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Owners of the Amazon Echo have long ... out to let you know that the Alexa feature ‘Do Not Send Voice Recordings’ that you enabled on your supported Echo device(s) will no longer be available ...

AMAZON is removing a popular feature from Alexa-powered speakers sparking fears over privacy. The tech giant is axing the "do not send voice recordings" option on Echo devices as it progresses ...

Amazon Tap, Echo Show 1st Gen, Echo Show 2nd Gen, and Echo Spot 1st Gen - will continue to use the old Alexa. The company says on the Alexa+ Early Access page that, "We will soon expand Alexa+ to ...

Amazon's Echo speakers introduced Alexa to the world and now it's updated version: Alexa+. Our complete guide will help you get the most out of Alexa to assist and entertain, from the choosing the ...

Amazon recently sent an email to Alexa users (via Reddit), highlighting that it will soon disable the on-device processing feature previously available on select Echo devices. Per the email ...

Since Amazon announced plans for a generative AI version of Alexa, we were concerned about user privacy. With Alexa+ rolling out to Amazon Echo devices in the coming weeks, we’re getting a ...

Users with this setting on will also no longer be able to use voice ID, a feature that allows Alexa to recognize their voice, unlike the current version. Amazon says that less than 0.03% of Echo ...

If you don't allow your voice recordings to be sent to Amazon's cloud, voice ID won't work. Sharing your requests will be necessary if you want to use Alexa and your Echo as fully as possible ...

Alexa is about to echo everything you say to her to Amazon. Owners of the Amazon Echo have long had the option to process requests locally, meaning their information wasn’t sent to Amazon’s ...

On March 14, many Echo owners received an email from Amazon informing them that their smart devices will soon no longer be able to process Alexa voice requests locally. As Ars Technica first ...