Alexa App Turning On TV Randomly

by smivey

Went through the trouble of installing and activating the Amazon Alexa app on my Sony A8G. Seemed to work great, but then the TV started turning itself on at random hours of the day—and night.

Now, I’m not very superstitious, but it’s pretty creepy to wake up at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning to voices in the living room. Took a while for me to attribute it to the Alexa app.

I thought it might be my Amazon Echo, so I disconnected it. But that didn’t fix it. The TV kept turning on about twice a day. Then I thought it might have something to do with the Do Not Disturb settings. So, I turned those off. No luck. Next, I disconnected it through the app on my phone.

The TV kept turning on.

Finally, I disabled —and deleted —the Amazon Alexa app on my Android TV. That was the only thing that fixed it.

Anyone else have a similar experience?

fabekong0

Honestly, Alexa is weird. I refused to set it up on my TV and disconnected the echo. Might sell it.

EnixSpike

Where can i get the Alexa app and sideload it?thanks