Changing the wake word on Beam

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September 5, 2018
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How do I change the wake word on my new Sonos Beam?

Wake Word

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Best answer by jgatie

At this time, Amazon does not allow changing the wake word on Alexa enabled devices like the Beam.

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mnavinAuthor

Contributor I

I have just added a new Sonos Beam to my living room television. I already have Amazon Echo speakers in all of my rooms, and use them for music in all the rooms. I'm using the "Alexa" wake word for those devices, and I would prefer to use a different wake word for my Sonos Beam. How can I change the wake word?

jgatieAnswer

At this time, Amazon does not allow changing the wake word on Alexa enabled devices like the Beam.

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mnavinAuthor

Contributor I

Well that's disappointing. Is there an Amazon community I can complain too?

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twuelfing

Lyricist I

Well I guess I will return my beam and buy another when the wake word can be changed: I need the wake word to be one of the Amazon alternates, specifically "computer".
Please push Amazon to let you allow this to be changed on your product. The speaker is great but this issue is a deal breaker for me.
Keep up the good work sonos.

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mnavinAuthor

Contributor I

I'm hoping Amazon and Sonos fix this problem. I'm keeping my Beam, which sounds great, but currently, I'm not using the Alexa connectivity, because I cannot change the wake word.

Airgetlam

It's been a request since Sonos and Amazon released the feature.

Bruce

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JAMAY

Lyricist I

Really disappointed by this. Just got my Beam and love the sound, but my daughter’s name is Alexis. Really not very convenient.

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ajhughes

Lyricist I

Amazon - my daughters name is Alexa. When are you CLOWNS going to get your act together and allow your third parties to change the wake word. This is more than a simple annoyance and has been in place way to long.