Turn off Voice assistant recordings on Samsung One UI 8
Voice
Sensitivity 4/5
Default: Asks
Phones / Samsung One UI 8 / 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
- Asks
- Control
- Can be switched off
- Effort
- a minute or two
- Needs
- account
How to do it
Open Settings, navigate to Google, open Voice settings in Assistant, and turn off voice audio recording retention.
Menu names may differ by device and version.
What you lose
Audio clips will not be kept to refine your personal voice model.
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.