How to Turn Off Google Assistant

If you find the Google Assistant annoying or invasive, turn it off. Here’s how to disable Google’s AI voice assistant on your smartphone or smart home device. (Photo by Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Who has the best virtual assistant? It’s hard to tell, especially when Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, and Google Assistant can all generally do the same tasks. You call out the AI’s wake word, and it comes to life on your …