How to Reset Amazon Echo Dot 1st, 2nd, 3rd Generation Echo?

Today, smart speakers are necessary to our lives. It provides us with entertainment facilities like music to some of the top end smart speakers have a full display through which you can watch the content or call your loved ones and talk to them through a video call.

So, Google and Amazon both have their smart speakers. The Google ones are called as Google Home & the Amazon ones are called as Amazon Alexa. These are the most popular speakers in the market. Today, I am going to help you with How to reset echo dot 3rd generation.

What is a Smart Speaker?

Simply, a smart speaker is a speaker that is connected to the internet wirelessly and equipped with a Virtual Assistant. Some of these have more usability beyond just playing content or audio. Some smart speakers have the functionality where you can control your other home automation devices.

How to Reset Echo Dot 1st Generation:

To reset the Echo Dot 1st Gen you need to follow these simple steps:

Step 1: Pick up your Amazon Echo Dot speaker and look at the bottom.

Step 2: You will find a tiny hole at the bottom.

Step 3: Take a paper clip and press that button for 5 seconds.

Step 4: After the Echo dot resets, the lights will turn OFF and ON again.

Step 5: When the lights turn into an orange that means your Amazon Echo Dot is reset.

This is how you reset Amazon Echo 1st Generation.

How to Reset Echo Dot 2nd Generation:

To reset the Amazon Echo Dot 2nd generation, you need to follow these steps:

Step 1: You need to locate the Mic button and Volume down button

Step 2: Press both buttons at the same time for 25 seconds.

Step 3: Press until the blue light turns into orange light.

Step 4: You have reset the Echo Dot

This is how you reset Amazon Echo Dot 2nd Generation.

How to Reset Echo Dot 3rd Generation?

To reset Echo Dot 3rd Generation, follow these steps:

Step 1: First, you have to locate the action button on Echo Dot

Step 2: Now press this button for 25 seconds.

Step 3: The light will turn orange and then blue. Wait for the light to turn OFF and ON again.

Step 4 : You have reset Amazon Echo 3rd Generation. This is how you reset Amazon Echo 3rd Generation.

Amazon Echo:

Amazon Echo is a smart speaker range from Amazon Inc. and with the virtual assistant named as “Alexa”. Therefore, these speakers are also called as Amazon Alexa speakers. You can ask anything or order anything online through Amazon Alexa. To talk to Alexa, you just have to say, “Hey Alexa” and talk to the virtual assistant.

These virtual speakers are a useful thing, but sometimes these speakers stop working or Alexa stops hearing your voice. In that case, you need to reset Amazon Echo Dot.

There are three generations of Amazon Echo Dot, i.e. Amazon Echo 1st Generation, Amazon Echo 2nd Generation, Amazon Echo 3rd Generation. Depending on the purchase and year you have one of these generations. So, I will tell you to reset Amazon Echo all generations.