owner Amazon Echo For a long time, the device has been selected to process requests locally, thus keeping its information away from Amazon servers. The feature will begin on March 28.
company Send an email Explain changes to the client.
“We are in touch with letting you know that the Alexa feature you enable on supported Echo devices ‘Do not send voice recordings’ will no longer start from March 28, 2025,” the email reads. “As we continue to extend Alexa’s capabilities with the generation AI capabilities that rely on Amazon’s secure cloud’s processing power, we decided not to support this feature anymore.”
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Every ARS Technicathe changes are not ending here. Users with the “Don’t Save Recording” feature will also lose access to their voice IDs, which allows Alexa to share content specific to specific users, such as calendar events, music preferences, and more. Therefore, in order to maintain this feature, the user must also manually change the setting.
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In short, everything you say to the echo device after March 28 will be sent to Amazon’s cloud, and no one can do anything. If users continue to make Amazon delete recordings, they will also lose access to the device’s features by default.
Amazon is trying to tell users in an email that “Alexa voice requests are always encrypted in Secure Cloud shipped to Amazon, which is to ensure customer information is secure through a layer of security protection.”
However, as ARS points out, Amazon and its employees will use that information once it gets there.
Announcements related to many Alexa users are not very good yet Fierce attack reddit Express their dissatisfaction on the weekend.
This news came a few weeks later Amazon announces Alexa+a subscription service that adds AI enhancements. Retail giants have Delayed Alexa+ release But launching the service seems to be working on this year due to serious setbacks. Amazon says Alexa+ will provide a more seamless and background-aware experience and will work with other Alexa-enabled devices such as Ring Video Doorbells and other technologies.
