Google Gemini updated its privacy notice on August 11, 2026 to document a new feature called 'Speak to Window' on macOS. The feature captures audio from your microphone and your active window to understand instructions and generate output. Audio data is not retained, but transcripts of your instructions are saved according to your Keep Activity setting and may be used to improve Gemini with human reviewer assistance, as described in the main Gemini Apps Privacy Notice.
The updated privacy notice discloses that Gemini's Speak to Window feature on macOS captures audio from your microphone and your active window to process voice instructions. Audio data itself is not stored. Instruction transcripts are saved according to your Keep Activity setting and may be reviewed by humans to improve Gemini, consistent with the main Gemini Apps Privacy Notice. You can control retention through your Keep Activity setting.
→ Review your Keep Activity setting to control whether instruction transcripts are retained.
Microphone audio and active window are captured to process voice instructions; audio itself is not stored.
Transcripts of voice instructions are saved per Keep Activity setting and may be used for product improvement with human reviewer assistance.
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This change adds specific privacy disclosures for a new macOS voice feature. The disclosure clarifies data handling: audio capture, non-retention of audio files, but retention of instruction transcripts subject to user Keep Activity settings. The …
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