2 Quick Ways To Disable Google Assistant From Your Smartphone

From Siri to Alexa to Google Now, we are technically living in the age of virtual assistants. No wonder they have made our lives easier. Be it getting live updates about events, weather forecast, or playing our favorite music while we’re getting ready for wok—everything is on our tips!

As majority of users own Android phones, Google Assistant gained immense popularity within no time.  But not everyone is a big fan! If you dislike Google Assistant way too much then here are the 2 quick ways to disable it from your Smartphone.

So, let’s explore a few ways to disable Google Assistant one by one.

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Via What’s On My Screen Feature

One of the biggest complaints faced by users while using it, is that the home button long-press that used to launch Google Now has been hijacked by Assistant. So, if you miss the old days of long pressing the home button to retrieve all sorts of contextual information here’s what you can do:

1. Navigate to a screen where you’d normally use ‘Now on Tap’, then long-press the home button.
   
2. Once you do this, Google Assistant will appear on the screen and then simply say “What’s on my Screen” or hit the button at the bottom.
   
3. There you have it! Now On functionality right within Google Assistant.
   

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How To Use Google Now And Google Assistant Together

If you want to get the best of both worlds then here’s what you can do:

1. Download Nova Launcher.
2. Press the home button to set it as your default launcher.
3. Head on to Nova’s Settings.
4. Scroll down to “Gestures and Inputs”
   
5. Tap on “Home Button” and select “Google Now”.

The long press option will now launch Google Assistant but if you press the home button while being on home screen it’ll launch Google Now.

This is one of the best approaches to use if you equally love Google Now and Google Assistant.

How To Permanently Disable Google Assistant from Your Smartphone

If you didn’t like the above-mentioned approach and want to get rid of Google Assistant permanently then here’s what you need to do.

So, if you’re okay removing Google Assistant permanently from your device let’s proceed further.

1. Long Press the home button to launch Google Assistant.
2. Tap the tiny blue colored icon on the right to open main screen on Google Assistant.
   
3. Tap the three dots icon and then select “Settings”.
   
4. Under the Devices section, pick your device (the phone which you’re currently using).
   
5. In your device window simply toggle the “Google Assistant” option to disable it from your device.
   
6. Just keep in mind, toggling this feature will completely disable all Google Assistant functionality from your Smartphone.
   

If at any time if you start missing Google Assistant, then you can again enable it. Just long-press the home button again and just tap “Turn on.”

Your Google Assistant will then be ready to help you again!

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So, folks, here was a quick summary that’ll help you in enabling/disabling Google Assistant from your Android Smartphone. For any other queries or suggestions feel free to hit the comment box.