Benefits of Google's Guest Mode in Nest Hubs and Assistant speakers.
                     Benefits of Google's Guest Mode in 
Nest Hubs and Assistant speakers
INTRODUCTION
• Google has introduced a guest mode to 
improve privacy on smart displays and 
speakers. Today it is being rolled out for 
first-party devices from Google Nest Hubs 
and others. 
Source: 9to5google.com
Guest Mode 
• Google Assistant conversations will not be 
recorded for your account when Guest Mode 
is activated and audio files from voice 
prompts will immediately be erased.
Source: 9to5google.com
How to Turn on Guest Mode
• When enabled by saying “Hey Google, turn 
on guest mode,” the speaker will act a bit 
more like a public Google Assistant terminal 
and a bit less like your own personal 
assistant.
Source: cnet.com
Queries are no longer saved to your 
Google account 
• When Guest Mode is turned on, queries are 
no longer saved to your Google account and 
some personal data like your calendar won’t 
be shown. 
Source: forbes.com
What the speaker will do?
• However, the speaker will still be able to do 
the basics like set timers, answer questions, 
and play music.
Source: www.theverge.com
Secure your personal data
• However, don’t think this works as a way to 
secure your personal data: turning off Guest 
Mode is as simple as asking for the speaker 
to do it.
• The idea is to prevent others from watching 
your personal data.
Source: www.theverge.com
Comparing with Incognito mode
• The feature is not quite as robust as 
Incognito mode on your Chrome browser. 
• Although interactions aren’t saved, the 
speakers still need to be connected to your 
account so they can continue to access all 
the integrations you’ve set up with music, 
smart lights, and so on.
Source: www.theverge.com
Exit the Guest Mode
• When you exit Guest Mode, your queries 
will again be saved to your Google account. 
But as the company announced this past 
August, it is no longer saving audio 
recordings by default unless you actively 
choose to allow it to do so.
Source: www.theverge.com
Interact with other apps and 
services
• When you use your Assistant in Guest Mode 
to interact with other apps and services, like 
Google Maps, YouTube or media and smart 
home services, those apps may still save 
that activity.
Source: www.theverge.com
Google Nest speakers and displays
• 'Guest Mode' is now available on Google 
Nest speakers and displays in English, and 
will come to more languages and devices in 
the next few months, the company said.
Source: 
www.androidpolice.com