How Do You Stop Google Home Mini From Listening

The LEDs are my one problem actually across nearly all smart speakers.

How do you stop google home mini from listening. As you sweep for these suspicious objects scan the walls of your house for small drill holes a common hiding spot for bugs. Slide out the left menu and choose Settings then tap the Hey Google detection entry. Tap your icon in the top-right corner and then choose My Activity.

You can get there by selecting the device in the google home app then on the upper right corner theres the settings icon. From there you can view a chronological list of all the commands youve given your device. Turning voice Activity off doesnt stop Google storing your recordings but it means they get kept with an anonymous identifier and cant be easily linked back to your account.

Googles effect is a little more subtle than Amazons Echos in Amazons case an even more obtrusive red ring. You can prevent your Google Home from listening to your conversations by turning off the microphone or change your privacy settings to prevent Google. You will see a warning that states Google devices may not understand you when you say Hey Google but we think its old warning text.

When activated the speaker will no longer listen to your voice and you will not be able to interact with it even when saying the trigger phrase OK Google. Scroll to Voice Audio Activity and toggle it off. Google lights up the four cardinal points of the Google Homes top-mounted display in a warm warning orange.

Both the Google Home Mini and the Nest Mini have a microphone mute button on the rear. Just ask your google home mini to turn on night mode and it will respond with a simple chime for all commands until verbally turned off or changed in the settings on the google home app. Under the General section.

Theres an option to disable DUO calls on a google home device. Open the Google Home app on your mobile phone. If you dont want Google to listen while youre using Google Maps andor Android Auto youll need to disable Google Assistant voice detection for those apps separately.