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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,
Alexa Will No Longer Process Requests Locally, Recordings Will Be Sent to Amazon
Echo devices will lose the ability to process locally and all your Alexa recordings will be sent to Amazon cloud.
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Last month Amazon introduced Alexa+ which uses generative AI to offer an enhanced version of Amazon’s voice assistant software. It will do a better job of engaging in natural-sounding conversations, remembering things you’ve told it in the past, and have the ability to interact with other apps and services on your behalf.
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.
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.
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.
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