Here’s a practical, up‑to‑date guide on how to turn off Google AI on mobile (mainly Android), plus what you realistically can’t fully disable anymore.

Quick Scoop

You can’t flip one master “no AI” switch on Google’s ecosystem, but you can strip away most AI features by turning them off app‑by‑app: Assistant/Gemini, predictive typing, smart replies, AI in search, etc.

1. Turning off Google Assistant / Gemini as assistant

On many Android phones, Gemini is replacing Google Assistant as the default assistant, but you can still disable most of it or remove it from the assistant role.

A. Disable Google Assistant (classic way)

  1. Open the Google app.
  2. Tap your profile photo (top right) → Settings.
  3. Tap Google Assistant (or Assistant / Search, Assistant & Voice, wording varies).
  1. Go to General.
  2. Turn the Google Assistant toggle off and confirm.

Once off, your phone will no longer respond to “Hey Google” and won’t pop up the assistant when it thinks you’re talking to it.

B. If you see Gemini instead of Assistant

On newer updates, Gemini is pushed as the main assistant. You usually have these options:

  • Open the Gemini app.
  • Tap your profile icon → look for something like Gemini Apps Activity.
  • Tap Turn off → Turn off and delete activity to stop logging and delete recent AI activity.

On some phones you can still switch back to Google Assistant instead of Gemini or uninstall the Gemini app entirely, which effectively kills its AI assistant behavior.

2. Stop the assistant from launching (buttons & “Hey Google”)

Even if you turned the assistant off inside Google’s app, the system might still try to invoke it on long‑press or swipe gestures.

A. Remove the default digital assistant

  1. Open Settings on your phone.
  2. Go to Apps (or Apps & notifications).
  3. Tap Default apps.
  4. Find Digital assistant app / Device assistant app.
  5. Set it to None (or pick a different, non‑AI app if allowed).

This stops long‑press on home, side key, or gesture from opening Google Assistant or Gemini.

B. Turn off “Hey Google” / voice activation

  1. Open Settings → Google.
  2. Tap Search, Assistant & Voice → Google Assistant.
  3. Go to Hey Google & Voice Match (or Voice → Voice Match).
  4. Toggle off Hey Google / voice activation.

Now the device won’t be listening for the wake phrase in the background for assistant.

3. Turning off AI in specific Google apps

Google’s AI is sprinkled everywhere—Messages, Phone, keyboard, Gmail, camera, search. You usually have to turn off each feature in its own app.

A. Google Messages (Gemini & smart replies)

  • Open Google Messages.
  • Tap your account icon → Messages settings.
  • Look for Gemini in Messages and toggle it off.
  • Also open Suggestions (or similar) and disable:
    • Smart Reply
    • Suggested actions.

This stops AI‑generated reply suggestions and chat‑style Gemini in Messages.

B. Google Phone app (call screening & AI assist)

  • Open the Phone app by Google.
  • Tap the three dots (top right) → Settings.
  • Go to Assistive (or similar section).
  • Turn off any AI features: call screening, hold for me, wait time predictions, etc., by toggling them off.

This brings calls back closer to a traditional dialer without AI assistance.

C. Keyboard AI: predictive text, suggestions

Most Android keyboards use AI for next‑word prediction, corrections, and personal suggestions. You can turn a lot of this off:

Typical path (varies by device):

  1. Go to Settings → System → Languages & input → On‑screen keyboard.
  2. Choose your keyboard (Gboard, Samsung Keyboard, etc.).
  3. Look for options like:
    • Text correction
    • Predictive text
    • Next‑word suggestions
    • Personalized suggestions.
  4. Turn these toggles off.

Typing feels more “manual” afterwards—less autocorrect and prediction, more keystrokes and possibly more typos—but much less AI‑driven.

D. Gmail smart suggestions (if accessed on mobile)

Settings for Gmail AI are mainly in the web interface, but they affect your account on mobile too.

On a computer:

  1. Open Gmail → Settings (gear) → See all settings.
  2. Under General , turn off:
    • Smart Compose
    • Smart Compose personalization
    • Smart Reply.
  1. Save changes.

