Allow personal results on your Assistant-enabled devices

Important: For Chromecast devices, personal results are only available on Chromecast with Google TV.

Set up personal results in your home

Important: If you have personal results and Voice Match turned on and then later turn off Voice Match, personal results also turn off automatically. You can always turn personal results back on without Voice Match.

When you set up personal results, you can turn this on for all current and future devices in your home. You can also turn off personal results for a specific device at any time.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Home app .
2. At the bottom, tap Home Settings .
3. Under “Features,” tap Google Assistant Personal results.
4. Edit settings for the devices in your home.

Tip: You can also set up personal results when you set up Voice Match.

Turn off personal results in your home

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Home app .
2. At the bottom, tap Home Settings .
3. Under “Features,” tap Google Assistant Personal results.
4. Tap Turn off personal results in this home.

Turn personal results on or off for a device

Important: Before you can turn on Personal results for a device, you must turn on Personal results for the home.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Home app .
2. At the bottom, tap Home Settings .
3. Under “Features,” tap Google Assistant Personal results.
4. Tap the name of your device.
   • To turn on personal results: Check the box next to the device name.
   • To turn off personal results: Uncheck the box next to the device name.

1. On your Google TV, at the top right, select Settings.
   • You can also press and hold the Assistant button on your remote and say "Open settings."
2. Select Privacy Google Assistant.
3. Turn on or off Personal results.

Important: In cars, Voice Match isn't available.

Personal results on some Google Assistant auto accessories, like the Anker Roav Bolt and the JBL Link Drive, are managed with headphones settings. Learn how to get personal results on headphones.

When you turn on Personal results, upcoming calendar events and YouTube video recommendations appear on your Smart Display. Anyone near the device can find or act on them.

To stop personal results on the home screen and as notifications:

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Home app .
2. At the bottom, tap Home .
3. Touch and hold your Smart Display.
4. At the top right, tap Device settings Recognition & sharing Recognition & Personalization.
5. Under "How personal results appear," select Never show proactively.

When you turn on Personal results, destination and media recommendations appear on the car display. Anyone in the car can view, tap, or act on them.

Important: This feature is only available on some Google TVs in the US.

You automatically get some personal results like YouTube recommendations on your TV Ambient Screen and as notifications.

Anyone can find and act on personal results. You can turn off or manage Personal results with Assistant settings on your TV, in Settings in your Home app, or in the Assistant app.

To stop personal results on the Ambient Screen and as notifications:

1. On your Google TV, at the top right, select Settings.
   • You can also press and hold the Assistant button on your remote and say "Open settings.”
2. Select Privacy Google Assistant.
3. Under “Personal results,” select Never show proactively.