United Kingdom, March 17 -- Amazon is stopping the option for Echo users to not send voice recordings to the cloud.

The "Do not send voice recordings" feature will be retired on Friday, March 28.

This is to allow the company to grow its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Alexa's "capabilities with generative AI features that rely on the processing power of Amazon's secure cloud".

According to The Verge, an email sent out by the company read: "The Alexa feature 'Do Not Send Voice Recordings' that you enabled on your supported Echo device(s) will no longer be available beginning March 28, 2025.

"This feature allowed compatible Echo devices to process the audio of Alexa requests locally on device.

"As we continue to expand Alexa's cap...