Stop phone from speaking

Silence replies to voice commands

Some voice commands (like “What's up?” and “What is the current weather?”) cause your phone to speak in response.

To stop the phone from speaking temporarily, touch or .

To prevent your phone from speaking:

  1. Turn off Moto Voice Talk to me. Open the Moto app, touch Moto Voice > Talk to me, and turn off activities and places.
  2. Turn off Google speech output. Open the Google app and touch More > Settings > Voice > Spoken results.

Silence “Hello Moto” during power up

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

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

You can't adjust the volume level for this sound.

Turn off screen reader

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