Or, at least, ask you if you wanted this to happen. The only thing I wish Amazon changed, however, is to detect when you’ve moved house and automatically change any Echo’s which have the same address/zipcode as your old one. Many people buy an Echo for a relative, but register it to their own account because that relative might not have an Amazon account, or they don’t feel confident to configure it all themselves.Įqually sometimes people have multiple homes – whether that’s a log cabin for the spring, a holiday home for the summer, or a winter hideaway.īeing able to configure an address for each Echo therefore does make sense, otherwise the weather forecasts would be incorrect in those other homes. But whilst this behavior might seem weird at first, but it actually makes sense.
Having different addresses per Echo device, so that when you move house you’ll still get the old address’ weather, seems really odd and incorrect. Why does Alexa have different locations per Echo device? In this case, don’t worry – you have updated all the addresses/zip codes you need to change (for that device), and it will get the weather correct for your town soon enough. I have noticed that, after updating the device location, the corresponding Echo can sometimes switch back to the old town for a day or two. Simply saying “Alexa, what’s the weather today?” will work fine. Phew, no more saying “Alexa, what’s the weather like today in ?“.
Scroll down to “Device Location” and you’ll see the zipcode – or full address – of your last house: The device location for a particular Echo device.Ĭhange this, click ‘Save’ and now Echo will get the weather correct for your town. So go to Devices in the bottom right, click on “Echo & Alexa” and go into your first Echo. As it happens, there’s a third place that you must change for Alexa to finally get your weather correct for your town!Īnd somewhat annoyingly, you must change for this every single Echo device you own. So you’ve probably made sure that your address is now correct in your Amazon account, but the weather is still wrong.Īs a result, you may have gone into the Alexa app and gone to Settings -> Your Locations, and made sure that ‘Home’ is up to date too: The overall Alexa app location (which is different to an Echo’s location)īut guess what? The weather town is still wrong. If you’ve moved house, you’ll probably have noticed that your Echo devices still give you the weather for your old town. For more detailed information about this feature, see My Locations in BBC Weather.2.1) Why doesn’t Alexa allow you to change the default provider? Fixing Alexa’s incorrect town location for weather If you do not wish to sign in to your BBC account to manage your locations, your recent searches will continue to be available from the menu.
From here, tap and hold the drag handle to the right of the location and reposition as desired. Re-order locations: Tap 'Edit' from the 'My Locations' section of the menu.Lastly, you can also remove the location from your account by tapping 'Edit' from the 'My Locations' section of the menu, and tapping the cross icon. Alternatively, you can swipe left on the location from the menu. Remove a location: Tap on the tick icon to the right of the location's name.
From here, tap on the plus (+) icon beside the location's name.
You can store up to 10 locations within the BBC Weather app. How do I add, remove or re-order my locations?