The Amazon Echo 4th Generation is the best Alexa speaker for most people, and right now you can save 35% on one!

While the Amazon Echo regularly goes for $100, right now you can grab it for 35% off at Amazon. That brings its price to just ...

Amazon is ending a little-used privacy feature that let some users of its Echo smart speaker prevent their voice commands from going to the company’s cloud.

On the exterior of both the 4th Gen Echo and 5th Gen Echo Dot, you can also find a mic-off button that will prevent any audio input from reaching Alexa. However, in 2025, Amazon is making even ...

Amazon recently shut down the ability to process Alexa voice recordings locally on select Echo smart speakers, raising ...

Amazon is removing a key privacy feature from its Echo smart speakers that one tech expert has called ‘absolutely unforgivable’. Some devices can process voice requests locally – ‘on-device’ – so all ...

Amazon is planning to remove a privacy setting on its Echo devices later this month that will allow virtually all voice requests to go to the company's cloud. The company's cloud-based voice ...

Amazon is discontinuing a privacy-focused ... impacts three Echo models: the Echo Dot (4th Gen), Echo Show 10 and Echo Show 15. The move was announced in an email sent to customers last week ...

This feature is available on the 4th generation Echo Dot, the Echo Show 10 and the Echo Show 15, but not all Alexa-equipped speakers Amazon has made to date. Once this option is removed ...

The Amazon Echo 4th Generation is still the best speaker for most people. Sure, the Amazon Echo Studio is technically “better,” but it is a specialized and overpriced speaker that few can ...

It only worked on three devices: the 4th generation Echo Dot, the Echo Show 10 and the Echo Show 15 — and only for customers in the U.S. with devices set to English. Amazon said less than 0.03% ...

It only worked on three devices: the 4th generation Echo Dot, the Echo Show 10 and the Echo Show 15 — and only for customers in the U.S. with devices set to English. Amazon said less than 0.03% ...