Google giving more control over Assistant recording review: Here's how

To begin with, Google doesn't send voice recordings for review unless the user has enabled the Voice & Audio Activity setting.

Now, the company said it will update this setting to highlight that turning it on will send some recording snippets to reviewers.

Also, it will prompt both new and existing Assistant users to re-confirm their choice to opt-in to this setting.

The search giant has also said it will add new privacy filters to make sure the transcription process is more secure and your identity is never associated with recordings.

And, while the company claims to collect just 0.2% of recordings from all users who have VAA enabled, it has emphasized the audio data will be automatically deleted once it's older than a few months.

Finally, Google will also introduce a sensitivity feature that would keep Google Assistant from detecting the 'Hey Google' wake word mistakenly.

Currently, unintended triggers result in the recording of extra noises, conversations, which Google Assistant deletes automatically.

However, the new option would let users adjust how sensitive Assistant is to 'Hey Google', thereby preventing it from picking up unintended audio in the first place.

Google plans to introduce some of the planned changes later this year, but the practice of recording review still remains paused.

The company has not exactly said when the work will resume for users who have opted-in.

Either way, the latest move from the company - after Apple and Amazon's damage control - could certainly give Assistant users a sense of security.