EQUIPEngadget · 1h ago
The reason your Amazon Alexa devices are always listening
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Amazon Alexa devices maintain active microphone monitoring to facilitate voice-command responsiveness. Corporate users must proactively manage data privacy settings to control how the captured audio information is processed and stored by Amazon.
- 01Alexa hardware requires persistent microphone activation to recognize specific wake words and user commands
- 02Data privacy management remains the responsibility of the individual user or corporate administrator
- 03Amazon provides settings that allow users to determine how their voice data is utilized
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