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Just out of curiosity, if I want to change the track, Do I need to shout hard the wake word when a song is already playing at full volume?

My first test if I get the device is to change the wake word to "baby" and play Justin Bieber's number.

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You don't have to shout. With its multiple microphones Alexa is pretty good at hearing you over the music. There is also a remote with a built in mic in case you want to control it from a ways off or there is a ton of background noise.

Sadly you cannot change the wake word. 'Alexa' or 'Amazon' are the two available wake words.

At full volume, probably. At a normal volume, it's pretty good at picking up the wake word (which by the way can just be "Alexa" or "Amazon") at just a slightly raised voice. It then lowers the volume to hear what else you're saying.

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