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This How.com.vn teaches you how to enable Brief Mode on Alexa-enabled devices such as the Amazon Echo. Brief Mode will cause Alexa to talk less in response to certain commands or in some cases just make a chime sound to signal that she heard you. Brief Mode is currently an experimental feature that is not available to all users yet. The only way to know if you have access to the feature is to look and see if it is in your settings. Use the Alexa app to enable this feature if it's available for your Echo device.
Steps
Open the Alexa app. The icon is a blue speech bubble with a white outline.- If you haven't already, download the Alexa app for Android on the Google Play Store or for iPhone on the App Store, then log in to the Amazon account you used to set up your Echo device.
Tap ☰. Tap the three-lined button in the top-left corner. This opens the main menu on the left side of the screen.Advertisement
Tap Settings. It's the third selection from the bottom.
Scroll to the bottom and tap Alexa Voice Responses. If you don't see this option, you don't have access to this experimental feature yet. This feature is likely to be available to all users fairly soon.[1]
Toggle the switch for Brief Mode. Tap the switch next to "Brief Mode" to toggle it to the ON position. When the switch is gray it is disabled, and when the switch is blue it is enabled.Advertisement
Expert Q&A
Tips
- Brief Mode may be the most useful for controlling smart home devices. Now you will just hear a quick chime when you ask Alexa to turn the lights on or off instead of a worded acknowledgment.Thanks
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1. Open the Alexa app.
2. Tap ☰
3. Tap Settings.
4. Scroll down and tap Alexa Voice Responses.
5. Toggle the switch for Brief Mode ON.
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