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Amazon is removing the "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" option on Echo devices starting March 28, forcing all voice requests to be processed in the cloud.

while recordings will be deleted after processing, users who opt not to save them will lose Voice ID functionality, which enables most features. that said, only 0.03% of users actually turned on the opt-in feature in the first place.

Amazon is removing the "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" option on Echo devices starting March 28, forcing all voice requests to be processed in the cloud.

while recordings will be deleted after processing, users who opt not to save them will lose Voice ID functionality, which enables most features. that said, only 0.03% of users actually turned on the opt-in feature in the first place.

https://nypost.com/2025/03/17/tech/amazon-is-making-a-privacy-change-to-echo-that-could-make-device-useless/