Amazon Developing Alexa Voice ID For Echo

Alexa has always been able to hear your voice but it might be able to actually recognize it soon. Amazon is developing technology for the Echo lineup of home assistant devices that would allow it to recognize the voices of individual users, according to Time. As Time notes, this feature is expected to be applied for general use and security applications. For instance, Alexa could require purchases to need a specific user's voice in order to fully process orders. While Amazon has finished developing much of the technology for voice ID, secondary issues like privacy concerns have delayed the feature rollout, which does not yet have a definite release date.