Turn off Voice assistant recordings on OnePlus OxygenOS 16
Voice
Sensitivity 4/5
Default: Off
Phones / OnePlus OxygenOS 16 / 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 Google settings, tap Manage your Google Account, open Data & privacy, and confirm voice audio recordings are unselected.
Usually found under: Settings > Google > Manage your Google Account > Data & privacy > Web & App Activity
Menu names may differ by device and version.
What you lose
Google Assistant will not use recordings of your voice to tune its speech recognition models.
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.