Google IS quietly recording your voice... here is how to switch the feature off trends now
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There is a hidden feature in users' Google accounts that lets the tech giant quietly record their voices that it stores for other uses.
Google saves the audio recordings from web and app activity, along with verbal interactions with Search, Assistant and Maps, which it uses 'to develop and improve its audio recognition technologies.'
However, A tech expert recently shared a 'cheat code' that he claimed will stop Google from recording your smartphone activity.
Users need to manage their Google account and unselect options in 'Data and Privacy,' which a digital expert has claimed will block the tech company from accessing your microphone and camera.
Google saves the audio recordings from web and app activity, along with verbal interactions with Search, Assistant and Maps, which it uses 'to develop and improve its audio recognition technologies'
Users need to manage their Google account. Then select Data & Privacy at the top and then Web & Activity
Tech entrepreneur Jeffrey Castillo posted a video on Instagram, explaining that users can turn off this function by going to the Google app and clicking on 'Manage your Google account.'
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From there, select the 'Data and Privacy' tab and scroll down to 'History setting' and select the 'Web and App activity'
