CCWGTV (2020): How to stop assistant from yelling at me?

by throw_away_4planes

I have the 2020 Chromecast with Google TV. Ever since I bought it, I've been struggling with just one infuriating issue.

It yells at me whenever I search using Voice Search on the remote.

Every time I search something - say, "Open netflix" - the Assistant proceeds to say "OK! OPENING NETFLIX!" at nearly max volume. Much louder than whatever content is playing!

I want to disable the Assistant's voice, while still keeping Voice Search enabled.

The support conversations w/ Google always start with "please disable TalkBack" (it's not that) and proceed to "please set output to None under Assistant voice settings on your phone" (it's not that) .

Then it ends with the support agent saying "I'm sorry, it looks like it's not possible to disable the Assistant's voice while using Voice Search. I recommend muting and un-muting the TV whenever you search. We will raise this with the product team."

Now, I saw the new CCWGTV HD announcement and thought perhaps Android TV 12 might have fixed it. Nope, same exact issue, same walk through with support.

Am I missing something? Is this just... not annoying for other folks?

Is Assistant silent for everyone else?

pawdog

Yep, that's now it works. Yes I guess it's annoying. But what are you gonna do? That's how Google wants it.

Deadpool-fan-466

Usually setting the speech output to "none" or "hands-free only" in assistant settings is supposed to work.

You can try muting or lowering the volume as a workaround.