4 Places You Should Always Avoid Putting Your Amazon Alexa Speaker

This story is a part of Residence Suggestions, CNET’s assortment of sensible recommendation for getting essentially the most out of your private home, inside and outside.

In the case of the place to place your Amazon Echo speaker in your house, the choices are almost infinite, out of your kitchen counter to your front room shelf or your bedside desk. However what you won’t know is that there is additionally some locations you need to by no means put your Alexa sensible audio system and sensible shows, on account of each privateness dangers and the potential for damaging your Echo.

You could know that placing your Alexa system close to water is not secure, however do you know that intruders might entry your sensible dwelling system from exterior if it is positioned too near a window? 

Preserve studying to search out out the place you positively ought to keep away from inserting your Echo gadgets, and the very best spots for them to go as an alternative. (For extra Amazon Echo suggestions, take a look at which Alexa settings you need to change ASAP, the 5 helpful Echo options you need to strive as we speak and the latest Alexa instructions.)

1. Preserve Alexa away out of your rest room

Putting an Echo close to your rest room is, fairly merely, gross. Consider all of the germs that linger round that space — even in super-clean bogs. Nevertheless, should you should have an Echo system in your lavatory (and, OK, we are able to see the enchantment), strive inserting it as distant from the bathroom as attainable. 

If you happen to can, mount it on a wall with a sticky strip or a nail. Simply be sure it is safe so it would not fall, and keep in mind to position it close to an outlet so you’ll be able to plug it in. Additionally, hold it away from the bath (duh!). You would not wish to fry your Echo. 

2. Keep away from placing Alexa close to a sink

If you happen to’re making an attempt to drown out the sounds of Alexa’s voice, then, by all means, place your costly Echo by a sink. Nevertheless, if you wish to hold it intact, by no means place it anyplace close to water.

You do not wish to threat your kitchen water sprayer going haywire and soaking your Echo system, or a tall system getting tipped into the sink. As an alternative, place it on a unique counter, like a kitchen island, or tuck it right into a nook the place it is farther from splattering spaghetti sauce and water spray. It will keep cleaner and would possibly sound higher, too.

3. Do not put Alexa by your home windows

Preserve your Echo away from all of the home windows in your own home. The situation might probably give anybody from the skin entry to your Echo, and that might give entry to your different sensible dwelling gadgets. For instance, in case your automotive is related to your sensible speaker, somebody might be able to unlock and begin it.

4. Alexa should not go below your TV

What number of commercials are on the market that say, “Alexa, play…” and activate your Echo? Or if the TV says something that sounds lots like “Alexa,” take a guess at what is going on to activate. 

Not solely does this interrupt the present you are watching, however it additionally begins recording what’s stated after the command. So should you’re having a personal dialog and Alexa kicks in, you are risking your privateness. Putting it on a aspect desk makes extra sense and is extra prone to hold the voice assistant quiet till you make a command.

So, the place ought to you place your Amazon Echo?

• Within the nook of your front room (away from home windows)
• A spot the place it is simply seen to you, so you’ll be able to see when the sunshine ring lights up
• In your bedside desk
• On the sting of your kitchen counter — far, distant out of your sink
• On a mantle or shelf
• Mounted on a wall that is not dealing with a window

You may as well learn our story on the 4 finest makes use of in your Amazon Echo system in every room of your private home that will help you determine the place to position your Echo. 

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