Fact · Voice privacy and security
Amazon told Echo owners that from March 28 their voice recordings would be sent to and processed in the cloud and deleted after Alexa processes the requests.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Starting on March 28, your voice recordings will be sent to and processed in the cloud, and they will be deleted after Alexa processes your requests”
Amazon to kill off local Alexa processing, all voice requests shipped to the cloud, The Register, The Register, 2025, Quoted Amazon email.
Open the original- What it measures
- The change ended the Do Not Send Voice Recordings option on supported Echo devices.
- What it does not show
- Quoted from an email to affected users; scope was reported for certain Echo models in the United States.