Amazon Adds ‘Computer’ as an Echo Wake Word

Wake Word

Amazon has added “computer” as one of the wake words that can be used with it’s Echo devices.

Currently, you can use these wake words:

  • Alexa
  • Echo
  • Amazon
  • Computer

Now when the Star Trek crew travels back in time Scotty will be able to properly use a computer or if you need to initiate an auto-destruct sequence on a Star Trek starship.

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.