Amazon Echo users will no longer have the option to process their Alexa voice recordings locally, which means those recordings (with the exception of

Amazon is removing the ability to process Alexa requests locally on your Echo smart speaker, but it only affects a handful of users.

While the change may sound alarming to some privacy-minded users, it was not widely used or available. It only worked on three devices: the 4th generation Echo Dot, the Echo Show 10 and the Echo Show 15 — and only for customers in the U.S. with devices set to English. Amazon said less than 0.03% of customers use it.