Your phone then stops getting AI‑generated email sentence completions and suggested replies for that Gmail account.

4. Turning off AI in Google Search (AI Overviews)

On mobile, one of the biggest annoyances is AI Overviews at the top of Google results. You can’t globally “ban” them in account settings yet, but there are workarounds.

A. Use a custom “AI‑free” search shortcut (Chrome)

In Chrome (mobile/desktop), you can create a custom search engine that removes AI Overviews using the udm=14 parameter:

  • Create a new custom search with:
    • Name: AI Free Web
    • Shortcut: @web
    • URL:
      {google:baseURL}search?q=%s&udm=14

When you search using that custom engine, Google returns more traditional lists of links instead of AI Overviews.

B. Use browser extensions (where available)

On some browsers, there are extensions like “Bye Bye Google AI” that visually hide AI Overviews and other AI elements with CSS.

  • These can:
    • Hide AI Overviews.
    • Hide discussions, shopping blocks, extra clutter.

They are not bulletproof, though—Google UI changes can break them, and they usually work better on desktop than in mobile browsers.

5. System‑level AI and what you can’t fully turn off

There is a hard reality: on many modern Android phones, especially Google’s Pixel and OEMs like Samsung, some AI is deeply integrated and can’t be fully disabled. You can only reduce its reach.

What you can usually reduce but not entirely kill

  • Gemini as the default assistant
    • You can turn off activity tracking, remove permissions, and sometimes uninstall the Gemini app.
* But by design, Google plans for Gemini to be the default assistant on most Android phones, and you can’t fully eliminate underlying AI logic in the OS.
  • Camera AI / photo enhancements
    • You can disable specific features like scene optimization or AI filters in the camera app, but the underlying processing pipeline often still uses AI.
  • System suggestions and “smart” features
    • OEM layers (like Galaxy AI, Magic Portal, etc.) provide device‑level AI.
    • You can go into Settings → manufacturer AI menu (e.g., Galaxy AI) and toggle tools off one by one, but some background models remain.

When you want almost no Google AI at all

Some privacy‑focused guides point out that if you want near‑total freedom from Google’s AI, your options become more radical:

  • De‑Google your device (limit or remove Google apps and services).
  • Use open‑source operating systems like GrapheneOS , where Google services and AI are not baked in by default.

That’s a big step, but it’s the clearest route away from always‑on AI in 2025–2026.

6. Forum‑style reality check

“I turned everything off but Google still feels AI‑heavy. Is that normal?”

Yes. Once you disable Assistant/Gemini, voice triggers, predictive text, smart replies, and AI Overviews workarounds, the phone feels much simpler, but bits of AI still run under the hood—especially for photos, spam detection, and OS‑level suggestions.

“Is it worth turning all this off?”

That depends on what you value:

  • If you care most about privacy and control , turning off AI features reduces data collection and background analysis.
  • If you care about convenience , you may miss things like call screening, auto‑drafting messages, and one‑tap replies.

Many users end up in a middle ground: turn off obvious AI text/summarization tools but keep things like basic autocorrect and spam filtering.

7. SEO: how this topic is trending

  • The phrase “how to turn off google ai on mobile” has been rising since Google started rolling Gemini and AI Overviews more aggressively in 2024–2025.
  • Tech blogs, security companies, and privacy advocates now publish detailed toggle‑by‑toggle guides to reduce AI, underscoring how mainstream the frustration has become.

A good practical approach is to revisit your settings every few months, because new updates tend to re‑enable or add AI features silently.

Mini TL;DR

  • There’s no single master switch to turn off all Google AI on mobile.
  • You can, however, make your phone feel mostly non‑AI by:
    • Disabling Assistant/Gemini and voice triggers.
* Turning off AI in **Messages** , **Phone** , **keyboard** , **Gmail** , and **search AI Overviews** (via custom search or extensions).

* Reducing **system AI features** in settings (OEM AI menus) and limiting how much you rely on Google apps.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.