Turn off Voice assistant recordings on Motorola Hello UI (Android) 14
Voice
Sensitivity 4/5
Default: Off
Phones / Motorola Hello UI (Android) 14 / Voice assistant recordings
Audio snippets are sent to server infrastructure when a wake phrase is detected on the handset. Some platforms allow human reviewers to listen to samples unless this option is switched off.
- Goes to
- Google, Apple, Samsung
- Default
- Off
- Control
- Can be switched off
- Effort
- a minute or two
- Needs
- account
How to do it
Open your Google Account settings, go to Data & privacy, select Web & App Activity, and uncheck 'Include voice and audio recordings'.
Menu names may differ by device and version.
What you lose
Google Assistant voice recognition training will no longer store audio samples of your voice commands.
What is collected
Voice recordings, transcribed text, assistant queries, device audio samples.
Vendors retain recordings to recognise spoken commands and improve speech-recognition models.
Retention is not stated here. The sensitivity rating is this site's own estimate.