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Amazon's Echo will send all voice recordings to the cloud

Amazon is getting rid of the option for Echo devices to process Alexa requests locally

Amazon Echo models that were previously able to process Alexa requests locally will no longer do so, instead sending those voice recordings to the cloud. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the change to The Verge after a Reddit user posted a PSA about it on Friday,

The Verge on MSN · 1d

Amazon is ending the option to not send Echo voice recordings to the cloud

The ‘Do not send voice recordings’ feature, which was limited to three Echo devices, will go away on March 28th.

BGR · 1d

You can no longer stop Alexa from sending voice recordings to Amazon

Some Echo devices have a feature that allows you to block voice recordings from being sent to the cloud, but Amazon is killing it.

Washington Times · 6h

Recordings of requests to Alexa will soon go to Amazon cloud

All voice recordings of commands or queries given to Amazon voice assistant Alexa on the company’s Echo devices will go to the Amazon cloud starting March 28.

AppleInsider · 8h

Amazon to kill Echo's local voice processing feature in favor of Voice ID

If you own an Echo smart speaker, it will soon lose a key privacy feature — and be replaced with cloud processing of all voice commands.

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