Ars is owned by WIRED's parent company, Condé Nast. In an email sent to customers today, Amazon said that Echo users will no longer be able to set their devices to process Alexa requests locally ...

Amazon Echo users will no longer have the option to process their Alexa voice recordings locally, which means those recordings (with the exception of certain Alexa features like wake word ...

Owners of the Amazon Echo have long had the option for the device to process requests locally, thereby keeping their information off of Amazon’s servers. That functionality is going away ...

Amazon is planning to remove a privacy setting on its Echo devices later this month that will allow virtually all voice requests to go to the company's cloud. The company's cloud-based voice ...

Do You Hear What I Hear? Amazon Removes Echo Privacy Setting — What You Should Know Your email has been sent Amazon is mandating cloud-based processing for Echo ...

Alexa is about to echo everything you say to her to Amazon. Owners of the Amazon Echo have long had the option to process requests locally, meaning their information wasn’t sent to Amazon’s ...

With Alexa+ rolling out to Amazon Echo devices in the coming weeks, we’re getting a clearer view of the privacy concessions people will have to make to maximize usage of the AI voice assistant ...

Here are your options. Apple's HomePod line of smart devices work similarly to Amazon Echo devices. You can ask questions and Siri will answer them, among other things. There's good news and bad ...

Some Echo users can currently opt not to send voice recordings to Amazon’s servers, instead relying on the device’s processing to interpret what is being said locally The Amazon Echo Pop is a ...

Amazon is removing a key privacy feature from its Echo smart speakers — and Alexa+ is to blame. On March 28, Amazon will remove the ability to have Alexa process your voice requests locally ...

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