Amazon Alexa Plus Bug Causes Echo Speakers to Sing 'Lalala'
A software glitch in the Amazon Alexa Plus service causes some Echo devices to repeat 'lalala' for minutes.
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Price data
| Time | Chance of yes |
|---|---|
| now | 4% |
| 30 Oct, 14:07 UTC | 4% |
| 30 Oct, 11:52 UTC | 3% |
| 30 Oct, 11:18 UTC | 2% |
| 30 Oct, 10:06 UTC | 1% |
| 30 Oct, 08:02 UTC | 2% |
| 30 Oct, 07:55 UTC | 2% |
| 30 Oct, 04:01 UTC | 1% |
| 30 Oct, 02:41 UTC | 3% |
| 30 Oct, 02:02 UTC | 2% |
| 30 Oct, 01:55 UTC | 2% |
| 30 Oct, 01:28 UTC | 1% |
| 30 Oct, 00:49 UTC | 5% |
| 30 Oct, 00:28 UTC | 8% |
| 29 Oct, 23:47 UTC | 15% |
| 29 Oct, 23:26 UTC | 18% |
| 29 Oct, 22:57 UTC | 18% |
| 29 Oct, 22:17 UTC | 9% |
| 29 Oct, 21:55 UTC | 44% |
| 29 Oct, 21:14 UTC | 87% |
| 29 Oct, 20:46 UTC | 80% |
| 29 Oct, 20:16 UTC | 79% |
| 29 Oct, 19:15 UTC | 86% |
| 29 Oct, 15:02 UTC | 88% |
| 29 Oct, 14:16 UTC | 85% |
| 29 Oct, 09:19 UTC | 88% |
| 29 Oct, 01:38 UTC | 93% |
| 26 Oct, 13:13 UTC | 92% |
| 24 Oct, 21:12 UTC | 86% |
| 22 Oct, 16:47 UTC | 89% |
| 21 Oct, 06:30 UTC | 85% |
| 21 Oct, 06:16 UTC | 86% |
| 20 Oct, 05:47 UTC | 89% |
| 13 Oct, 17:35 UTC | 93% |
| 10 Oct, 11:54 UTC | 85% |
| 6 Oct, 08:43 UTC | 77% |
The story so far
1 publisher has covered this in 1 article since 6 Oct 2026. The Verge published first, on 6 October at 10:53 UTC.
One prediction market prices this story:
- Alexa+ / Alexa Plus — resolved “No” on 30 Oct 2026. The market resolves to Yes if an Amazon representative mentions Alexa+ or Alexa Plus during the upcoming earnings call, including the question-and-answer session. It resolves to No if this specific term is not used by any representative in that setting. Readers often mistake the linked news story about a bug as the resolution criteria, but only the official mention during the earnings call matters.
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- Resolved Alexa+ / Alexa Plus No 8d ago
The market favoured Yes at 85% a day out, but No won. How often it's right
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- Alexa Plus