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Amazon Alexa won’t stop saying ‘lalala’ and users are creeped out (Updated: Fix incoming)
Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority TL;DR Amazon Alexa has been exhibiting strange behavior. Users report that the assistant is getting stuck repeating the word “la.”
By Ryan McNeal 1 min read
Key points
- Amazon Alexa has been exhibiting strange behavior.
- Update: October 5, 2026 (11:56 PM ET): Amazon has now confirmed to Android Authority that Alexa’s strange affliction was indeed a bug impacting “a small number of Alexa Plus” users.
- Amazon’s Alexa has also been exhibiting rather strange behavior recently.
The story
Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority TL;DR
Amazon Alexa has been exhibiting strange behavior.
Users report that the assistant is getting stuck repeating the word “la.”
Examples show Alexa repeating the word for several minutes before it stops.
Update: October 5, 2026 (11:56 PM ET): Amazon has now confirmed to Android Authority that Alexa’s strange affliction was indeed a bug impacting “a small number of Alexa Plus” users. The company says it’s in the process of implementing a fix.
Original article: October 5, 2026 (11:34 AM ET): Sometimes, AI assistants inexplicably start acting up out of nowhere. For example, Gemini was refusing to answer questions on Android Auto just last week. But Google isn’t the only company that’s been having problems with its AI assistant in recent days. Amazon’s Alexa has also been exhibiting rather strange behavior recently.
