Fact · Voice privacy and security
Google's privacy policy says that, depending on your settings, Google can save audio recordings of voice interactions with Search, Assistant, Maps and Gboard, to develop and improve its audio technologies.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Depending on your settings, we can save audio recordings of voice interactions with services like Google Search, Assistant, Maps, and Gboard to develop and improve Google audio technologies.”
Google Privacy Policy, Google, Google, 2026, How Google uses data, voice and audio.
Open the original- What it measures
- The sentence is in the policy's section on how Google uses data. It names Gboard alongside Google's voice services, so it applies to voice typing as well as to Assistant.
- What it does not show
- The policy does not say which setting controls this, or how long the recordings are kept. Those details are on the Google account and Gboard pages.