Amazon Echo users lose local voice processing as all requests shift to the cloud after March 28. This did not sit right for users due to privacy concerns.

Amazon is mandating cloud-based processing for Echo voice commands, removing local storage and disabling Alexa’s voice ID to ...

Amazon is turning off the ability to process voice requests locally. It's a seemingly major privacy pivot and one that some ...

Some Echo users can currently opt not to send voice recordings to Amazon’s servers, instead relying on the device’s processing to interpret what is being said locally ...

An opt-in Alexa feature called "Do Not Send Voice Records" stops requests from being sent to the company. It will soon be removed.

In an email sent to customers today, Amazon said that Echo users will no longer be able to set their devices to process Alexa ...

AMAZON is removing a popular feature from Alexa-powered speakers sparking fears over privacy. The tech giant is axing the “do ...

Amazon will stop on-device processing of any Alexa request. All of your private Alexa requests will run through Amazon's ...

Alexa devices have a “do not send voice recordings” setting that processes voice requests on the device instead of transmitting them to Amazon’s servers.  However, starting March 28th, Amazon will no ...

Ahead of the Alexa Plus launch, Amazon is requiring owners to send it all of their voice data. Here's why that's a problem.

Have an Alexa-enabled Echo device in the living room? Maybe don't spill your secrets to the voice assistant. Amazon stated in ...

Amazon will no longer allow local processing of Alexa voice recordings on Echo devices, with the recordings instead being sent to Amazon’s cloud for processing from 28 March 2025. The decision, which ...