CNET reported a few weeks ago that Amazon is preparing to remove a key privacy setting in its Alexa smart home devices. Today, it goes into effect. Here's what it means.

Amazon is turning off the ability to process voice requests locally. It's a seemingly major privacy pivot and one that some Alexa users might not appreciate. However, this change affects exactly three ...

one that some might've been using to keep their voice data off Amazon's servers. However, the vast majority of Echo devices out there aren't even capable of on-device voice processing, which is ...

Amazon has announced that, effective March 28, 2025, all voice recordings from Echo devices will be processed exclusively in the cloud, eliminating the option for local processing. This change ...

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

For many, local processing was a key reason for using Alexa because it gave them more control over how data was handled. Despite privacy concerns, Amazon Echo remains one of the most widely used smart ...

Amazon is ending a little-used privacy feature that let some users of its Echo smart speaker prevent their voice commands from going to the company’s cloud.

Amazon will no longer allow local processing of Alexa voice recordings on Echo devices ... privacy concerns given Amazon’s history with data handling and regulatory scrutiny.

Previously, certain Echo models offered a“Do Not Send ... capabilities through advanced AI technologies. By processing data in the cloud, Amazon can deploy updates and improvements more ...

Amazon is ending a little-used privacy feature that let some users of its Echo smart speaker prevent their voice commands from going to the company's cloud. Beginning on March 28, Amazon is ending ...