Turn Presence Detection Off or On with Your Echo Show 8 (2025 release) or Echo Show 11 (2025 release)

Press the Microphones & Camera Enable/Disable button on your Echo device, or use the Alexa app to turn off Presence Detection.

Echo devices with Presence Detection capabilities use ultrasound and, in some cases, ultrasound combined with Wi-Fi signals to detect that someone is present. Presence Detection on Echo Show devices powers Adaptive Content experience by default.

To turn off Presence Detection without disabling features that rely on Presence Detection, press the Microphones & Camera Enable/Disable button on your Echo device. Press the Microphones & Camera Enable/Disable button on your Echo device again to enable Presence Detection capability.

To turn off Presence Detection without turning off the microphones and the camera from your device:

  1. Select Device Options.
  2. Select Privacy & Permissions.
  3. Toggle Presence Detection to Off.
    To turn it back on, select it again and toggle it to On.