As of March 28, Amazon Echo models that were previously able to handle Alexa requests will no longer do this, but instead send these voice recordings to the cloud. Amazon spokesperson confirmed the change edge Reddit user has published a PSA About it, on Friday, they received screenshots of emails received by the company. The change applies to the Echo Dot (4th Generation), the Echo Show 10 and the Echo Show 15. edge.
The settings for echo users with the option “Don’t Send Voice Recording” will automatically change to “Don’t Save Recording” according to the email shared on Reddit. It continues: “This means that starting March 28, your voice recordings will be sent to the cloud and processed, and they will be deleted after Alexa processes your request. Any previously saved voice recordings will also be deleted.” The move comes a few weeks later Amazon introduces Alexa+which brings generated AI to the assistant. Amazon says At the February unveiling event Alexa+ will begin early this month’s visit.
“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,” Amazon said in an email to customers.
