How to silence Google Assistant responses on your Android phone

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You're sitting in your office and decide to find out when your next appointment is. You pick up your phone and murmur quietly, OK Google, when's my next appointment?" And then, loud enough to be heard over the entire room, your Google Assistant announces, Next up, you have an appointment with your urologist on September 3rd at 9AM."

You don't have to hide under your desk anymore. Google has now made it possible to silence all Google Assistant voice output and only show the answers to your questions on your phone. Here's how to set it up.

First, you need to get to your Google Assistant settings. You can do it one of two ways:

• Use your voice by long-pressing on your power button or saying Hey, Google" or OK Google" and say Open...

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