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Amazon’s Echo line of smart speakers and displays is a popular and useful suite of lifestyle products. These internet-connected devices can help you stay informed with news, weather, and personal calendars. They can also do double duty as a whole home audio system, not to mention the smart home automation they can achieve. Echo speakers and displays are easy to install and require little maintenance or supervision. Amazon has even gone so far as to integrate a multi-color lighting system into all Echo technologies to tell you when your speaker or display is listening, or if it’s locked in a certain mode. The color of the light can also tell you if there is a problem with your device.
If you see a solid purple light on the LED light ring on your Echo speaker or at the bottom of your Echo Show touchscreen, it most likely means the product is set to Do Not Disturb mode. This ensures that the affected device will not receive notifications, calls or messages until Do Not Disturb is turned off. The purple light should only appear briefly after you issue a voice command or use the Alexa app to perform an action on a smart speaker or display. The only other time you might see a purple light is when you first set up your Echo device. In this case, it probably means your speaker or display is having trouble connecting to Wi-Fi.
How to Turn Off the Purple Lights on Your Alexa Speaker
If your Echo speaker or display is stuck in Do Not Disturb mode, removing it is as easy as possible. You can either say something like “Alexa, turn off Do Not Disturb,” or open the Alexa app and tap Devices, select your Echo device, then Device Settings, and finally Do Not Disturb. Keep in mind that Do Not Disturb only impacts device notifications, calls, and messaging. Timers, alarms and reminders should all remain functional.
When it comes to Wi-Fi issues, one of the causes of purple lights on your Echo device may be that you are not using the most recent version of the Alexa app for device integration. Another reason could be that you’re trying to set up an Echo device with Amazon eero built-in to turn it into a Mesh Wi-Fi extender before you’ve actually set up an eero network (Echo speakers only). Setting up an eero mesh network is relatively simple, and once you do, it should be easy to configure your Echo speakers as eero nodes. Simply open the eero app, tap Discover, then select Amazon Connected Home, choose eero Built-in and enable the setting.
