Turn off Voice assistant recordings on Samsung One UI 6.1
Voice
Sensitivity 4/5
Default: Varies
Phones / Samsung One UI 6.1 / 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
- Varies
- Control
- Can be switched off
- Effort
- a minute or two
- Needs
- account
How to do it
Open Settings, navigate to Google, select Google Assistant settings, and opt out of saving audio recordings under Voice & Audio Activity.
Usually found under: Settings > Google > Settings for Google apps > Search, Assistant & Voice > Google Assistant
Menu names may differ by device and version.
What you lose
Assistant speech recognition personalisation may be slightly less tailored.
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.