Amazon is altering its Alexa+ service for its AI assistants, meaning that all voice recordings will be sent to and processed in the cloud, and then deleted once the AI has processed the request.
However, the change will mean that recordings are no longer stored locally on devices, meaning they will be accessible to Amazon’s cloud, undermining user privacy.
Furthermore, Amazon has not ruled out the possibility that voice recordings may be used to improve and train AI algorithms.
The change will impact all Alexa users, as it will be rolled out on 28 March 2025, and will impact the Echo Show 15, Echo Show 10, and fourth-generation Echo Dot.
Users will not have full feature access should they not want their voice recordings saved, with Voice ID functionalities being removed should they choose greater privacy settings.
