If you press the Microphone button on top of your Echo, it mutes the microphone. Alexa shows a red ring while the microphone is muted and won't be able to listen or respond to anything you say.

Repositioning your Echo or Echo-compatible device is ... in which case it's time to fiddle with your router. Alexa shows a solid red ring Red means stop, including for Alexa's ears.

On Amazon Echo, when you press the microphone button, the external ring glows red (Lord of the Rings metaphor ... of employees listening to your Alexa voice commands, rest easy - here are ...

Once you press this, Alexa will stop listening. You'll know that listening has been deactivated when the Echo ring light ...