You surely know that Android smartphones come with smart personal assistants by default. Samsung has Bixby, Apple has Siri and Google has Google Assistant. the second one available by default and activated by saying “Hey Google”. Especially if it gets more complicated with the so-called advent of Bard, Mountain View’s speech AI, Not everyone wants to use.
However, the assistant is enabled by default and records what you can say in front of your smartphone, even if no action is taken by you. In other words : The microphone constantly “listens” in case you say a wake-up phrase. Even if everything is safe and don’t take risks as in theory nothing should leak and Disable Google Assistant.
How to stop your Android mobile from listening to you by disabling Google Assistant?
The process is simple. Note that it was made on . Android 12. So it is possible that the procedure will differ little depending on your system version:
- open app Settings.
- go inside Google.
- Press Google app settingsto.
- To choose Search, Assistant and Voice.
- At the bottom, tap Sound.
- choose Audio Matching.
- Deactivate Hello Google using the button.
Do this only disables Google Assistant listening. Still in other apps on your smartphone permission to use microphone because they need it to work. However, you can limit the listening app by app by going to:
- Settings.
- Applications.
- Show XX apps (your entire device).
- Tap someone with microphone access.
- open them Permissions Later Microphone.
- tick Allow only if app is in use.
Like this, you don’t block your apps from running, but they don’t listen permanently. Use option for your convenience Show all apps with this permissionas in the screenshot below.