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url: 'https://simonerescio.it/en/2024/11/alexa-app-slow-on-ios-or-android-its-your-contacts-fault'
title: 'Alexa app slow on iOS or Android? It’s your Contacts fault'
author:
  name: Simone Rescio
  url: 'https://simonerescio.it/en/about-me/'
date: '2024-11-24T23:54:22+01:00'
modified: '2026-04-25T16:47:35+02:00'
type: post
summary: How to fix the Alexa app slowness on iOS and Android by revoking Contacts permission in just 5 taps.
categories:
  - WebTech
tags:
  - alexa
image: 'https://simonerescio.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/alexa-contacts-ai.jpg'
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---

# Alexa app slow on iOS or Android? It’s your Contacts fault

In 5 taps:

- [1. For iOS](#for-ios)
- [2. For Android](#for-android)
- [3. Why would Contacts permission degrade speed? 🤷🏻‍♂️](#why-would-contacts-permission-degrade-speed)

## For iOS

- Settings

- Privacy & Security

- Contacts

- Amazon Alexa

- ***None***

			
				[![iOS Settings screen](https://simonerescio.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/iOS_1-150x150.png)](https://simonerescio.it/en/ios_1-2)
			
				*
				Go into iOS “Settings” then “Privacy and security” menu, then hit “Contacts” on the right
				*

			
				[![Privacy and Security — Contacts on iOS](https://simonerescio.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/iOS_2-150x150.png)](https://simonerescio.it/en/ios_2-2)
			
				*
				In the next screen select “Amazon Alexa”
				*

			
				[![Amazon Alexa Contacts permission set to None on iOS](https://simonerescio.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/iOS_3-150x150.png)](https://simonerescio.it/en/ios_3-2)
			
				*
				Finally, select “None” to revoke permissions to Contacts
				*

		

## For Android

- Settings

- Search for menu “*Privacy*“

- Contacts

- Amazon Alexa

- ***Do not consent***

			
				[![Android Settings screen](https://simonerescio.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1_com.android.settings-150x150.jpg)](https://simonerescio.it/en/2024/11/alexa-app-slow-on-ios-or-android-its-your-contacts-fault/1_com-android-settings-2)
			
				*
				On Android open “Settings”, search for the “Privacy” menu, the name can changed based on the MOD, on MIUI its “Privacy protection”
				*

			
				[![Android Privacy menu](https://simonerescio.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2_com.miui_.securitycenter-150x150.jpg)](https://simonerescio.it/en/2024/11/alexa-app-slow-on-ios-or-android-its-your-contacts-fault/2_com-miui-securitycenter-2)
			
				*
				Tap “Contacts”
				*

			
				[![Amazon Alexa Contacts permission denied on Android](https://simonerescio.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/3_com.google.android.permissioncontroller-150x150.jpg)](https://simonerescio.it/en/2024/11/alexa-app-slow-on-ios-or-android-its-your-contacts-fault/3_com-google-android-permissioncontroller-2)
			
				*
				Finally search and select “Amazon Alexa” and tap “Do not consent”
				*

		

## Why would Contacts permission degrade speed? 🤷🏻‍♂️

I asked myself the same thing, while searching in frustration for a reason, until I finally stumbled upon [this amazing comment on Reddit from 2023 by TripleEmcoder](https://www.reddit.com/r/alexa/comments/14mlpm3/comment/jxykelb/), suggesting exactly this remedy of revoking contacts access to the app, and WOW it worked like a charm!

I have started to migrate away from Alexa as the main logic source for my smart device, going into Home Assistant, however I had hoped to be able to use quick voice commands from time to time by setting it as the default voice assistant on Android, but also its popover UI was being severely degraded by this problem.

We can only speculate that this may be due to an **awful** memory management on the Alexa App end, which is cross-platform due to the nature of the app being a web view, reason why it becomes equally sluggish on both iOS and Android, so the issue is likely in their JS code.

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