“Amazon Echo users will no longer have the option to process their Alexa voice recordings locally, which means those recordings (with the exception of certain Alexa features like wake word detection) will be sent to the company’s cloud.”
Amazon is ending local voice processing on the three Echo models that ever had it. Every request now goes to the cloud. The stated reason is Alexa+ generative AI. Amazon paid the FTC $25 million over children’s privacy in 2023.