<ul><li>Starting on March 28, recordings of everything spoken to the Alexa living in Echo speakers and smart displays will automatically be sent to Amazon and processed in the cloud.</li><li>Amazon announced that Echo users will no longer be able to set their devices to process Alexa requests locally to avoid sending voice recordings to Amazon's cloud.</li><li>The change comes as Amazon prepares to roll out Alexa+ on Echo devices, a generative AI version of Alexa.</li><li>Amazon sent an email to users with 'Do Not Send Voice Recordings' enabled, discussing the change and attempting to rationalize it.</li></ul>

Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28

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