How to permanently remove the speaker on the Xiaomi phone: from TalkBack to Google Assistant

The voice assistant on Xiaomi’s smartphone may be useful to people with disabilities, but for most users, unsolicited voice acting becomes a real torture. The announcer begins to comment on every tap, swipe, and even alerts — from turning on Wi-Fi to low battery power. Most often, the problem occurs after accidentally pressing a button combination, updating MIUI or connecting headphones.

In this article, we’ll look at all possible sources of voice prompts on Xiaomi, Redmi, and POCO phones, from the standard TalkBack to Google Assistant and notification voiceovers. You’ll learn how to turn off the speaker both through settings and software — even if the screen doesn’t respond to touch. And for the most difficult cases, we’ll give you instructions on how to reset via Fastboot.

Warning: Some methods require superuser rights (root) or work with ADB. If you are not confident, start with the simplest ways and then move on to radical measures. Also remember that different versions of MIUI (12, 13, 14) and Android (11-14) the location of menu items may be slightly different.

1. Disabling the standard TalkBack announcer

TalkBack is a built-in voice-over service from Google that is designed for people with visual impairments, and it is most often activated by Xiaomi users, after which the phone starts talking every step, and you can turn it off in several ways, depending on whether the screen responds to touch.

If the sensor is working normally:

1. Open the Settings. → Special facilities.
2. Go to TalkBack (or Screencaster in newer versions of MIUI).
3. Move the slider to the position of the Retraction.
4. Confirm the action by pressing OK in the window that appears.

If the screen does not respond to touch because of TalkBack enabled, use gestures:

• 👆 One finger up. + One finger down - scroll the page.
• 👆👆 Two fingers up – return to the previous screen.
• 🔘 Double-touch retention – activation of an element (analogue of a regular tapa).

To fully deactivate TalkBack through gestures:

1. With double touch with retention, open Settings.
2. Select the Special Opportunities with the same gesture → TalkBack.
3. Move the slider to the position of Response (double touch with retention).

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If TalkBack is turned on after connecting the headphones, check the settings Special features → Rumor → Monoaudio – sometimes the problem lies there.

2.How to Remove Google Assistant Voice Tips

Google Assistant is another source of unwanted voice messages, which can voice notifications, reminders, or voice search results, and it disconnects separately from TalkBack, and you can do that through Google's settings.

Instructions for unsetting:

1. Open the Google app (the icon with the letter “G” on a color background).
2. Slip on the profile avatar in the upper right corner → Settings.
3. Choose Google Assistant → General.
4. Turn off the Google Assistant slider or go to Voice Input → Voice Alerts and Deactivate All Items.

If voice alerts continue to sound, check:

• 🔔 Notification settings in Settings → Annexes → Google → Notifications.
• 🎤 Section Sound and vibration → Voice prompts in the main phone settings.
• 📱 Settings for specific applications (such as Google Maps or YouTube) that can use a native voice engine.

3. disable the sounding of notifications and system sounds

Sometimes Xiaomi's phone doesn't start talking because of TalkBack, but because of the notification voice function that's turned on.

• 📩 Receipt SMS or messaging.
• ⚠️ System warnings (low charge, charging connection).
• 🔔 Alarm clocks or timers.

To disable this function:

1. Go to Settings. → Sound and vibration.
2. Select Voice Notifications (or Voice Text in some firmware).
3. Turn off the slider or uncheck the checkmarks from unnecessary notification types.

If there is no item Nominating notifications, check:

• 🔊 Settings of individual apps (for example, WhatsApp or Telegram may have their own voice alerts).
• 📱 Section Special Opportunities → Rumor → Voiceover.

4. Radical methods: Disconnection via ADB and Fastboot

If the speaker is not disabled through the interface (for example, due to a MIUI failure or a screen lock), you can use the tools for developers - ADB or Fastboot. These methods require connecting the phone to the computer and basic knowledge of the command line.

Method 1: Disable TalkBack via ADB

1. Install Platform Tools on your PC.
2. Turn on USB Debugging on your phone (Settings → About Phone → MIUI version – tap 7 times, then go back to Additional → For Developers).
3. Connect your phone to your PC and execute: adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services ""
4. Reset the device.

Method 2: Reset via Fastboot (if the screen is not working)

⚠️ Warning: This method will result in a complete reset of the phone! All data will be deleted. Use only if other methods have not worked.

1. Turn off the phone.
2. Press the Power button + Volume down to enter the Fastboot.
3. Connect your phone to your PC and execute: fastboot erase userdata fastboot reboot

Stock up on the charger (battery must be >30%) |

Download and install Xiaomi drivers for your model |

Save important data (photos, contacts) on your PC or in the cloud|

Make sure you have access to your Mi Account (required after resetting)-->

5. Problems after disconnecting the announcer: what to do?

Sometimes, after deactivation of TalkBack or other voice services, side effects occur:

• 🔇 Lost sound in the speaker – check the settings Sound and vibration → Media volume.
• 📵 Gestures don’t work – restart your phone or reset your gesture settings in Settings → Additionally. → Gestures.
• 🔄 The announcer turns on itself after the reboot is a sign of a failure MIUI. Try updating your firmware or resetting through Recovery.

If the sound is gone completely:

1. Check the physical connection of the speaker (the plume may have gone).
2. Go to Settings → Applications → App Management and clear the cache for Google, Mi Sound Recorder and Bluetooth.
3. Run the speaker test through the engineering menu: ##4636## → Audio Testing → Speaker Test

If after TalkBack shutdown, the phone stopped responding to touch, and the speaker is still working, it's a sign of hardware failure. EDL-treatment or referral to a service center.

6. Xiaomi models with features of switching off the announcer

On some Xiaomi devices, the process of disabling voice prompts is nuanced. In the table below, the features for popular models are:

For Android 14 devices (such as Xiaomi 13/13 Pro), you may need to additionally disable the Accessibility Suite service:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Find the Accessibility Suite and click Disable.
3. Confirm the action and restart the phone.

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On POCO phones with custom firmware (like Pixel Experience), TalkBack’s standard disablement methods may not work, so use ADB or reflash the device to official MIUI.

7. Prevention: How to prevent accidental turn on of the speaker

To avoid re-enabled voice prompts, follow these tips:

• 🔒 Block access to Special Opportunities through Settings → Security → Application lockdown.
• 📱 Turn off gestures for TalkBack in Settings → Special facilities → Special opportunity gestures.
• 🔄 Update regularly MIUI — in new versions, bugs with spontaneous activation of the announcer are corrected.
• 🛡️ Use an antivirus (such as Mi Security) to prevent the installation of malicious applications that may include voice services.

If you have children in your family who may accidentally activate TalkBack, set up parental controls:

1. Go to Settings → Accounts and Sync → Parental Controls.
2. Create a child profile and limit access to Special Features.
3. Set a password for changing your settings.

⚠️ Note: Some Xiaomi models (e.g. Redmi) 9A or POCO M3) combination of power button retention + Volume increase may accidentally activate TalkBack. To avoid this, turn off this combination in Settings → Buttons and gestures → Button combinations.

FAQ: Frequent questions about disabling the announcer on Xiaomi