Echo: Solid red
The microphone on/off button has been pressed: the device microphone is disconnected and Alexa is not listening. On Echo devices with a camera, a red light bar means your video will not be shared.
Applies to: Echo speakers (a red light bar on Echo devices with a camera). What you see: red, steady (solid).
What Amazon says to do
- Press the microphone button again to turn the microphone back on.
Source
Amazon Echo’s own support page, read on the date shown.
- Amazon: What Do the Lights on Your Echo Speaker Mean? — Echo speakers, with Alexa+ or the original Alexa (the page names no single model). www.amazon.com Checked 2026-09-29.
The same colour on other speakers
Another maker’s speaker can use this colour for something else entirely.