> wouldn't have it announce the fact that it heard one Alexa has an option to play a sound for "Start of Request", i.e. wake word heard. There is a ring light

> wouldn't have it announce the fact that it heard one Alexa has an option to play a sound for "Start of Request", i.e. wake word heard. There is a ring light on the device, blue when it has heard a wake word, red when the hardware mute button is pressed.