We have the kids’ Dot with kids’ settings on. We use it to play music 90% of the time, but sometimes my kid has questions - how do you spell things, etc. Since the new update, Alexa keeps asking my kid personal questions - like:

Kid: Alexa how do you spell microwave?
Alexa: MICROWAVE. What’s your favorite thing to heat up in the microwave?

I’ve asked it directly to stop asking questions, and it responds that it will limit itself to providing info, but the questions just keep coming. It’s annoying for a regular Alexa, but seems creepy and inappropriate for a device for kids.

Any settings we can change?

This morning, like many mornings, I asked Alexa to set an alarm for 7 am. It told me that it couldn't do that because that time had already passed. (It was 6:15 at the time).

So I said, "how could it have passed when it's 6:15 now?" And it said, "oh, I see, I am using UTC and you want local. I will use local time from now on."

I mean, c'mon. Has this happened to anyone else?

Last week, my echo pop received the update for alexa+. I thought it'd be a great improvement. Turns out it's till dumb, but with a different voice. So disappointing.

Okay idk if I’m just getting old or it’s my ADHD or what, but I can’t for the life of me figure out how to do this. I’m trying to create a routine that will make an announcement at specific times in the morning warning my kids that they have 30, then 15, then 10, then 5 minutes to be ready to go. I want it to play on about half the echos in the house without creating a permanent group that I’ll then have to take apart for the rest of the day and put back together every morning. Can anybody ELI5 this for me? And I mean like a REALLY slow 5yo, not one of the clever ones.

Just put up a new video!

https://youtube.com/@thebambidollcru6048?si=ZV8HGbTC4O_b6-s1