CNET reported a few weeks ago that Amazon is preparing to remove a key privacy setting in its Alexa smart home devices. Today, it goes into effect. Here's what it means.

Changes to Amazon Alexa mean that it's time to check your privacy settings, as you could be handing over more data than you realize.

Starting March 28, Alexa Echo users won't be able to block their devices from sending all voice recordings to Amazon for analysis. Just before this privacy change, more than 2,000 US adults were ...

While some smart devices are fully functional without an internet connection, Alexa devices require internet for most things, ...

This two-step change means Alexa users need to make a trade-off between privacy and functionality. Put simply, Amazon needs Echo devices to start making money. As US voice assistant expert Joseph ...

Alexa users also have a setting called “Don’t save recordings”, which, if enabled, deletes cloud recordings once they’re ...

Overall, though, they were pretty impressed by their experience. "Old Alexa was hot garbage but this new one was a pleasant ...

Amazon has finally started the rollout of Alexa+ as an early preview, but it is missing a few advanced features that might take a while.

Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-powered “agentic capabilities” and turn a profit from the popular devices.

This Echo is more than a standard speaker and it’s presented as “a smart home gateway and entertainment centerpiece” in its ...

People don’t want a “shiny artifact,” they’re looking for ways to meaningfully enhance their lives, he said at Temple’s ...

Normally, the Amazon Echo Auto will run you $55 but right now it is part of an Amazon limited time deal as we lead into Prime ...