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How to turn off Google Voice Assistant on Android

Google Assistant has arrived for Brazilians speaking in Portuguese and is available for Android 6 (Marshmallow) or Android 7 (Nougat) and iPhone (iOS) mobile phones. The Google personal assistant answers questions that are context-sensitive. However, your speech feature may be inconvenient in some places that require discretion, which requires that the voice be turned off.

It is not yet possible to silence the artificial intelligence completely, but an adjustment in the settings helps keep the feature in the mute for a good deal of the time. See, in the following step-by-step, how to turn the Wizard sound off on Android smartphones.

Learn to turn off Google Voice Assistant

How to use Google Assistant in Brazilian Portuguese

Step 1. Keep the Home button pressed to open Google Assistant and access the menu in the three-point icon. Then go to "Settings".

Access Wizard settings

Step 2. In the "Phone" menu, touch the item "Other voice settings".

Adjust Google Assistant voice settings

Step 3. Under "Voice Out", select "Hands-free only". This way, you guarantee that the Assistant will respond aloud when you activate it with the "Ok, Google" command, ideal for drivers, for example.

Enable speech from Google Assistant on speaker only

Step 4. Finally, in the "Phone" option, touch "Preferred entry" and check "Keyboard" to prevent the Assistant from waiting for voice commands always when opening. In this way, the feature will offer a typing field by default to ask questions.