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Amazon ends Echo's do-not-send-recordings option

Amazon · · Privacy & data

From 28 March 2025 Echo devices could no longer process requests on the device instead of in Amazon's cloud. Amazon tied the change to its Alexa+ assistant and said the setting was used by a small share of owners.

Why it counts

An option that kept voice audio off Amazon's servers was removed from devices that had it.

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