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Prime Members: Amazon Echo Auto Car Accessory w/ Alexa (2nd Gen)
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Wanna stop Alexa from EVER saying "By the way" and offering you a suggestion you absolutely DO NOT CARE ABOUT? Here's how:
Say to any of your devices, "Alexa.... stop By The Way". If she says "Okay, I will snooze my suggestions for now", then you can count on a couple of days of silence and will know that the command works. (The command will not necessarily work on ALL devices. If it doesn't work on the one you tried, try another). Next, we get tricky and get her to shut up forever.
Open the Alexa App and do the following:
1: More > Routines > New (the "+" in the upper corner)
2: Enter Routine Name > give it a name (I use "Shut Up"), tap Next
3: When This Happens> Schedule > At Time
4: Repeat=Every Day, At Time=2am (my preference, choose the time you want), tap Next
5: Add Action > Custom > 'stop by the way' (without quotes), tap Next
6: Choose Device: Pick one of your devices, tap Save
Important.... while this will apply to ALL of your devices, the device you pick in step 6, at the time you select in step 4, will respond when the routine runs by saying, "Okay, I will snooze my suggestions for now". My suggestion is to have this run overnight while you're asleep, but have it run ON a device that won't disturb you when it talks. I use my Garage Flex at 2am, since it's unlikely I'll be sleeping out there then.
By having the routine run daily, it should permanently remove the "By The Way" suggestions from your life, since each request gives you 2-3 days of peace. This will work until Amazon catches on and changes their software.
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Luckily, there's been some progress on trying to mitigate this sort of behavior in the past year
Audible is the reason why I use it. I like being a
ble to tell if to rewind 30 seconds or two minutes or however long I want it to. I've got an older car with Aux also. Libby doesn't have voice commands that I can find so audible it is
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My Prime Visa is only 5%
I still have two of the original Echo Auto's (whatever their name was) in a box. We tried one of them and it made absolutely no sense. Just use your phone.
Does your 2026 car have android auto or apple car support? If so, you probably don't need this
Except Google is absolutely useless as an assistant. Dumber then a box of rocks.
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What can Alexa do better in the car? Now I'm interested... What an I missing?
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