Amazon Alexa status
Amazon Alexa uptime & performance at a glance
- Current status
- Operational
- Uptime · 24h
- 100%
- Uptime · 7 days
- 100%
- Uptime · since Aug 5, 2026
- 100%
- Response time
- 866 ms
- Tracked incidents
- 0
- SSL certificate
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Is Amazon Alexa down everywhere, or just for you?
Our probes reached Amazon Alexa successfully from every monitoring region in the last check round.
| Monitoring region | Last check | Success rate (24h) | Avg response |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Reachable | 100% | 1,082 ms |
| Europe | Reachable | 100% | 930 ms |
| North America (East) | Reachable | 100% | 614 ms |
| North America (West) | Reachable | 100% | 729 ms |
Based on 204 automated checks in the last 24 hours. A region only appears here once we have real measurements from it.
What to check when Amazon Alexa misbehaves
Amazon Alexa is a smart home and media service in our smart home & media catalog. Services like this rarely fail as one block — these pieces can break on their own, so identifying which one is affected usually explains what you are seeing.
- Cloud connectionDevices reaching the service
- App controlCommands from your phone
- AutomationsRoutines and schedules running
- Voice assistantVoice commands
- Live streamsCamera and media feeds
Our automated checks measure reachability and response time of Amazon Alexa's public endpoint. Component level detail above reflects what users of this kind of service typically report, not a vendor status feed.
Incident timeline
No incidents reported. Everything is green.
Amazon Alexa appears stable across all monitored regions. Community reports in the last hour are within normal noise levels.
Monitoring live signals…
No disruptions detected
No regional issues yet
About Amazon Alexa
Amazon Alexa is a voice-controlled AI service that manages Echo devices, executes smart home routines, and provides information through voice commands. Users interact with the platform to control lighting, play media, and set reminders through the Alexa app or hardware integrations. Failures in this ecosystem often result in the "I'm having trouble understanding right now" error, unresponsive smart home devices, or the inability to sync settings through the cloud service. Rimetry maintains a constant watch on this service by testing connectivity and response speed from different global nodes to help users identify systemic failures.
Amazon Alexa (alexa.amazon.com) is a smart home & media service monitored continuously by rimetry from multiple global regions. We probe its public endpoints every 60 seconds to detect outages, latency spikes, and regional degradations the moment they happen.
Right now Amazon Alexa is reporting as operational across our probes, with an average response time of 866 ms and 100.00% uptime over the last 24 hours. Most users connecting to alexa.amazon.com are seeing it work normally.
Common causes of disruption for services like Amazon Alexa include backend API failures, region-specific routing problems at the CDN or ISP layer, expired TLS certificates, DNS misconfigurations, and capacity spikes during major events. rimetry combines automated probes, vendor status feeds, and verified community reports to give you a single high-confidence answer instead of guessing.
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What is Amazon Alexa?
Amazon's voice assistant powering Echo devices and smart-home routines.
Amazon Alexa is part of our Smart Home & Media category. You can also review current trending outages across the internet.
Common issues
- · Devices show as offline
- · App commands not reaching devices
- · Automations not triggering
- · Camera streams failing to load
Similar patterns often surface across other smart home & media providers — cross-check against the global outage map.
Troubleshooting
- · Check whether devices respond locally — cloud outages leave local control working
- · Power-cycle the hub or bridge, then the individual device
- · Reconnect the app to your Wi‑Fi network (2.4 GHz for many devices)
- · Re-link the voice assistant account if commands fail
- · Confirm your router hasn't isolated IoT devices on a separate network
- · Check Amazon Alexa's official social channels
Not sure whether it's you or the service? Run a live speed test, check what your IP looks like from the edge, or watch for regional trouble on the worldwide outage map. For the wider picture, browse recent incidents or filter down to smart home & media.
FAQ
- Is Amazon Alexa down for everyone?
Use the live status above — green means it's likely just you. - How often is the status updated?
Every minute from four global regions. - Where can I see past Amazon Alexa incidents?
Every event we've recorded lives in the live incident feed, and older ones are grouped in the monthly incident archive. - What else is broken right now?
See the trending outages page or narrow it to smart home & media.