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Originally Posted by jswinden
Well there doesn't seem to be much consistency between what many of us are hearing then. The alarms a very quiet on mine. I guess as usual Amazon has not figured out how to get the FW working properly. I certainly won't trust my Alexa devices to set an alarm, reminder, or a timer as I would possibly not hear it. Yes, I could turn up the volume, but no I shouldn't have to. A kluge solution is no solution in my opinion. Perhaps Amazon could add the ability to set a separate volume just for an alarm, reminder, or a timer, but that would make too much sense, so they probably never will.
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Is your overall device volume low?
I agree that Amazon has some tweaking to do, but I like the new features. The timer/reminder/alarm volumes are problematic. They should be the same level for all functions.
When I'm listening to music, sometimes Echo's volume is set quite low so it won't disturb others. At other times, it's set louder. When the device volume is set relatively low, I have a
very difficult time hearing the reminder, even if I'm in the same room. I can hear both the timer and alarm just fine, though, even at low volume. In fact, the timer voice YELLS "Your kitchen timer is done." I can hear both the timer beeps and voice message in the bedroom farthest from Echo (it's in my kitchen; 1600 sf house) when the device is set to Volume 2 (say "Alexa/Echo, volume 2" to set), even though I can barely hear the music at that volume there.
My auditory acuity seems about average. Those with some hearing loss (like my spouse, who can't hear certain high-frequency sounds) may have more difficulty. It'll depend how far away you are from the device, whether a door's open or closed, and building acoustics, too.