The biggest change came in 2020, with the introduction of the 4th-gen Echo Dot. This changed the shape from a cylindrical puck to an almost spherical design with a flat base. And then in 2022 ...

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

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

Amazon recently announced Alexa+, a smarter, more conversational and AI-powered version of its original voice assistant.

Essentially, everything said to your Amazon Echo from March 28 on will be sent to Amazon’s cloud, and having the setting to ...

Save $20: The newest Echo Dot is going for $29.99 at Amazon ... Improved sound performance (though the 3rd gen Dot was already light years ahead for a $50 smart speaker) and a divergence from ...

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

Amazon is removing Alexa’s on-device processing capabilities in preparation for its generative AI upgrade. The company ...

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

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