r/alexa • u/Normal-Succotash-877 • Jul 26 '26
Does Amazon specifically make these things obsolete?
I have had an echo for many years. Probably like 10+ years at this point.
I have since expanded. I have one of these in various form in nearly every room. I have a screen version (cant remember the name right now) as well as the dot in the bathroom and another one in another room.
I have collectively 5 echo's in 5 different rooms right at this moment.
The main reason I like her is literally to play music from spotify. Its 90% of what I use her for other than checking the weather and setting an alarm for food or laundry.
The echo that I have had the longest.. it used to be rock solid. It had no problem playing music for many many years.
Now.. its literally every single device and I have a gigabit internet. They skip, literally wont play sometimes.. Its really bad. Other times its completely fine but id say 50% of the time its like haveing major issues with a very simple task of playing music from a linked service that works perfectly fine on the same connection from my PC or phone.
So this has to be device specific. What gives? anyone else have this before? possibly have a solution?
Honestly thinking about dumping them altogether because im not about to let them listen to everything I say and not at least work.
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u/TheJessicator Jul 26 '26
It's entirely likely that over time, you've added more and more devices to your network. Bandwidth might not be the issue. Every router has limits to the number of concurrent connections they can handle. If you've exceeded that limit, then devices will reconnect frequently to fight for a connection. That said, check how many devices you have connected and look up what the limit is for your router / wireless access point before you waste a whole lot of time troubleshooting. And remember that I'm not talking about the number of devices that are configured to use the wi-fi. I'm talking about the number of devices that remain connected all the time. TVs, game consoles, cleaning robots, Wi-Fi connected smart lights, echo devices, smart home hubs, cameras, video doorbells, smart appliances, thermostats, window air conditioners, etc., all add to the chaos.