Google Gemini's privacy notice was updated to document a new macOS feature called 'Speak to Window.' When users interact with this feature, Gemini captures audio from the microphone along with the active window to understand instructions and generate output. Transcripts are saved according to the user's Keep Activity setting and used to improve Gemini with human reviewer assistance, though audio data itself is not stored.
Consumers: Google now explicitly tells you it captures your voice and what's on your screen when you use the Speak-to-Window feature, and that transcripts are kept based on your Keep Activity setting.
The updated privacy notice discloses that when using the new Speak-to-Window feature on macOS, Gemini captures audio from your microphone along with your active window content to process your instructions. Transcripts of your voice instructions are retained according to your Keep Activity setting and used to improve Gemini, including through human review. The audio data itself is not stored. You can control transcript retention by adjusting your Keep Activity setting in Gemini.
→ Review your Keep Activity setting in Gemini to control how long transcripts from Speak-to-Window are retained.
→ Decide whether to use the Speak-to-Window feature based on your comfort with audio and window content capture.
This is the 3rd significant Data Collection Expansion change Google Gemini has made since ConductAtlas began monitoring.
ConductAtlas has recorded 5 material changes to this document over 136 days of monitoring (since March 2026). An additional minor or cosmetic changes were excluded.
2 of Google Gemini's significant changes have been classified as negative for consumers.
New disclosure that Gemini captures audio and active window content on macOS; transcripts retained per Keep Activity setting and used for improvement with human review.
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