> The fact that the mike defaults to on after power on is completely understandable from a user interface perspective A compromise would be to play a message a

> The fact that the mike defaults to on after power on is completely understandable from a user interface perspective A compromise would be to play a message after turning the device on, requiring user to take action and unmute it or leave muted. This shouldn't be a problem in most scenarios as Echo is meant to be powered once and run for a long time, so it would be just a minor inconvenience.