camera may act as a sensor for the Ecobee thermostats as well as may include the room temp and humidity capabilities. Also like the other Ecobee products, including the ecobee3 lite and ecobee4 thermostat, may have the support for the HomeKit, depending upon if the new camera is wired or is powered by a battery. Since due to the more power drain, all the devices that support the HomeKit are wired. Many of the security camera manufacturers have already enabled the Homekit for its advanced features.

The company has been providing thermostat products enabled with Apple’s HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Microsoft’s Cortana support. And, by building an indoor camera, the company is trying to grow itself into other fields of home products, too. The company has not commented on the matter, and also, the launch date or the price of the product has not been revealed as yet.

Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K is Cheaper & is Beating its Predecessors

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After shipping the Fire TV Cube ($120) and third-generation Fire TV ($70, now discontinued), last year, Amazon has now launched a much cheaper yet outperforming 4K HDR video streaming device, named Fire TV Stick 4K. The device claims to provide better performance and costs only $50.

This time the remote of the device has got more features than the device itself, as now this tiny Alexa voice remote can control the TV with the power, volume, and mute buttons. With the remote, the user can control the TV’s current HDMI input, the attached soundbar, as well as can tune the channels, on the satellite set-top boxes.

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The previous Fire TV devices can also be paired with the remote and can be bought separately. Also, the new Fire TV Cube will now be available in the market, with this new Alexa remote. Alexa enabled device can help the user to check the weather, control the smart lights, pull up a feed from the doorbell cam, or access Alexa’s other functionalities with a simple voice request. To use Alexa in the handsfree mode, the user just needs to pair the Fire TV stick with an Echo device.

The predecessors of the Fire TV Stick were built on the 1.5 GHz quad-core processor, that too is improved in the newly launched device, as it is powered by the 1.7 GHz quad-core processor. The high-performance device, now includes the hardware-accelerated MPEG-2 video, enabling the user to plug-in the HDHomeRun Connect TV tuner into the Wi-Fi router, and enjoy over-the-air channels from an antenna. This enables the users to watch full broadcast quality channels on their home TVs.

The Fire TV Stick 4K has got the support for both Dolby Vision and HDR10+, that its predecessors, Fire TV pendant and Fire TV Cube, lacked and supported the basic HDR10 format. The device also converts the standard dynamic videos to HDR. The device is connected to the TV with a USB port, streaming excellent picture and sound. The Fire TV Stick has got various inbuilt apps, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, and also streams the live TV services such as PlayStation Vue and Hulu. Still, the device does not have an app for Walmart’s Vudu service.

The device is the cheapest to stream the Dolby Vision, and it has provided a lot of content to the users to scroll over, keeping the business strategy clear in mind. The faster software handling and more sensitive voice command functionality of the device, at such a price, is making a huge difference with the performance as compared to the Roku and even the Apple TV. The Fire TV Stick, currently, is only available for the Amazon Prime members.

Amazon Added New Product to its Echo Speaker Series

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Amazon hosted its hardware event in Seattle, Washington, in the Amazon’s Spheres biodome, located next to its corporate office. In the one hour of the hardware event, senior vice president of devices and services, Dave Limp claimed to showcase 70 products, including 13 new devices and new software updates. The event was a sign that Amazon is trying really hard to expand in every field.

In the new launch, Amazon has focussed on its Echo-branded speakers as its priority. It has updated its Echo Dot, Echo Plus, and Echo Show speakers, enhancing the sound and look up to 70 per cent.

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The exterior of those speakers has also been changed to a better version increasing the size of the speakers. Even the addition o new features to the speakers, these are still available at the same price. The Echo Dot is available for $69.64 (Rs 4,499) and the Echo Plus, with a larger 3-inch Neodymium woofer is available for $208 (Rs 14,999). The Echo Show, on the other hand, is out with improved sound, 10-inch HD display and even support for Microsoft’s Skype for video calling. The Echo Show with its new update, have got a web browser access for the users, on which the user can play music or search any recipe. The cost of Echo Show’s new updated version is $228 (Rs 16,407).

The major new products that Amazon has launched, comprises the series of the Echo Companion speakers. The Echo Companion series covers the Echo Sub, Echo Link, Echo Link Amp, and the Echo Input. The cost of the Echo Sub is $130 (Rs. 9334) and can be used by plugging into one or two Echos. The Echo Link and Echo Link Amp are the Sub Bwoofer, that can be paired with a stereo, making the stereo an Alexa-powered sound station. The latter product is having an additional amplifier, as well. The Echo Link is $200 (Rs 14360) box and the Echo Link Amp costs around $300 (RS 21540). The Echo Input has a four-microphone array, that is built for receiving commands from any of the rooms in a house, and is designed to support multiroom audio, so, that you can play the same song in multiple rooms.

Amazon is not only providing you with the home speakers but, also has entered into your car. It has launched an in-car speaker, powered by Alexa: Echo Auto. The Echo Auto uses the Amazon Smart Plug, worth $24.99 (Rs 24.99), and the price of the former is $49 (Rs 3518), and $25 (Rs 1795) for special invites.

Along with the speakers and the subwoofers, a wall clock with a ring of LEDs around the clock face, compatible with all of the Amazon Echo devices, costing $29.99 (Rs 2153), the Fire TV Recast DVR box providing 500GB storage, costing $229 (Rs 16442) and a microwave oven enabled by Alexa, costing $59.99 (Rs 4307), were also launched during the event. The products are ready for pre-order and will be available by the end of October 2018.