Activity controls and Google Nest

Important: If you use Gemini for Home, please review the Nest Privacy FAQs to learn how Gemini for Home works with your smart devices.

When you set up Google Assistant, you may be asked to turn on some activity control settings. You may also be asked to turn on some of these settings if you received this or a similar message on your Nest device: “To get help with that, you'll need to give me some more information."

Important: Make sure you're signed into the same Google Account that is linked to your speaker or display.

Your Assistant may ask you to turn on these settings:

• Web & App Activity includes your activity on Google sites and apps. This info helps your Assistant provide more personalized experiences and suggestions, and improve Google services and technologies for everyone.

• App info from your devices saves info from your signed-in devices about installed apps to make them easier to interact with. Learn how to manage device app info from your devices.

• Contact info from your devices saves info from your signed-in devices about your contacts to make them easier to interact with. Learn how to manage contact info from your devices.

• Voice and audio activity saves audio recordings from your interactions with Google Search, Google Assistant, and Maps in your Google Account to help improve audio recognition, including technologies to help reduce unintended activations. Learn how to manage audio recordings in your Web & App Activity.

When you turn on these settings, you turn them on for your Assistant and other Google services you use.

Turn settings on or off

Follow these steps:

1. On your device, go to your Google Account. You might need to sign in to your account.
2. You can turn these settings on or off:
   • Web & App Activity
     • Audio recordings
   • App info from your devices
   • Contact info from your devices

You can also learn more about how these settings let your Assistant help you.

Manage your Google Assistant's activity from the Home app

You can check the history of Google Assistant's activity with the Home App. You have options to find details on specific activities, or delete them from your history.

You could learn more about Google Assistant.

Check your Google Assistant activity history

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
3. Tap Home settings   Privacy  Home history.

View details about an activity

You can check the details about an activity, such as when the activity took place and what device was used.

Next to an activity in your history, tap Menu  Details.

Delete an activity from your history

Next to an activity in your history, tap Menu Delete Delete.