The iconic "Alexa is listening" blue ring at the top might turn a permanent, disconnected orange. There is no way to tell it what to do or drive action and response without the watchword "Alexa ...

Showing off a new Alexa Ring integration, Panay asked Alexa+ ... including a new “expressive” blue animation that will ...

On standard Echo units, call out your wake word (usually "Alexa", as long as you've not changed it to one of the other options) and the brightest part of the blue ring will point toward the ...