On March 28, some Amazon Echo users will lose their ability to withhold sending their stored voice recordings to the company’s cloud storage system. With the rollout of Alexa+, the company’s ...

Take a deep breath. While we are definitely living in a weird dystopian cyber future, the news around Amazon ending opt-out support for sending recordings from its personal devices isn't actually as ...

On March 28, Amazon Echo users will lose their ability to withhold sending their stored voice recordings to the company’s cloud storage system. With the rollout of Alexa+, the company’s generative AI ...

In February 2025, Amazon announced ' Alexa+ ', a voice assistant 'Alexa' equipped with generative AI. Prior to this, Amazon informed some users of the smart speaker ' Echo ' that 'the option to ...

Amazon is ending a little-used privacy feature that let some users of its Echo smart speaker prevent their voice commands from going to the company's cloud. Beginning on March 28, Amazon is ending the ...

Amazon Echo users are set to lose the option to store and process their Alexa requests locally, meaning all of their voice recordings will be sent to Amazon’s cloud. After March 28, Amazon will ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Jennifer Tuohy of The Verge about changes to Amazon's smart speakers. Users will no longer be able to opt not to have their voice recordings sent to the cloud. Smart ...

Amazon is removing the "do not send voice recordings" button, an option that was popular among privacy-conscious users. "Do not send voice recordings" allows you to have audio commands processed on ...

Smart speakers can be a real help in our homes. Baking cookies? Alexa, set a 15-minute timer. Left the game on in the living room? Alexa, turn off the TV. And, of course, Alexa, tune in to NPR. You ...