An opt-in Alexa feature called "Do Not Send Voice Records" stops requests from being sent to the company. It will soon be ...

Amazon is removing Alexa’s on-device processing capabilities in preparation for its generative AI upgrade. The company ...

Amazon Echo users will no longer have the option to process their Alexa voice recordings locally, which means those ...

Amazon is disabling an option that allows your Alexa voice conversations to be processed locally instead of in the cloud.

though Amazon says they will continue to work with the standard Alexa. Alexa Plus won’t support “certain older generation Echo devices,” such as the first-generation Echo, Echo Dot ...

Essentially, everything said to your Amazon Echo from March 28 on will be sent to Amazon’s cloud, and having the setting to ...

Amazon is mandating cloud-based processing for Echo voice commands, removing local storage and disabling Alexa’s voice ID to ...

With the new premium $35 Alexa Voice Remote Pro, you can say "Alexa, find my remote" into any Echo device you own (or the ...

Amazon will no longer allow Alexa users to opt out of sending their voice recordings to the cloud. (via: The Verge) This ...

I bought my first Amazon ... Echo Dot that's 9 years old) and it would be a shame for Amazon to brick them. Let's hope they don't and that all the original Echo smart speakers and various other ...

Echo Dot, Echo Plus, Echo Spot, and Echo Show, won’t support Alexa Plus. Amazon’s Astro robot will also only be compatible with the original Alexa.

Amazon Echo models that were previously able to process Alexa requests locally will no longer do so, instead sending those ...