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Amazon turned off Alexa voice commands for the AUX input on four older Echo speakers
Engadget· 1 NovEngadget reports that Amazon has disabled Alexa voice commands such as "Alexa, play from line in" and "Alexa, set AUX input" on the second-generation Echo Plus (2018), third-generation Echo (2019), original Echo Studio (2019) and fourth-generation Echo (2020). Amazon confirmed the removal, and told The Verge it notified the very small number of customers who use it.
- If you use the AUX jack, plug in the cable as before and switch the input on or off in the Alexa app instead of by voice.
- If you rely on a voice assistant feature, note the date you bought the device, as features on older models can be removed without a price change.
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