# ba-DOOP! What is this random noise from my Amazon Dot? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 10, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-doop-what-is-this-random-noise-from-my-amazon-dot/1027559 "2026-02-10T23:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-doop-what-is-this-random-noise-from-my-amazon-dot/1027559/1 "2026-02-10T23:52:09Z")
Every once in awhile, while music is playing on my Dot, the device will give out with a loud electronic ba-DOOP! It’s not responding to any voice command, so what could it be? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-doop-what-is-this-random-noise-from-my-amazon-dot/1027559/2 "2026-02-10T23:57:23Z")
It’s probably a notification. Ask it what your notifications are. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-doop-what-is-this-random-noise-from-my-amazon-dot/1027559/3 "2026-02-11T00:01:12Z")
Thanks, I’ll give it a shot. I’ve only had this for a couple of months and haven’t explored all it can do. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-doop-what-is-this-random-noise-from-my-amazon-dot/1027559/4 "2026-02-11T05:41:50Z")
I hate it. With me, it’s “an Amazon package has been delivered” or “did you know you can change my voice?” or “you haven’t listened to music in awhile, do you want me to play something?” I want only text notifications, but I can only turn off _all_ notifications or none. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-doop-what-is-this-random-noise-from-my-amazon-dot/1027559/5 "2026-02-11T05:47:06Z")
Agree that it’s almost certainly a notification. Out of the box, ours came with a variety of default notifications, from local weather to celebrity news. Turned all that shit off posthaste. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-doop-what-is-this-random-noise-from-my-amazon-dot/1027559/6 "2026-02-11T07:29:16Z")
That is the feedback it gives you when it sends everything it ever heard to Besoz (and DHS, ICE) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-doop-what-is-this-random-noise-from-my-amazon-dot/1027559/7 "2026-02-11T11:02:20Z")
You forgot Russian FSB and the Chinese equivalent of CIA. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-doop-what-is-this-random-noise-from-my-amazon-dot/1027559/8 "2026-02-11T12:04:56Z")
It does that too, but not by design. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-doop-what-is-this-random-noise-from-my-amazon-dot/1027559/9 "2026-02-11T12:45:42Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > or “did you know you can change my voice?” or “you haven’t listened to music in awhile, do you want me to play something? The constant helpful reminders about what it **could** be doing for me are why my Alexa devices are all sitting in a closet. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-doop-what-is-this-random-noise-from-my-amazon-dot/1027559/10 "2026-02-11T13:14:18Z")
I don’t want to own any such thing, but the makers do have a problem. When it can do 1000 things, and any given user probably wants 20 of those thousand, but after a common 4 or 5 everyone uses, their individual list of 20 is different, and very close to 0% of users would read a manual or watch an instructional video, how are the users to learn of the things it can do? And how are the developers going to justify adding ever more features if they never get used because nobody knows they got added? There’s a legit conundrum there. Users buying hi tech stuff they refuse to put in the effort to learn how to use cause a reaction from the vendors. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-doop-what-is-this-random-noise-from-my-amazon-dot/1027559/11 "2026-02-11T13:39:19Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > And how are the developers going to justify adding ever more features if they never get used because nobody knows they got added? It can tell me one time and then give me the option to say “thanks, don’t ask me again.” But when Alexa kept reminding me over and over that it can do things I have no interest in, it tanked my experience and drove me off the platform entirely. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-doop-what-is-this-random-noise-from-my-amazon-dot/1027559/12 "2026-02-11T13:44:48Z")
that sound is usually a notification. is there a yellowish light as well? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-doop-what-is-this-random-noise-from-my-amazon-dot/1027559/13 "2026-02-11T14:25:39Z")
Thanks all. It was a notification that I might want to reorder something. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-doop-what-is-this-random-noise-from-my-amazon-dot/1027559/14 "2026-02-11T22:27:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > But when Alexa kept reminding me over and over that it can do things I have no interest in, it tanked my experience and drove me off the platform entirely. I was never interested in getting one of these. I was perfectly happy with my Sonos setup that allowed me to connect to streaming radio stations for jazz and to tap into my iTunes library for other music. But Sonos decided to fuck their long-time customers by not allowing me to use it to listen to my music library unless I paid a lot of money to upgrade to their newest platform. So I went with the Amazon product. I still can’t access my music library and will likely have to upgrade my outdated phone before that can happen (or at least that’s my understanding). That said, most of what is in my library can be accessed through the Dot, so there’s that.