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Amazon has finally started the rollout of Alexa+ as an early preview, but it is missing a few advanced features that might ...

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 ...

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Regardless of whether the "Don’t Save Recordings" feature is on or off, all Alexa requests will process to the cloud, Amazon says. "The Alexa experience is designed to protect our customers ...

"As we continue to expand Alexa’s capabilities with generative AI features that rely on the processing power of Amazon’s secure cloud, we have decided to no longer support this feature." ...

From what we've learned, this change is in preparation for Amazon's launch of its huge AI upgrade to Alexa called Alexa Plus. Based on what Amazon has said, no Echo owner will have a choice with ...

That's the date when supported devices will lose the option to store and process Alexa requests locally, ensuring that all voice recordings are sent to the cloud. An email that Amazon sent to ...

Amazon is in the process of overhauling Alexa, introducing a new Alexa+ AI service that will be available free of charge for Prime users (or $20 per month on its own). But as the company plans to ...

In the Amazon demo ... a random routine and Alexa says, ‘I’ll do that, don't worry about it,’ you're just like, oh my God, I didn't realize you could. It's very cool. I think that's where ...