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Your Amazon Echo is losing the ability to process Alexa commands on-device
Amazon is removing the 'Do Not Send Voice Recordings' feature in preparation for Alexa's generative AI upgrade.
- Amazon is removing Alexa’s on-device processing capabilities in preparation for its generative AI upgrade.
- The company recently alerted users of this change in an email stating that the ‘Do Not Send Voice Recordings’ feature will no longer be available starting March 28.
- Amazon will automatically switch the Alexa setting to ‘Don’t save recordings’ on affected devices later this month.
Amazon finally announced the highly anticipated generative AI-powered upgrade for Alexa late last month. The new and improved voice assistant, dubbed Alexa Plus, is scheduled to roll out in early access later this month, giving users access to new capabilities, like a more conversational experience, personal memory, smarter music and video controls, visual understanding, and more. However, it’s also dropping support for a key feature.
Amazon recently sent an email to Alexa users (via Reddit), highlighting that it will soon disable the on-device processing feature previously available on select Echo devices. Per the email, the ‘Do Not Send Voice Recordings’ feature, which allowed compatible devices to process Alexa commands locally, will no longer be available starting March 28, 2025.
