Amazon Alexa owners are just realising little-known ‘brief mode’ that cuts out long winded answers

ONE frequent complaint about Amazon’s Alexa is that the responses are just so long.

Sometimes all you want is a simple yes or no.

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Especially if it’s late at night and you don’t want to wake the whole house up.

Fortunately there’s a little-known hidden trick from Amazon to help you out.

It’s called Brief Mode.

When activated, Alexa will give shorter responses.

As well as speaking less, the digital voice assistant will play a short sound instead.

For example, if you ask it to switch off a light.

How to switch on brief mode on Alexa

To switch on brief mode you can simply say: “Alexa, turn on brief mode.”

Alternatively, you can use the Alexa app.

Tap on the More button in the bottom right.

Select Settings.

Then turn the Brief Mode toggle to On.

There’s also a Whisper Mode worth turning on to.

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