How to Enable Or Disable Motion Detection On Echo Show

Innovating a smart home today is just like making a cup of coffee. You need to grab a few devices, set them up, and you are ready to go! Picking an excellent Alexa smart speaker is part of that. The amazing device handles specific tasks quickly on its own: but yes, it needs a bit of help sometimes. Amazon’s fantastic Alexa speakers are mostly everywhere today. The additional automation feature to the latest 4th-Gen Echo and Echo Dot has made it even more interesting. The Amazon Echo Show motion detection uses ultrasonic sounds to detect if there is anyone in the room. As a result, it can turn the lights on when someone enters the room and turn off whenever they leave. However, you need to have control over this feature. Follow the guide given below to address major points about enabling Echo Show 5,8,10 motion detection features on your smart device.

How to enable or disable motion detection on your Amazon Echo Show device?

Echo Show camera motion detection is a great way to enable Occupancy Routines for your device. When the Echo Show 5,8, and 10  devices recognize that someone is in the room, they start giving signals. Using ultrasonic sound to carry out these tasks is much more comfortable than other operations.

• Navigate to Alexa app on your phone.
• Click on Devices at the bottom of your screen.
• Select Echo & Alexa.
• Locate and tap on the Echo device you want to enable or disable the Echo Show motion alert.
• After this tap, the gear icon on top and open the device’s settings
• Scroll down to see the Motion Detection option and press it.
• Click on the toggle to turn the feature on or off as you choose

There is also an option to set up Occupancy Routines; you can find it in the settings for Motion Detection and bring smart home automation right away. Having your Echo Show motion detection to carry out tasks that you create by simply sensing if someone has been in your room is just awesome. These types of automation are incorporated for a helpful smart home sensor or use the Echo show devices with camera efficiently. Now that you know about Echo Show 5,8,10 motion detection, it’s time to create some motion detection routines.

How to create Alexa motion detection routines?

Have you ever wished that your Amazon device could automatically turn on the lights whenever someone enters the room? Well, it’s now possible with the latest ultrasound technology and newer Echo Show and Echo Dot speakers! Amazon states that ultrasound emitted by Echo speakers can’t be heard by humans, but ultrasound-powered motion detection can easily detect human motion. Echo Show motion detection takes place entirely on the device. Once the motion is detected, you can easilty create routines.

• For this, you have to make sure Echo Show motion alert is enabled.
• Open the Alexa app and select Devices.
• Click on Echo & Alexa and click on Echo speaker
• Then tap on the Settings icon in the top-right corner of the screen.
• Here you will see the Motion Detection setting if your device supports the feature.
• Tap to enable this and create a routine.
• Click on the More tab and then select Routines given near the “+” button in the top-right corner.
• Name this new routine and click When this happens > Smart Home.
• Select the ultrasound-equipped Echo device.

You will see the list of motion-detecting devices, including supported Echo displays, security cameras, and motion sensors. See whether the routine will be triggered whenever someone enters the room or not. After this, tap on Next. Your routine will run Anytime but if you want them to trigger on specific days and a particular times,  click on Change to select specific days or times. You can create an Echo show motion detection routine and suppress it to keep being triggered again too soon. This is because ultrasound-powered Occupancy Routines have a built-in cool-down period. In addition to this, add whatever actions you want when your Echo speaker detects a motion alert, from turning on lights or playing music to telling a joke. Save the settings at last!

Few things to remember while creating routines

The Echo Show camera motion detection is designed to detect “major” motion such as people entering a room. On the other hand, some subtle motions like someone waving a hand to say “hi” can go undetected. According to real-world tests, the  ultrasound-triggered Occupancy Routines are likely to have a long cool period of more than 30 minutes. So get your work done accordingly.

How to troubleshoot if Alexa Echo show 5,8,10 motion detection not working?

Sometimes users face Alexa echo show 5,8,10 motion detection not working issue. Here is a troubleshooting guide to solve your problem:

• Ensure your Echo show is not muted.
• Check if the Occupancy Routine is saved and enabled. To verify, navigate towards the Alexa app, open More, and select Routines.
• Background noise or music in the room, including music playing on your Echo device, must be taken down as it can impact Motion Detection accuracy.
• The issue can also be resolved by restarting the device or factory resetting the device.
• Echo Show motion detection best perceives “major” motion, such as a person walking. Hence the “minor” motions such as working at a computer may not get detected.
• Check if the Motion Detection is turned on.
• Open the Alexa App and check the Device settings properly.

Also read: How to put echo show 5,8,10 in setup mode

Final Note

Hopefully, this guide is successful in helping you with enabling of Echo Show 5,8,10 motion detection on your device. If you are getting trouble enabling or disabling the motion detection alert, you can reach out to the experts. Dial the Echo Helpline Number +1-872-888-1589 and talk with the professional team. You can also share your queries in the chat box below.