Some voice commands (such as ‘What's up?’ and ‘What is the current weather?’) cause Google Assistant to speak in response.

To quickly silence a voice command response, tap .

To have your phone show responses to Voice Commands on screen and not speak them:

1. Open the Google app.
2. Tap your profile icon > Settings.
3. Tap Voice and turn off speech output.

If you don't want your phone to say ‘Hello Moto’ when it powers up:

1. Go to Settings > Sound & vibration > Advanced.
2. Turn Power on sounds off .

You cannot adjust the volume level for this sound.

If your phone describes everything that you touch on screen, speaking your notifications and reading messages aloud, you might have turned on a screen reader. This accessibility feature helps people with visual impairments.

To turn it off:

1. Press and hold both Volume Up and Down buttons for three seconds. If TalkBack was reading the screen, this pauses readout so that you can update settings more easily.
2. Go to Settings > Accessibility.
3. Turn off all screen readers, such as TalkBack or Select to Speak.