The voice assistant S Voice, developed by Samsung allows you to perform a number of tasks on Android by simply speaking to your smartphone without using the touch keyboard. Although voice is still the most effective way to communicate, many people are reluctant to speak on the phone. If you don't plan to use the Samsung Assistant, you can turn off S Voice to make the Home button a little more responsive..
Samsung voice recognition technology
Samsung smartphones are sold with all a bunch of features you never use. This is particularly the case with the S Voice voice assistant. The latter has also undergone many improvements in recent years, supposed to improve the user experience.
Despite all these modifications, the Korean giant's virtual assistant remains a notch below the competition. Even if S Voice is very efficient in terms of voice commands, Google's virtual concierge does better in many areas..
The voice AI of the American firm (installed by default on most Android smartphones) enjoys very strong public recognition. It's quite simple, the OK Google used to send messages or carry out searches is about to enter posterity.
If you are not a fan of virtual assistants or you do not plan to use S Voice regularly, why not delete it? Never hesitate to get rid of unnecessary functionality. These slow down the smartphone and take up space..
Remove S Voice from your Galaxy mobile
As you probably know, the S Voice virtual assistant is launched by pressing the Home button on your device twice. Unfortunately it is not uncommon for some users to accidentally activate it.
More serious, when you press the Home key , the phone will take a short pause while waiting for a hypothetical second press of the button. This will generate some very unpleasant slowdowns.
Shortcut key and S Voice
In this step-by-step guide, we will show you the best way to turn off S Voice on Galaxy smartphones and make your devices faster.
- Quickly double tap the Home button at the bottom of your Galaxy screen
- Wait a few moments, while the voice assistant page loads
- Click on the menu icon (3 points) at the top right of the window
- Select the Settings option
- Find the Open option via the home key
- Uncheck the box
This simple manipulation should not only make your smartphone more responsive but also slightly increase the life of your battery. Note that on some models it is possible to use the double tap on the home button to launch the camera function.
Permanently block the S Voice function
As you most certainly know, it is impossible to uninstall the Galaxy Virtual Assistant to recover some memory space. However Samsung leaves the possibility to the users of its devices to personalize them as they wish.
In the rest of this tutorial, we will see how to completely disable S Voice. Rest assured this operation is not final. You can reactivate it at any time.
- Launch the settings of your Android smartphone
- Tap Application or Application Manager
- Browse the list of applications and locate the line corresponding to the S Voice app
- Click on it
- Press the deactivate button
- An alert message will appear telling you that disabling S Voice can cause malfunctions on other applications
- Click on deactivate again to confirm your choice
The S Voice app is now deactivated. Keep in mind that you will no longer be able to launch S Voice from the applications drawer. The icon has completely disappeared from the various Android menus. If you change your mind and want to reactivate S Voice, here are the steps to follow.
- Open Android settings
- Go to the Applications section
- In the application manager, click on the disabled tab
- Click on the S Voice icon in the list
- Tap Activate
