How do you feel if you’re in deep sleep and Alexa starts beeping randomly in the middle of the night?
Annoying, right? I can sense your frustration level if you’re a light sleeper.
Alexa should make your day-to-day life convenient, but sometimes, it can put you at the peak of frustration.
I received many complaints that their Alexa randomly beeps at 3 AM when everyone is sleeping deeply.
In this guide, we’ll discover why your Alexa is beeping at night and how to stop it permanently.
Why Does My Alexa Beep At 3 AM? – Common Reasons
Your Alexa may beep in the middle of the night if she receives surprise notifications. If you’ve created any routine or Alarm at 3:00 AM, then Alexa will perform that task at the scheduled time.
Below are some more reasons why your Alexa beeps randomly-
- Alexa volume routines
- False wake up
- Failed internet connection
- Failed Bluetooth sync
- Communication notifications
1. Alexa Volume Adjustment Routine
If you adjust the volume of Alexa, it gives a beep sound that informs you about the new volume level. If you mistakenly create any routine for volume adjustment in the middle of the night, it will make a beeping sound at the scheduled time.
To check your Alexa routine, follow these steps:
- Open the Alexa app on your smartphone.
- Tap on the More option at the bottom-right corner.
- Tap on Routines.
- Check all the pre-existing routines.
- Delete the routines that trigger your device at 3 AM.
2. Surprise Notifications
Through notifications, Alexa informs you about product announcements, weather reports, parcel delivery, reminders, calendar updates, etc.
If any of these surprise notifications come, Alexa makes a beep sound to inform you. Although these notifications are helpful, it becomes annoying if they trigger your Echo device in the middle of the night.
If your Alexa beeps randomly at night, adjust the notification settings. To do this, follow these steps:
- Open the Alexa app.
- Tap on the More tab.
- Tap the Settings icon.
- Scroll and tap on the Notifications.
- Adjust the notification settings.
Note– Disable deal notifications from Amazon Shopping because this type of notification mostly triggers Alexa at midnight.
3. False Wake Up
Even though your Alexa is in standby mode, it’s hearing background sounds at night and misinterpreting them with wake words.
Also, if someone else from another room gives voice commands to his/her Alexa device, your device will catch that wake word and try to answer.
So, the best way to get rid of such conflict is to change your Alexa wake words to “Amazon,” “Echo,” “Computer,” or “Ziggy”.
To change your Alexa wake word, follow these steps:
- Open the Alexa app on your smartphone.
- Go to Devices.
- Select the device that beeps at midnight.
- Tap on the Settings icon.
- Scroll down until you see the Wake Word option.
- Select a different wake word and tap on OK to confirm the changes.
4. WiFi Internet Disturbance
Alexa is a cloud-based smart assistant device that requires an active internet connection. If there is any disturbance in the internet connection, then Alexa will keep trying to connect.
If it fails to connect to the internet, the red light will glow, and Alexa will reply, ” Sorry, I’m having trouble connecting to the internet,” with a gong sound.
This issue can occur anytime, even at midnight, when you sleep.
5. Communication Attempt
If Alexa is your primary communication device, any calls, messages, announcements, and drop-ins can trigger at midnight.
Fortunately, all of these communication attempts will cause your Alexa to respond with a very sharp and noticeable beep sound.
You can temporarily eliminate such problems by enabling Do Not Disturb, but I advise you to cut off all unwanted communications from the Alexa app.
Follow these steps to enable the Do Not Disturb feature on Alexa:
- Open the Alexa app.
- Go to Devices> Echo & Alexa> Select your Echo device.
- Tap on the Settings icon.
- Scroll down and tap on Do Not Disturb.
- Enable Do Not Disturb to prevent any notification during sleep hours.
- You can also schedule the Do Not Disturb option at any particular time.
6. Bluetooth Sync Error
You can use your Alexa device as a Bluetooth speaker. If you recently connected your smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth, Alexa will try always to be connected.
But, if your smartphone fails to connect for some reason at midnight, Alexa will disconnect with a loud beep sound.
You can turn off Bluetooth pairing by giving a voice command, “Alexa, turn off Bluetooth pairing.” You can also delete Echo Dot from your smartphone’s Bluetooth device list.
Conclusion
These are six major reasons why Alexa randomly beeps between 2 AM and 3 AM. You can eliminate this problem by deleting unwanted Alexa routines, adjusting notifications, and enabling the Do Not Disturb option from the Alexa app.
Good night..! Have a Sweet Dream..!
