How to get Alexa's masculine-sounding voice and Ziggy wake word

(Pocket-lint) - Alexa has ever had a feminine-sounding voice. But, recently, Amazon has begun rolling retired a masculine-sounding dependable successful the US and the UK.

At the aforesaid time, Amazon has introduced a caller aftermath connection - Ziggy - to trigger Alexa. You tin perceive your preferred dependable enactment whenever you usage Ziggy oregon immoderate of Alexa's aftermath words - due to the fact that Amazon isn’t associating Ziggy with the caller masculine-sounding dependable oregon Alexa with the archetypal feminine-sounding voice.

How to get Alexa's masculine voice

There are 2 ways you tin alteration Alexa's voice.

1. Just inquire Alexa

You tin present power betwixt 2 dependable options - archetypal (feminine-sounding) and caller (masculine-sounding) - by simply asking Alexa to “Change your voice". This method appears to beryllium device-specific, which means you’ll person to acceptable the dependable connected each of the Alexa devices successful your home.

2. Change your Alexa app settings

If you privation to usage the caller masculine-sounding dependable crossed each your Alexa devices, dive into Settings successful the Amazon Alexa app and alteration it that way.

1. Open the latest mentation of the Alexa mobile app.
2. Go to Devices.
3. Select All Devices and past prime the instrumentality you want.
4. Select Settings, and nether General, prime Alexa's Voice.
5. Select the dependable you privation from the list.
   • Original - The feminine-sounding voice.
   • New - The masculine-sounding voice.

How to alteration your aftermath connection to Ziggy

There are 2 ways you tin alteration the aftermath connection for your Alexa devices, including Echo devices.

1. Just inquire Alexa

Simply inquire Alexa to “Change your aftermath word" and past spell with Ziggy. Again, you’ll person to bash this connected each of the Alexa devices successful your home.

2. Change your Alexa app settings

Another mode you tin alteration the aftermath connection is to dive into Settings successful the Amazon Alexa app. Just travel these steps:

1. Open the latest mentation of the Alexa mobile app.
2. Go to Devices.
3. Select All Devices and past prime your device.
   • If you usage Reminders oregon Routines, prime Settings to find Device Settings.
4. Scroll nether General and prime Wake Word.
5. Select the "Ziggy" aftermath connection from the list, and past prime OK.

Note: The Ziggy aftermath connection joins existing Alexa, Computer, Echo, and Amazon aftermath words that person already been disposable to usage with Alexa for years.

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Where are Alexa's caller dependable and sanction available?

Alexa's masculine-sounding dependable enactment and Ziggy aftermath connection archetypal launched successful the US successful July 2021. They began rolling retired successful the UK successful November 2021. 

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Originally published connected 22 July 2021.