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Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant went down for some people today

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Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, which powers the Amazon Echo smart speaker and other devices, has been acting up today. Many people have reported problems.

The thing is, Amazon doesn’t have a place where people can check the status of the Alexa Voice Service. So what we have are many reports of issues, starting a little after 6 p.m. Pacific. Here are a few of the reports:

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https://twitter.com/Jmajkrzak/status/759201084661440512

https://twitter.com/bamrivera481/status/759200266604441606

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https://twitter.com/sharkieQ/status/759204546480660483

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At least one person reported that Alexa was working again just after 7 p.m. Pacific.

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Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. We’ll update this post as we learn more.

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