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Google Assistant picking up new silent-response option so you can finally get some peace and quiet

 The Google Assistant can be genuinely useful, but it's also pretty chatty. Google just updated its support site to detail a new feature that invites Assistant to put a sock in it. Soon, you'll be able to turn off Assistant speech output on your phone.

 You can learn about the new speech output toggle on Google's Assistant voice support page. The new section, titled "Turn off speech output," explains how you can get a quieter Assistant experience. Just open Assistant, tap the explore icon, open the settings, and go to the Assistant tab. Under "Voice and speech," you'll find an option to change speech output to Hands-free only. And just like that, Assistant will do what you say, but it won't speak out loud to tell you about it. Responses still appear on the screen, though.

 Mine has gone live I see and should be useful as on many occasions you don't want Assistant loudly announcing results.

 See https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/08/26/google-assistant-shut-up-speech-output/

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