Sometimes when you are taking a run, doing some house chores alone or just out and about, you may feel the desire to listen to your favourite music and entertainment stars as you do your chores. In such a scenario, echo buds provide you with the very best in terms of convenience. All you need is to connect your echo buds to your device and plug them in. once you do, you can start listening to your favourite music. 

At times, however, it does happen that your echo buds fail to respond to the music or media you want to play. If you encounter such a challenge, there are several possible causes. Luckily, for each of these causes, there is a readily available quick-fix remedy you can employ. Below we expose and explore all the possible causes that may inhibit your echo buds from responding to the music you play on your device. 

What to do when music is not playing on my Echo Buds

• Bluetooth not Connected: Your echo buds connect to your device via a Bluetooth connection. Sometimes, however, owing to the sheer desire to listen to our favourite process, we may blindly skip this important step and proceed to click the play button. As such, once you fail to hear sounds from your echo buds after clicking the play button, you may need to check if the Bluetooth connection has been established. If not, then you should do so promptly. 

• Echo Buds are Not Connected to the Alexa App: Echo buds by design are an extension of the Alexa App. As such, the echo buds only work and respond to all your commands once you have connected them to the Alexa App. If the buds aren’t responding to your commands, you may need to check if there is a connection between the two. If there isn’t, then you need to establish that connection. 

• Internet Connection is Not Active and Stable: Another important connection that you need is an active and stable internet connection. The Alexa App on which echo buds run, runs in the background at all times for as long as you want to use the echo buds. As such, you may need to check if there is a stable and active internet connection. If you are using public WIFI but on the move, you should be aware of the range that the connection ceases to be active. Sometimes, you may just move out of the WIFI connection range hence disruption of the connection between the echo buds and your device.

• Echo Buds are not Charged Up: Like any other tech device, the echo buds work perfectly when they are fully charged up (see what to do if your Echo Buds are not holding charge). The great thing is that you can go for several hours on reserve battery when using the buds. However, once the battery runs out, you will need to charge up the device before you can start listening to your music once more. There are two ways in which you can check if the echo buds battery is still okay or dried up. First, you may check the lights on the case. Alternatively, you can open the Alexa App and check the current battery status for the echo buds. 

• Device Volume is Low: Sometimes, it’s the simplest of things that may bring about the most discomfort. When it comes to your echo buds, you may just need to check if your device’s volume is high. The failure of the echo buds to respond to your commands may simply be a case of low volume. 

• Alexa is Sleeping: Alexa just like all of us humans may go to sleep if left with nothing to do for long. As such, when you want to use her services, you may need to wake her up first. to do this, just call out her name ‘Alexa’ or any of her wake words ‘Ziggy, ‘Computer’ or ‘Amazon’ to wake her up.  

• Echo Buds not Securely Placed in your Ear: By design, echo buds are designed to instantly respond with a chime once you place them in your ear. However, this technology is so specific that if you fail to securely place the echo buds in your ear, they may fail to respond. As such, you may just need to ensure that they are in the right position. 

• Need for a Soft Reset: If you try out the quick fixes above and still you can’t diagnose what the real problem is, you may need to do a soft reset. To do the soft reset, just take the echo buds out of your ears and place them back in their case. Close the case for at least 30 seconds and then take them out. Afterwards, try to establish a connection. When Amazon releases the latest firmware updates for echo buds, they automatically install it inside the case. However, if your echo buds are out of their case, the updates won’t install. Failure to install the new updates at times may cause the echo buds not to respond to commands. It’s for this reason that it’s recommended to do a soft reset as by putting the echo buds in their case, they may install any new updates released by the developer hence in turn allowing you to easily connect your device to the echo buds. 

• Echo Buds are not a Proper Fit with Your Device: In an instance where the problem refuses to go away, you may need to check if the echo buds are a proper fit with your device. Sometimes, you may stress yourself with the buds when they aren’t compatible with your device. To check if there is a good connection, all you need to do is to ask for a friend’s device and try to connect the echo buds. If they connect, then it probably means they work but they just aren’t compatible with your device. As such, you may need to look for new echo buds. 

Round Up 

There isn’t anything to worry about if your echo buds fail to respond to your commands. This is necessitated by the fact that most times, the problem will just be a small issue that you can rectify for yourself without many troubles. This article exposed all the possible causes and outlined the quick fixes for correcting the echo buds to respond to your command.