Now that you've made Cortana your phone's default assistant, you can summon her by pressing and holding the home button on your phone. Instead of Google Assistant popping up, the familiar circle will.

Not a fan of Google Assistant on your Android device? Here's how to (mostly) replace it!

Google Assistant can be a very useful feature on your Android phone, but it requires a ton of permissions which you may not be comfortable with.

Your Android phone may be recording your voice when you didn't want it to. Here's how to turn off Google assistant.

Access Android Auto Settings: Open the Android Auto app and go to Settings. Turn Off Google Assistant: Navigate to the Google Assistant section and toggle the switch to the off position.

If you find Google Assistant mode annoying than useful, we don't blame you. In fact, there's a way to disable the whole feature from your Android smartphone, so you never have to hear Google's ...