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In this world full of technological advances, you guys must have seen that voice assistance devices have taken their own space. Not only those devices, but voice assistance is also there in out mobile phones, smartwatches and every possible thing. It has made a lot of things convenient easier for us. However, there are a lot of users who somehow do not feel that comfortable with its feature called “always listening” and want to turn it off. Well, here in this article we are going to tell how to use a voice assistant without it “always listening”.
What’s “Always Listening”
First of all you need to know what “Always Listening” actually means –
All the devices that comes with voice assistance have a feature called “always listening” which helps the users to use the voice assistant without having to physically activate it. This is a great feature as it helps you to do multitasking at the same time without wasting any of your time. Plus it does not record anything until it hears the command but there are a lot of people who are not comfortable with this feature and wish to just turn it off. Here we are going to tell you how to use voice assistance on different devices without it “always listening” –
Steps to Stop Your iPhone From Listening to You– Disable “Always Listening” Feature
- For the iPhone with the home button, you can long-press the home button and then start speaking immediately.
- For those without a home button, the users can press the slide button and then start speaking to Siri, immediately.
Steps to Stop Your Android From Listening to You– Disable “Always Listening” Feature
The functions on android might vary from device to device as it comes from different companies and there are many different models. However, most of the android devices comes with similar functions so here is what you can do to use voice assistant on android devices –
Here you first need to ensure whether your device has Google Assistant or not, if not then you need to get one. After this, you just need to long press the home button to launch the Google Assistant and you can then start speaking to it.
Steps to Stop Your Windows10 From Listening to You– Disable “Always Listening” Feature
It is not only your smartphones that comes with voice assistant as now your PCs are also equipped with the same. Windows 10 offers the voice assistant support and it is absolutely easy to use that. Here is how you can do that –
You just need to click on the “Cortana” button which is right next to the search box on the taskbar and you can simply start giving the commands.
Steps to Stop Your Mac From Listening to You– Disable “Always Listening” Feature
Just like the iPhones, Mac also comes with Siri and it is quite easy to use that.
On the top-right corner of your screen, you will see the “Siri” button, next to the clock and you can start speaking to it after clicking on Siri.
Steps to Stop Your iWatch From Listening to You– Disable “Always Listening” Feature
Apple has introduced Siri in all of its devices which has made things quite convenient for all of us. Apple Watch also comes with Siri and it is quite easy to use it on the watch as well. All of you need to do is press the Digital Crown which is on the side of the watch and it will launch Siri and you can immediately start speaking.
Voice Assistant is one of the greatest technological advancements which has made things quite easy for all of us. Now you also do not need to worry about the “Always Listening” feature as you can use the voice assistant manually.
