Posted 30 October 2023

Alexa starting to play unprompted adverts!?

So my Alexa has started to play unprompted adverts - I guess I need to have another read at the T&Cs, but if it happens again I'll be ripping it out. I am bombarded with enough advertising without my Alexa randomly playing adverts! Anyone else expecienced random adverts?
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  1. joxeruk2000's avatar
    Not as yet but mine has put its self on random play after I chose a song. Not sure how to turn that off. It’s a paid subscription too (edited)
    aLV426's avatar
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    I just checked the history and there is nothing there - like a full hour gap before I told Alexa to stop...
    Weird. I don't mind the odd "spooky" / accidental playback (especially around this time of year!), but to play an advert unprompted is a step too far
  2. maddogb's avatar
    ummm hopefully a bug but tbh i always felt it was just a matter of time....
  3. paul555's avatar
    Maybe you have some "skill" that's doing it
    aLV426's avatar
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    Defo not a skill, nothing in history either
  4. ChelseaRae's avatar
    Nope but will also be unplugging our Alexas if this is actually a thing! It’s annoying enough that Prime Video will have ads next year
    aLV426's avatar
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    Yeah - that's what puts me off - paying to be ad free and then get unsolicited adverts is not one.
  5. madoka_ayukawa's avatar
    The assistant needs to be payed somehow
    Roger_Irrelevant's avatar
    Not enough to fund it from Amazon's eye-watering profits?
  6. Myusernamehasgone234's avatar
    I asked mine about the weather the other day and then I said stop half way through and it started chatting away randomly about some cats in bag and playing cat sounds.
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