Turn off Voice assistant recordings on Google Android 14
Voice
Sensitivity 4/5
Default: Off
Phones / Google 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 the Google app or visit Google Account Activity Controls online, locate Web & App Activity, and uncheck 'Include voice and audio recordings'.
Menu names may differ by device and version.
What you lose
Google Assistant will not store voice recordings to improve 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.