Post #1297406

2026-04-16 05:11 UTC

Pixel users: I&#39;m a bit inexperienced with this particular phone, so this is tripping me up. I enabled &quot;Hey Google&quot; for someone. Now their phone displays a small strip at the top of the screen, evidently not accessible using TalkBack. This strip displays whatever anyone around them is saying, and Gemini&#39;s response to it. How do I stop this? That seems rather... weird.

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@stevo399@dragonscave.space 2026-04-23 22:48

Apparently this was VoiceAccess, and could be turned off in I believe it was the notification shade. Turning that off fixed the problem.

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@lexipic@dragonscave.space 2026-04-16 10:24

@stevo399@dragonscave.space I will be honest hear. I have tried pixel, and i didn't really enjoy the experience much. Stock Android and me just don't get along well.

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@dhamlinmusic@dragonscave.space 2026-04-16 12:06

@stevo399@dragonscave.space never run across this, unsure why it would do that

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@TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space 2026-04-16 13:21

@stevo399@dragonscave.space Sounds like Voice Access to me. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.accessibility.voiceaccess&hl=en-US. I've never used it, but you should probably be able to tell it "stop listening" or "stop voice access". This is voice controlled technology, so if that doesn't work, settings, accessibility, voice access, off.

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@KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 17:47

@stevo399@dragonscave.space That's bizarre, I'm using a Pixel 8 and I've never seen that happen, and I've owned three Pixel devices since 2018

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