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> Why would people voluntarily do this in exchange for being able to ask for weather, play a playlist, add a todo and a few other parlor tricks. I don't really
by fluffything 7y ago
> Why would people voluntarily do this in exchange for being able to ask for weather, play a playlist, add a todo and a few other parlor tricks.
I don't really understand why the device needs to store my recording and send it over the internet.
I would be willing to pay more for a device that guarantees that my recordings are deleted immediately.
- jeremyjh 7y agoEcho does this - only wake word phrases are sent to the internet - but it is not guaranteed by the hardware. Also your failed requests - where it recognized the wake word but not the request - are listened to by QA people. Those could easily be private conversations with an accidental wake word.
- machello13 7y agoI'm pretty sure this is how all smart speakers work.
- tjansen 7y agoA simple work-around on Echos is to enable the wake word notification pling. Then you immediately notice that the Echo is listening.