amazon alexa: Amazon Alexa gets new privacy controls – how to use them on your smart speakers

At its recent hardware event, Amazon launched its 2020 product line that includes new Echo devices, Fire Sticks, Ring cameras, Eero devices, and more. Along with this, the company also announced new privacy controls for Alexa, the smart voice assistant that powers its smart speakers. Users can now configure their Amazon smart speakers so that they never save their voice recordings. Until now, users could choose to automatically delete their recordings after 2 or 18 months. Here’s how you can configure the new privacy controls:

Amazon still has the option to delete recordings one by one, date range, per Alexa-enabled device, and all recordings at once. In the Automatically delete recordings option, Alexa also offers the option to keep your recordings saved for 3 months and 18 months or choose to delete them manually. Click here to learn more about it.

Manage Alexa privacy using voice commands

Expanding on its privacy voice controls introduced last year, Amazon has added a couple of new privacy voice commands that allow users to delete their voice recordings, ask Alexa to review their privacy settings, and also on any questions. related to privacy. Let’s see how this works:

Command 1: Alexa, delete everything I said

This command will delete all voice recordings associated with the respective Amazon account.

Command 2: Alexa, how do I check my privacy settings?

Alexa will send a direct link in the Alexa app that will redirect users to Alexa’s privacy settings. Here users can review their privacy settings and make any necessary changes that are best for them.

Command 3: Alexa, how do I manage my data?

Alexa can now answer questions like this. Users can now ask Alexa on how to manage their data stored in Amazon accounts and more.