Amazon is set to discontinue a feature that allowed select Echo smart speakers to process voice requests locally instead of sending recordings to the cloud. This change will take effect on March 28, 2025, coinciding with the anticipated launch of Alexa Plus, which relies on generative AI capabilities. While users will lose local processing, they can still opt to have their voice recordings deleted after cloud processing. Amazon emphasizes its commitment to customer privacy, offering tools to manage voice recordings.
As we continue to expand Alexa's capabilities with generative AI features that rely on the processing power of Amazon's secure cloud, we have decided to no longer support this feature.
The Alexa experience is designed to protect our customers' privacy and keep their data secure, and that's not changing. We're focusing on the privacy tools and controls that... work well with generative AI experiences.
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