I’m having some trouble with my smart speaker. It appears since the last firmware updates that Alexa is no longer working. I can use Alexa through the Alexa app on my phone. But the voice assistant does not work. has anyone else had this issue. I unpaired and repaired Alexa with the speaker and it worked initially. But then it stopped again.
preciously it worked seemlesly. No there is no led light when I say ‘Alexa ….’
I’ve also added an echo dot to the home. Although it is in another room. Could this have an impact on the speaker and voice assistant.
Bose product name: smart speaker
Country: ireland
Firmware Version 8.0.16-4 e3ca018
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Sorry to about the voice assistant not working. Usually this can be addressed by just power cycling to refresh the connection.
Please follow the steps below.
1. Sign out of your account in the Bose Music app.
2. Unplug the speaker and router from power for 3 minutes.
3. After that, plug them back in and wait for the router and speaker to fully restart.
4. Sign in back on the app and test the speaker.
thanks for your tips. I tried all those. It seems to resolve itself until I turn the speaker off. Then the ‘Alexa …’ function does not work when I turn it back on. I can still communicate with the speaker through the Alexa app on my iPhone.
as I said it previous worked well. I have been using Google assistant since my last post and the ‘hey Google …’ function works perfectly every time.
I think the error is on the Alexa end as the speaker is working fine in every other way.
Thank you for also posting and contributing to this thread. I'd also like to welcome you to the Community for the first time!
To confirm you are having this issue with Alexa on both of your products? I'd also like to know if you are able to use Google Assistant with your products at all?
Please can you also try using another device to see if we encounter the same issue?
We look forward to hearing back from you with further details!
Thanks for the reply. My Sound Bar 500 and my Bose 700 headphones both work fine. My smart speaker is the only one with the issue. I prefer Alexa over Google, but Google seems to work.
When you say your Smart Speaker are you referring to your Soundbar or do you have another product? If you have another product can you please confirm which product you have?
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I look forward to hearing back from you with further information
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